Norbert Wiener Quotes
Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions.
Topics
Change
Development
Evolution
Opportunity
Unintended Consequences
Improvement
Innovation, Innovations
Advancement
Constraint
Restriction
Social Change
New Possibilities
Limitation
Expansionism, Colonialism, Imperialism
New Norms
Restrictive Measures
Technological Advancements
Progress Limitations
Citations
Wiener, Norbert. The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1950, p. 46.
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Norbert Wiener was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and mathematical noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems.