This is my field of work--there's a really interesting conflict at the moment between modern ways of organising projects (Scrum, Agile, microservice architecture) based on cybernetic thinking and the traditional hierarchy of companies. Cybernetics/systems theory also gel really well with dialectical materialism and it's a real shame that a lot of Marxists are unaware of it
Systems engineering--though for one reason or another (I suspect it's because of the contradictions between traditional capitalist organisation and cybernetic organisation) my discipline has mostly lost its connection to it's theoretical roots
@@tomw6926 Would you be open for a correspondence with me .I am new to such subjects: System dynamics and cybernetics, and would really appreciate someone from whom I can learn and discuss with such topics as was in the video above. I shall accept any protocol you set interims of medium and duration. Regards Roman khan Karachi-Pakistan
Everything described here is exactly as management systems in many private companies. Or in many current governments. What's supposed to be innovative about a "Viable System Model"?
Too bad this didn't touch on viability as a concept. A clock is also a system, but a *viable* system can respond to its environment, usually trying to maintain some kind of homeostasis. Also, many viable systems are autopoietic systems, i.e. they reproduce themselves.
Good info on covering the model. However, concerning socialism, the power of government should never be trusted in the hands of fewer and fewer people. small government and considerable decentralization prevent the atrocities committed by Marxism in the 20th century.
Why smaller government? Why not stretch out the local government or councils powers. Why not give certain autonomy to those who want and would benefit from it. Also you do know what workers and soldiers council are and how they operate? Also I believe that involving structure and democratic systems will benefit the whole of society.
