The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts Ecology, Technology, and Society-All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

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"The balance of nature" is a widely-held belief that ecosystems function cooperatively rather than hierarchically, gradually adjusting for change - a concept that was co-opted by early computer scientists and hippies alike. This program examines that concept and how its mechanistic but ega...

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Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012]
Series:All watched over by machines of loving grace.
Subjects:
Collective behavior.
Cyberspace > Social aspects.
Environmental sciences > Research.
Environmental sciences > Statistical methods.
Information society.
Political sociology.
Science > Social aspects.
Social movements.
Technology > Social aspects.
United States > History > Study and teaching.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
Online Access: Streaming video (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Self-Organizing Networks (2:23)
  • Brain as Machine (1:41)
  • Ecosystems (2:03)
  • System Dynamics (2:29)
  • Man-Machine System (1:43)
  • Cybernetics and Ecosystems (2:20)
  • Misuse of Data (0:45)
  • Disappearance of Biology (1:16)
  • Buckminster Fuller (2:16)
  • Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1:52)
  • Rise of the Counterculture (1:01)
  • Counterculture Communes (1:34)
  • Communes: Group Stabilization (1:26)
  • Personal Computers (2:57)
  • World as Cybernetic System (2:12)
  • Politics and World Collapse (1:49)
  • Holism and British Empire (2:27)
  • Web of Life (1:40)
  • Ecological Beliefs Upset (1:28)
  • Fluctuations in Nature (1:24)
  • History of Ecosystems (3:59)
  • Illusion of Balance of Nature (2:25)
  • Self-Organizing Network (1:47)
  • Dream of the Sixties (1:48)
  • Power and Failure (2:43)
  • Limitations of the Self-Organizing Model (1:32)
  • Credits: The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts: Ecology, Technology, and Society-All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (0:47)

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