By Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, MD
Former Chief Medical Officer of Finland
December 6, 2000
In 1948 Norbert Weiner published a book, Cybernetics, defined as a neurological communication and control theory already in use in small circles at that time. Yoneji Masuda, "Father of the Information Society," stated his concern in 1980 that our liberty is threatened Orwellian-style by cybernetic technology totally unknown to most people. This technology links the brains of people via implanted microchips to satellites controlled by ground-based supercomputers.
The history of Cybernetics is the history of the human brain project. It was developed as a collaboration between the Military Research Agency and major hospitals in the world. Other terms are man-machine-interaction, man-system-interaction and bio-telemetry.
This is a lecture by Roberts Naeslund. Subtitles by Carmen Lupan.