http://quietbabylon.com/2009/james-watt-cyberneticist/ Cyborgs, architects and our weird broken future. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://quietbabylon.com/2009/james-watt-cyberneticist/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 driving blind – mammoth // building nothing out of something Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:40:55 +0000 http://www.quietbabylon.com/?p=1046#comment-1597 [...] systems, inserted to regulate a network that could not regulate itself. I’m thinking here of James Watt’s steam engine with a governor that turned irregular bursts of steam into a smooth flow of [...] […] systems, inserted to regulate a network that could not regulate itself. I’m thinking here of James Watt’s steam engine with a governor that turned irregular bursts of steam into a smooth flow of […]

]]> http://quietbabylon.com/2009/james-watt-cyberneticist/comment-page-1/#comment-1404 Lauren Archer Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:27:43 +0000 http://www.quietbabylon.com/?p=1046#comment-1404 I was just listening to a podcast on the History of Instruction Manuals, James Watt was unique for his time in that he would write easily understandable instruction manuals for his inventions. He seemed to understand that if machines were going to work for us on a large scale then we were going to need to learn to work for them. A mutual and escalating relationship, as it turned out. I was just listening to a podcast on the History of Instruction Manuals, James Watt was unique for his time in that he would write easily understandable instruction manuals for his inventions. He seemed to understand that if machines were going to work for us on a large scale then we were going to need to learn to work for them. A mutual and escalating relationship, as it turned out.

]]> http://quietbabylon.com/2009/james-watt-cyberneticist/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 Lauren Archer Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:27:43 +0000 http://www.quietbabylon.com/?p=1046#comment-1247 I was just listening to a podcast on the History of Instruction Manuals, James Watt was unique for his time in that he would write easily understandable instruction manuals for his inventions. He seemed to understand that if machines were going to work for us on a large scale then we were going to need to learn to work for them. A mutual and escalating relationship, as it turned out. I was just listening to a podcast on the History of Instruction Manuals, James Watt was unique for his time in that he would write easily understandable instruction manuals for his inventions. He seemed to understand that if machines were going to work for us on a large scale then we were going to need to learn to work for them. A mutual and escalating relationship, as it turned out.

]]> http://quietbabylon.com/2009/james-watt-cyberneticist/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Tim Maly Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:49:39 +0000 http://www.quietbabylon.com/?p=1046#comment-1246 James Watt is the Steve Jobs of Steam. James Watt is the Steve Jobs of Steam.

]]> http://quietbabylon.com/2009/james-watt-cyberneticist/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Sam Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:20:15 +0000 http://www.quietbabylon.com/?p=1046#comment-1245 It's interesting how many people are remembered for improving or making practical an inventrion. Often these people are rememberd better than the inventor, and sometimes even as the inventor to most people. Like James Watt and the steam engine, Thomas Edison and the light bulb, or Thomas Crapper and the flush toilet (although lets be honest, that's just because his name is Crapper). It’s interesting how many people are remembered for improving or making practical an inventrion. Often these people are rememberd better than the inventor, and sometimes even as the inventor to most people. Like James Watt and the steam engine, Thomas Edison and the light bulb, or Thomas Crapper and the flush toilet (although lets be honest, that’s just because his name is Crapper).

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