Studying the Comprehensive History of Computer Systems and Information Philosophy 202407

• Goals for July:

  • Focus on reading a lot of books.
  • Rough list of interests:
    • Shannon
    • Comparison between Wiener and Neumann
    • Engelbart, Memex
    • Luhmann
    • Varela
    • Global Environment
    • Want to Organize Concepts around Basic Informatics in My Mind
    • I want to organize the concepts related to system theory within myself

• Books to read (in what seems to be an easy-to-read order):

  • Words that Create the Future by Dominic Chen
  • Personal Computer as a Philosophy by Nishigaki Michi
    • Useful review: https://fukutake.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ylab/2022/12/m1-8.html
  • Information Global Environment by Dominic Chen and others
  • Connecting Life and Machines: An Introduction to Basic Informatics
    • Introductory thoughts on cybernetics
  • Wiener Cybernetics
    • Feels like a must-read
  • New Fundamentals of Informatics
    • Seems to build on cybernetics and neo-cybernetics, discussing topics like HACCS
  • The Unrecognized History of Computer Philosophy: From American Idealism to Analytic Philosophy
    • Might offer an interesting perspective, even if it’s slightly different

• Schedule:

  • By ~7/7
    • Words that Create the Future
  • By ~7/14
    • Personal Computer as a Philosophy
    • Connecting Life and Machines: An Introduction to Basic Informatics
    • Wiener Cybernetics
  • By ~7/21
    • Information Global Environment
    • New Fundamentals of Informatics
    • The Unrecognized History of Computer Philosophy: From American Idealism to Analytic Philosophy