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The Minds of Men

Behavior, tied to appetite, was couched in the same terms as that for self-steering...

McCulloch: Behavior, tied to appetite, was couched in the same terms as that for self-steering torpedoes and self-training guns

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McCulloch: Behavior, tied to appetite, was couched in the same terms
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as that for self-steering torpedoes and self-training guns.
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9 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:26:37
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Jul 01, 2025
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documentary
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"The Minds of Men" is a 3+ year investigation into the experimentation, art, and practice of social engineering and mind control during the Cold War - a mind-bending journey into the past that gives startling insight into the worl...
Narrator: Like so many computers and machines and other controllable factors, - The Minds of Men 00:13
Narrator: Like so many computers and machines and other...
McCulloch: Yes, I see. Do go on. - The Minds of Men 00:05
McCulloch: Yes, I see. Do go on.
Narrator: A psychologist and computer scientist, - The Minds of Men 00:15
Narrator: A psychologist and computer scientist,
His presence at the 1950 Cybernetic meeting - The Minds of Men 00:22
His presence at the 1950 Cybernetic meeting
Man: A radar early warning line, North. - The Minds of Men 00:04
Man: A radar early warning line, North.
Narrator: A system which relied upon the very command-and-control communication networks - The Minds of Men 00:10
Narrator: A system which relied upon the very...
Ultimately the nerves of the nation's defense were designed to operate - The Minds of Men 00:07
Ultimately the nerves of the nation's defense were...
Man: And so headquarters at the U.S. Air Force arrived at a command-and-control concept - The Minds of Men 00:14
Man: And so headquarters at the U.S. Air Force arrived at a...
The switch to digital communication technology, aided and abetted by satellites - The Minds of Men 00:08
The switch to digital communication technology, aided and...
A fact which influenced Licklider's vision for a networked, interconnected society. - The Minds of Men 00:06
A fact which influenced Licklider's vision for a...
Man: Then to interconnect each of the computers with each other, to form a fully-connected network. - The Minds of Men 00:08
Man: Then to interconnect each of the computers with each...
Narrator: That would eventually culminate in the DARPA-created ARPAnet, - The Minds of Men 00:08
Narrator: That would eventually culminate in the...
Man: Research now going on will someday permit a network user to log in. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Man: Research now going on will someday permit a network...
(echoes) - The Minds of Men 00:22
(echoes)
And we must get rid of any notion straight away that control - The Minds of Men 00:09
And we must get rid of any notion straight away that control
Let's see how the mechanism works. You see it lifting here. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Let's see how the mechanism works. You see it lifting...
Transmitting the message along here. Lifting that cam up here, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Transmitting the message along here. Lifting that cam up...
It's called feedback, and feedback is ubiquitous in control systems. - The Minds of Men 00:08
It's called feedback, and feedback is ubiquitous in...
Narrator: At this point, we realize that reality itself is not a fixed thing. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Narrator: At this point, we realize that reality itself is...
As our nervous systems interpret the symbols and signals - The Minds of Men 00:16
As our nervous systems interpret the symbols and signals