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Narrator: A system which relied upon the very command-and-control communication networks
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The Minds of Men

A system which relied upon the very command-and-control communication networks that...

Narrator: A system which relied upon the very command-and-control communication networks that Norbert Wiener and others at Macy's created

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Narrator: A system which relied upon the very command-and-control communication networks
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that Norbert Wiener and others at Macy's created.
Duration
10 seconds
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30
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:48
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
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...
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
Bateson: These systems which are minds are circuits of cause and effect. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Bateson: These systems which are minds are circuits of cause...
For me the system is man and environment. - The Minds of Men 00:05
For me the system is man and environment.
Narrator: Man sought to control his own kind - The Minds of Men 00:15
Narrator: Man sought to control his own kind
McKay: What is cybernetics? A railway train needs no steering gear. - The Minds of Men 00:07
McKay: What is cybernetics? A railway train needs no...
The forces required to correct for the buffetings of wind and way are - The Minds of Men 00:09
The forces required to correct for the buffetings of wind...
A ship, lacking such implicit means of guidance, - The Minds of Men 00:09
A ship, lacking such implicit means of guidance,