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The Minds of Men

Transmitting the message along here. Lifting that cam up here, and then shutting off a...

Transmitting the message along here. Lifting that cam up here, and then shutting off a valve there. That is built into the system

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Transmitting the message along here. Lifting that cam up here,
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and then shutting off a valve there. That is built into the system.
Duration
9 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:19
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

"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...
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,
The Latin for helmsman is gubenator; the Greek, kybernetes. - The Minds of Men 00:06
The Latin for helmsman is gubenator; the Greek, kybernetes.
From the first comes our word cybernetics, last cybernétique, - The Minds of Men 00:10
From the first comes our word cybernetics, last...
♪(piano, scissors) - The Minds of Men 00:16
♪(piano, scissors)
And our interaction with the technology at hand - The Minds of Men 00:10
And our interaction with the technology at hand
Wiener: The world about us is accessible only through a nervous system - The Minds of Men 00:15
Wiener: The world about us is accessible only through a...
Narrator: As this technology captures, measures and analyzes the world around us, - The Minds of Men 00:19
Narrator: As this technology captures, measures and analyzes...
Bateson: And, specifically, it is a recursive epistemology - The Minds of Men 00:13
Bateson: And, specifically, it is a recursive epistemology
Von Foerster: Cybernetics is programmed in this same base human language - The Minds of Men 00:09
Von Foerster: Cybernetics is programmed in this same base...
Our very essence is conflicted with the environment, and yet - The Minds of Men 00:08
Our very essence is conflicted with the environment, and yet
Bateson: The old worm Ouroboros is an odd worm who conceals - The Minds of Men 00:11
Bateson: The old worm Ouroboros is an odd worm who conceals
The Ouroboros! The Ouroboros is the perfect partner for cybernetics! - The Minds of Men 00:07
The Ouroboros! The Ouroboros is the perfect partner for...