Machina Irrationatrix
@irrationatrix.bsky.social
Cybernetics, tech, complexity, she/her
Honestly struggled with that a lot. And for a long time I've made it my responsibility to try to teach people to think this way. But it's also very much a lost cause most of the time. Sometimes I regret getting into systems thinking and cybernetics and mourn the lost innocence
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Honestly struggled with that a lot. And for a long time I've made it my responsibility to try to teach people to think this way. But it's also very much a lost cause most of the time. Sometimes I regret getting into systems thinking and cybernetics and mourn the lost innocence
Lol, I love Poob.
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Lol, I love Poob.
It's on Claude. It's on Copilot. It's literally on Chatgpt. It's basically on Claude
January 27, 2026 at 11:45 AM
It's on Claude. It's on Copilot. It's literally on Chatgpt. It's basically on Claude
You actually do. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvang...
Solvang, California - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
You actually do. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvang...
Oh, also solvitur ambulando is the motto of one of the The Wander Society - a maybe real maybe fictional, but definitely really cool thing
January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Oh, also solvitur ambulando is the motto of one of the The Wander Society - a maybe real maybe fictional, but definitely really cool thing
Speaking of ELIZA - They guy who made it, Weisenbaum has an incredibly prescient book - Computer power and human reason. Almost could have been written yesterday.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Speaking of ELIZA - They guy who made it, Weisenbaum has an incredibly prescient book - Computer power and human reason. Almost could have been written yesterday.
Collapse is not things like that happening. It's that when they happen there is noone to fix them, or the fixes are ever shoddier and improvised
December 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Collapse is not things like that happening. It's that when they happen there is noone to fix them, or the fixes are ever shoddier and improvised
As a generalist... Yes and it's fucking exhausting
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As a generalist... Yes and it's fucking exhausting
And problem is that the implications of cybernetics are very politically intractable for modern, top-down organizations.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And problem is that the implications of cybernetics are very politically intractable for modern, top-down organizations.
In industry people simply don't care or don't have time, and on the higher level it's been replaced by MBA bullshit, which is much easier to learn.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In industry people simply don't care or don't have time, and on the higher level it's been replaced by MBA bullshit, which is much easier to learn.
In my experience, it's because it is a little bit complex and feels philosophical to people unfamiliar with it. And there is a bit of a feedback loop going on - if people don't learn about it they don't know it, which leads to people not learning about it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In my experience, it's because it is a little bit complex and feels philosophical to people unfamiliar with it. And there is a bit of a feedback loop going on - if people don't learn about it they don't know it, which leads to people not learning about it.
First as history, then as farce, baby
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
First as history, then as farce, baby
The people of the Dragon ain't called Ai'EEL for no reason
October 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The people of the Dragon ain't called Ai'EEL for no reason
The nuclear family was invented in the 50s
August 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The nuclear family was invented in the 50s
Yeah, definitely. I think it's one of those things that you figure out what is good by repeatedly removing things that are bad, and you arrive at a good model? But also Beer does talk about a development directorate, whatever that is...
May 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yeah, definitely. I think it's one of those things that you figure out what is good by repeatedly removing things that are bad, and you arrive at a good model? But also Beer does talk about a development directorate, whatever that is...
As a side note - even modern, cybernetically informed takes on organizational structure like Team Topologies kind of overlook the importance of Sys4. And simulation is so underrated in all its forms.
May 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
As a side note - even modern, cybernetically informed takes on organizational structure like Team Topologies kind of overlook the importance of Sys4. And simulation is so underrated in all its forms.
I've always struggled with explaining system 4 to people but the concept is incredibly useful. Even just getting to the point where you somehow convince your R&D people to talk to your marketing people is already a big win. Or just mapping who is actually dealing with the There And Then.
May 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've always struggled with explaining system 4 to people but the concept is incredibly useful. Even just getting to the point where you somehow convince your R&D people to talk to your marketing people is already a big win. Or just mapping who is actually dealing with the There And Then.
@killjamesbond.bsky.social look they made the Hench app real...
February 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
@killjamesbond.bsky.social look they made the Hench app real...
Tempted to move to Iceland to become a pro-DM for refugee trans people.
January 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Tempted to move to Iceland to become a pro-DM for refugee trans people.
Damn, those AI-powered tulips must really quite be something special...
January 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Damn, those AI-powered tulips must really quite be something special...
You really know they're struggling with usage and adoption when they bring in the reminders and todo lists
January 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
You really know they're struggling with usage and adoption when they bring in the reminders and todo lists