Listened to The Informed Life: Episode 139 Chris Aldrich on Cybernetic Communications by Jorge Arango from The Informed Life
Chris Aldrich has the most multi-disciplinary resume I’ve ever seen, with a background that includes biomedics, electrical engineering, entertainment, genetics, theoretical mathematics, and more. Chris describes himself as a modern-day cybernetician, and in this conversation we discuss cybernetics and communications, differences between oral and literary cultures, and indigenous traditions and mnemonics, among many other things.
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@chrisaldrich Just listened to the ep. Some good points brought up, especially about constantly re-inventing the wheel. It is a common trope in computer science for us to go back and browse the libraries of the 1970s (or earlier!) and dust things of to try and re-implement in a modern context. So many great ideas in the past, it is worth having a walk and a listen to get inspired!