CYBERNETICS OF AGEING

Abstract

The process of ageing is discussed from the point of view of biocybernetics. In the first part of the paper analytical factors are enumerated. Later in the paper the synthetic‐cybernetic aspects of gerontology are discussed and some illustrative examples mentioned. Finally, assuming a successful prolongation of the life‐expectancy of man, some philosophical questions are raised concerning cybernetic interactions in a world, in which one of the most important component subsystems, man, will interact maybe five times longer with the total system than in its present semi‐homeostatic equilibrium.

Citation

HELVEY, T.C. (1972), "CYBERNETICS OF AGEING", Kybernetes, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005291