[williamcotton]

So basically just the concept of feedback in a cybernetic system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics

[bob1029]

> The field is named after an example of circular causal feedback—that of steering a ship (the ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs)...

Now that name makes a lot more sense to me.

[openrisk]

Which is also the root of the word 'government', so a government agent is doubly cybernetic in a sense

[8338550bff96]

Then is "agents" just non-spooky coded language for "cyborgs"

[throw5959]

I studied cybernetics. Our teachers called us "cybernets".