“Behind this need [of control], behind the assumptions or pre-suppositions that are involved – such as stability, state, behaviour, goal etc. – lies the second great gift of Cybernetics: error. That is, the ability of some system or Object to behave in a manner transcending the predicted (the regular) and deviating from (its progress towards) the aim.”
Reference: Ranulph Glanville (2009), A (cybernetic) musing: Control 1, The Black Boox VolIII 39 Steps, edition echoraum, Vienna, p. 62.
