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Cybernetic refers to systems of communication and automated control, which would describe the purpose of a corp in a broad sense, no?

The Dan Davies book “The Accountability Machine” [0] makes the link between corps and cybernetics through early business author/consultants like Stafford Beer [1].

0. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/U/bo252799...

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

In this context, "cybernetic" refers to the systems of control, communication, and feedback that govern corporations.

Corporations function as systems designed for efficiency and goal achievement, often prioritizing these over human qualities like empathy or creativity.

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

Despite the word "cyber", it doesn't refer to brain implants or computers.