Socio-Engineering Problems Reports

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12/14/1946 Preliminary Considerations in Regard to the Social Responsibility of Engineers (manuscript) electromagnetic theory, technology, social responsibility
8/27/1958 The Social Responsibility of Engineers (manuscript) communication, social responsibility, engineering
10/12/1958 SEPR 2 (manuscript) cities, random access accounting, urban planning
12/2/1958 Feedback Circuits in Computers and Society (manuscript) feedback circuits, computers, systems, economics, business
3/26/1959 SEPR 4 (manuscript) energy production, fuel, religion, social responsibility, daedalus
7/3/1959 Information of Negative Entropy in Information Theory (manuscript) entropy, negentropy, united nations, schweitzer, peace, information theory, national security, politics
5/2/1960 Word Frequency Distribution, Sentence Structure, Article Comprehension (manuscript) word distribution, vocabulary, word choice
11/8/1960 Socio Engineering Problems (manuscript) civilization, development, Jung, moral law, sociology, League of Nations, World War I, World War II
12/4/1960 Historical Significance of Various Events (manuscript) history, civil liberties,
2/17/1961 A Summary of the Principle Ideas Discussed in A Series of Thirty-five meetings of a Church Young People's Group in 1941-1942 (manuscript) human needs, religion, community
3/4/1961 In what kind of universe do we humans live? (manuscript) 0
3/20/1961 The Engineer in a Democratic Society (manuscript) human needs, social responsibility
3/22/1961 Society, Engineering, & Society (manuscript) education, religion
5/2/1961 Historical and Future Perspective (manuscript) perspective, history
5/18/1961 Steps Toward Effective Social Action (manuscript) social action, politics
6/28/1961 Art, Science, and Public Understanding (manuscript) art, symbols, space geometry
11/2/1961 Loyalty Oaths & Regulations (manuscript) oaths, regulations, constitution, freedom of speech, taxation
11/27/1961 Engineering & CG Jung (manuscript) economics, history, social responsibility
2/24/1962 Peace and Freedom (manuscript) peace, freedom
3/1/1962 Historical Notes VI: World War II Reconversion, Obstacles to Interdisciplinary Studies and Other Factors (manuscript) World War II, economics, psychiatry, religion
3/12/1962 Problems of the Rigidity of Classical Disciplines and of Specialization (manuscript) interdisciplinary, specialization
3/13/1962 Partial Derivatives of History (manuscript) taylor's series, electromagnetic, history, geological eras
4/2/1962 The History of Electromagnetic Theory (manuscript) electromagnetic theory, maxwell's equations, microwave, electricity, magnetism
5/7/1962 Historical Perspective: Some Notes on the Relationship Between Engineering, Science, and Society (manuscript) history, engineering, science, society, geological eras, human needs
5/8/1962 The Dilemma of Specialization: Future Perspective (manuscript) specialization, perspective
5/9/1962 Historical Notes (manuscript) history, social problems
5/10/1962 Example of Use of Checking Chart: Checking Chart, Historical Perspective, and World Power Production (manuscript) checking chart, history, energy production
5/10/1962 Representative of Cultural Background Accessible to Me During Period of 1929-1941 (manuscript) history
5/11/1962 Example of Use of Checking Chart, Part II: Time Scale of Atomic Energy Development, Estimating Primary Pile Locations, Secondary Pile Locations, Atomic Development Authority (manuscript) checking chart, history, atomic energy
5/17/1962 Frontier Problems of Engineering Sociology: a Book Proposal (manuscript) specialization, information theory, values, cybernetics, sociology
5/17/1962 Problems of Specialization & Irresponsibility (manuscript) specialization, checking chart, taylor\'s series, history, partial derivatives of history, social responsibility
5/17/1962 Information Theory & Engineering Sociology (manuscript) channel capacity, telephone, ideology, coding, negentropy, political organizations, obligations, rights
5/17/1962 Cybernetics & General Systems Theory (manuscript) feedback loops, capitalism, socialism, Lasswell, social planetaria, democracy, computing power, economics
5/17/1962 Human Values (Analogies of Communication Theory) (manuscript) economics, politics, feedback circuits, human development
6/19/1962 Communication Theory in Perspective (manuscript) communication, negentropy, fact, myth, truth
6/30/1962 The Lost Symbols and the Noosphere (manuscript) religion, symbol, myth, biosphere, noosphere
7/7/1962 The Nature of the Social Responsibility of Engineers, Parts I & II (manuscript) social responsibility, checking chart, ethics, specialization
8/13/1962 A Checking Chart for the Use of Computer Engineers in Developing Social Responsibility, Part I (manuscript) checking chart, social responsibility, engineers
8/14/1962 A Checking Chart for the Use of Computer Engineers in Developing Social Responsibility, Part II (manuscript) checking chart, social responsibility, engineers
10/10/1962 Research Plan for "Communication Theory in the Cause of Man" (manuscript) politics, world problems, communication theory, truth, entropy, feedback, checking chart
10/14/1962 Quest for Understanding the Relationship of Engineering Work to Culture (manuscript) engineering, culture, jung, psyche
11/19/1962 A Checking Chart for the Use of Computer Engineers Developed from a "Generalist" Description of Culture: Part I (manuscript) checking chart, social responsibility, engineers
11/21/1962 Question of Professionalism and the Proposed Program to Achieve Unity from the Viewpoint of Engineers in Research Activity (manuscript) physicists, engineers, registration, professionalism,
11/22/1962 Revisions to The Social Responsbility of Engineers and Scientists (manuscript) social responsibility, checking chart, ethics, specialization
11/23/1962 Outline & Bibliography for Seminar: "How Is Your Sociological Imagination?" (manuscript) sociology
11/23/1962 Thoughts on Relationship Between Engineering Science, Mathematics, Social Science, and Political and Religious Groups (manuscript) interdisciplinary, politics, religion, mathematics, social science, engineering
11/24/1962 Supplement to Issue 28-A: How is Your Sociological Imagination? (manuscript) communication, organization, sociology, brain, language, code
12/10/1962 A Checking Chart for the Use of Computer Engineers Developed from a "Generalist" Description of Culture: Part II (manuscript) checking chart, social responsibility, engineers
3/17/1963 Correlation Comittee Data: Principal Ideas Covered in 35 Group Meetings in 1941-1942 (manuscript) human needs, religion, community
5/22/1963 Abstract of A Research Plan for "Communication Theory in the Cause of Man" (manuscript) sociology, engineering, politics, life process, negentropy, culture, economics, feedback
5/30/1963 Logarithmic Curves (manuscript) logarithm, logarithmic growth
5/30/1963 Application of Theory of Functions of Real Variables (manuscript) mathematics, applied mathematics
6/2/1963 A Review of SEPR Issues 1-5 (manuscript) civilization, United Nations, art
6/3/1963 Problems to be Referred to the Society for General Systems Research (manuscript) systems, interdisciplinary research, feedback circuit, art, negentropy, taylor's series, Stieltjes Integral
6/30/1963 Proposed Social Engineering Research Problem (manuscript) physics, social engineering
7/1/1963 Universal Militray Training (manuscript) military, international service, alternative to military service, United Nations
7/2/1963 A Plan for Investigation of the Relationship between Physics, Electrical Engineering and the Social Sciences (manuscript) 0
7/2/1963 Historical Notes, Parts II, III, & IV (manuscript) economics, politics, censorship, co-op
7/6/1963 Chronological Sequence of Ideas in this Series (manuscript) 0
7/7/1963 Historical Notes: Part V: Search for a Moral Law (manuscript) moral law, war, World War II
12/27/1963 Negentropy and the concepts of Freedom, Democracy, and Justice FULL (manuscript) negentropy, message, social sysems, political systems, social development
1/12/1964 Frontier Problems of Engineering Sociology: Communication Theory in Science and Religion (manuscript) communication theory, science, religion, thermodynamics
2/16/1964 Short Bibliography of Cybernetic, Information Theory, and General Systems Theory (manuscript) cybernetics, information theory, systems theory
2/21/1964 The Connection Between the Man-to-Computer Relationship and the Functioning of Human Civilization (manuscript) philosophy, history, eras, civilization, technology, negentropy
3/14/1964 An Evaluation of Some Approaches to the Social Responsibility of Engineers (manuscript) social responsibility
5/31/1964 Negentropy and the Concepts of Freedom, Democracy, and Justice (Article) (manuscript) negentropy, freedom, democracy, justice, entropy, information, civilization
6/21/1964 Historical Perspective of Cybernetics and Information Theory (manuscript) 0
7/8/1964 A General Systems Theoretic Model for the Estimation of the Negentropy of Sociological Systems Through the Application of Two Isomorphic Electrical Communication Networks. (manuscript) knowledge, freedom, democracy, dynamic justice
11/6/1964 Problems of Civilization: Future Perspective (manuscript) civilization, cybernetics
12/30/1964 Ethics & The Thermodynamic Imperative (manuscript) Schweitzer, reverence for life, values,
3/13/1965 Proposed Stages of Application of Cybernetics to the United States Political and Economic System (manuscript) politics, economics, cybernetics, philosophy, negentropy
3/20/1965 A Hypothesis on the Negative Entropy of Scociological Systems as a Measure of the Respect for Human Freedom (manuscript) sociology, negentropy, freedom
3/20/1965 An Outlook on US Defense Policies for 1965-1975 (manuscript) US foreign policy, military, World War II
3/27/1965 A Visit to Klopstockia (manuscript) progress
3/27/1965 Uniform Continuity & World Peace, or the Concept of a Justice Vector (manuscript) world peace, justice, social organization, science
3/27/1965 Questions Concerning Three Levels of Information Theory and the Trinity (manuscript) information theory, divinity
3/27/1965 A Perspective of Three Eras: Force, Power, and Information (manuscript) philosophy, history, eras, civilization, technology, negentropy
5/1/1965 A Perspective of the Functions of the Major US Organizations in Systems Theory, Cybernetics, and Information Theory (manuscript) 0
5/8/1965 Cybernetics and the Next Step in Civilization (manuscript) cybernetics, civilization, negentropy
5/16/1965 The Demise of the Spartan YMCA - YMCA and the Negentropy of the United Fund of Santa Clara County (manuscript) thermodynamic imperative, negentropy, economics
6/7/1965 The Development of Society (manuscript) social development, energy production, mineral production
7/26/1965 A Comparison of the Complexity of Testing Thematic Hypotheses in the Physical Sciences and Social Sciences (abstract only) (manuscript) hypotheses, experiment
8/19/1965 On Communication Theory in the Cause of Man (manuscript) communication theory
9/3/1965 Four Philosophical Tools For Improving our Insights Regarding the Problems of Disarmament (manuscript) perspective, military, intuition, discrete channel model, continuous model, checking chart, violence, weapons
9/17/1965 Some Services, Techniques, and Data which have been Announced as Available on Contract to Clients for Economic Studies (manuscript) living certificates, capital diffusion
10/7/1965 Specialization and Dehumanization (manuscript) specialization, World War II
12/27/1965 A Comparison of the Complexity of Testing Thematic Hypotheses in the Physical Sciences and Social Sciences (full paper) (manuscript) thermodynamic imperative, computer simulation, evolution, eras, freedom
1/31/1966 Cybernetics and Public Order (manuscript) public order, cybernetics, freedom, stability, feedback circuits, economics, urban planning, human values, entropy, philosophy
3/13/1966 Discussion of the Structure Ethical Rules in the Human Mind (manuscript) ethics
4/24/1966 Equilibrium Between Order and Diversity as a Crucial Factor in the Development of Democratic Institutions (manuscript) democracy, politics, order, diversity
9/3/1966 Multiple Roles of An Engineer in a Business Society and the Concept of "Identity Closures" (manuscript) engineer, social roles, identity
1/16/1967 Review of Developments Since the Publication of The Social Responsibility Paper (manuscript) social responsibility, checking chart, ethics, specialization
1/17/1967 Some Vital Questions (manuscript) ethics, values
1/21/1967 Social Engineering (manuscript) social engineering
1/22/1967 A Commentary on Some Sermons of the Reverend Sidney A. Peterman: The Liesure to Hate; Myths, Legends, and Learning; and the Common Faith of Man!. (manuscript) religion, history, myth
1/22/1967 Cybernetics (manuscript) cybernetics, feedback circuit, education, homeostasis
1/25/1967 Historical Notes: My Transition from Microwave Radar to Computer Engineering (manuscript) radar
1/26/1967 The N.A.M. (National Association of Manufacturers) in 1946-1947 (manuscript) National Association of Manufacturers, religion
1/27/1967 The Philosophy of General Systems Theory (manuscript) 0
1/29/1967 Potential Impact of Electrical Communication Theory on Political Ideology (manuscript) politics, radar, communication
1/29/1967 Engineers and Democratic Institutions (manuscript) democracy, politics
1/29/1967 Problems on Taking a Stand on the Social Responsibility of Engineers (manuscript) social responsibility
1/30/1967 Construction and Testing of Hypotheses (manuscript) hypotheses, experiment, negentropy
1/31/1967 The Concept of Social Engineering: (manuscript) social engineering, economics, politics, World War II
1/31/1967 Engineering Work And Social Responsibility (manuscript) social responsibility, ethics, National Association of Manufacturers
1/31/1967 Historical Notes on Preparation of, Outline of Supporting Arguments for, and Outline of the Communication Theory in the Cause of Man (manuscript) cybernetics, systems theory, democracy
2/1/1967 Discussion of 'Social Engineering', 'Engineering Sociology', or 'Communication Theory in the Cause of Man' (manuscript) social engineering, negentropy, history
2/3/1967 Continuation of Discussion of Engineering Sociology (manuscript) psychology, politics, civil liberties
2/7/1967 General plan of Graduate Study (1946-1950) (manuscript) electromagnetics, physics, mathematics, human needs
2/9/1967 A Philosophy of Engineering for the 1960's (manuscript) World War II, philosophy, human needs
2/10/1967 Potential Relationships Between Biological Systems and Computers: Electric Eels and General Systems Theory (manuscript) computer, brain, electric eel, biology
3/12/1967 Application of Philosophy And Sociology to Estimate Requirements for New Computers and/or Terminal Devices (manuscript) computers, programming
3/18/1967 An Estimate of the Communication Entropy of a Series of Military Policies (manuscript) military, USSR, China
7/16/1967 A Short Bibliography on Cybernetics and Related Topics in Communication Theory (manuscript) cybernetics, communication
8/9/1967 How can we Judge the Morality of the United States\'s Action in Vietnam? (manuscript) 0
10/25/1967 Letter to David Shapiro (manuscript) Vietnam, war, weapons, technology, human civilization
3/10/1968 Proposed Course for Midpensula Free University Spring 1968 (manuscript) 0
6/20/1968 Duality in Physics, Information Theory, Philosophy, & Society (manuscript) physics, information theory, philosophy
7/27/1968 The Evolution of Non-Violence from a Universe Characterized by Violence (manuscript) eras, ethics
8/1/1968 The I Ching, Information Theory, and Epicosm Models (manuscript) I ching, epicosm, information theory
8/11/1968 To Reduce the Sterility of Science SSRS Newsletter National Association of Manufacturers, war, politics
11/20/1968 Weighting of Display Space for Political and/or Religious Organizations by Use of the Product of the Probability (manuscript) negentropy, politics, religion, ethics, human purpose, cybernetics, decision, bulletin board
11/29/1968 A Hypothesis on the Impact of Cybernetics and Computer Technology on Human Civilization (manuscript) thermodynamic imperative, eras, communication entropy, church, dangers of technology, social impacts
1/1/1969 A Snapshot of Cybernetic Models & Technologies (manuscript) 0
1/29/1969 how to Use Cybernetics to Beat the Bureaucracy (manuscript) cybernetics, social impacts
2/19/1969 Historical Trend of Number of Scientific Discoveries and Technological Inventions per Century (manuscript) technology
3/6/1969 Cybernetics and The Disconnected Society (manuscript) ethics
10/9/1969 Workshop Outline on Cybernetic Aspects of Social and Technical Processes that Endanger the Ecological Balance (manuscript) climate change, energy production, eras, channel capacity
12/1/1969 Negative Feedback Loops of Cybernetics (manuscript) heat, stimulus, human development, youth, government
1/3/1970 Creativity, Ethics, and Specialization in Engineering (manuscript) ethics, specialization, creativity, channel capacity, checking chart
1/5/1970 Technological Meditation (manuscript) 0
1/28/1970 Proposal for Using Concepts from Cybernetics to Help Solve an Emplyee Communication Problem concerning Company Bulletin Boards (manuscript) allocation, technology, randomizing
3/16/1970 Collapsing or Concentration of Three Generations of Ethical Change into One Generation (manuscript) ethics
4/23/1970 Three Eras of Civilization (manuscript) force, power, communication
1/1/1973 Distribution of Political Literature to Maximize Negentropy (manuscript) dynamic justice, economics, politics, literature, thermodynamic imperative
1/1/1974 Theoretical Analysis of Fairness of Voting District Apportionment (manuscript) politics
2/3/1974 Developing a Link between Theory and Practice in the Rules for Certifying New Political Parties (manuscript) politics
2/18/1974 Impact of Changing Life Styles on the Unitarian-Universalist Movement in the US (manuscript) church, technology, cybercultural revolution
9/1/1975 Bulletin Board Space Allocation (manuscript) church
10/3/1980 The Sociological Entropy of Electing City Council Members by District (manuscript) politics, voting
3/28/1983 Major World Problems Classified by Grade and Time to Go Critical (manuscript) nuclear escalation, deforestation, carbon dioxide, glaciation, women\'s rights, ocean floor mining, computers
9/14/1983 Historical Notes on Negentropy and Political Systems (manuscript) negentropy, politics
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