‘Cyber’ ¡ Comes from ‘cybernetic’: “the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study ofautomatic control systems (as the nervous system and brain andmechanical-electrical communication systems)” (“Cybernetic”) ¡ Note the correlation of brain and “mechanical-electrical communication systems” ¡ ‘Cyber’ basically means to do with computers and networks: but the significance of its use is the belief that organic and electronic systems arebecoming intertwined – the ‘cyborg’ ¡ Also note the original Greek source– “kybernan to steer, govern” (ibid.)¡ The big debate is whether the electronic systems that humans depend upon more and more are going to ‘steer’ human society in particularways ¡ Techno-determinism, the Frankenstein complex, neo-Luddism — ‘Cyberpolitics’ and ‘Cyberfuture’ implies politics and future being formed by computer technologies