James McGirk

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Publications
    • Science and Energy
  • Portfolio
  • C.V.
    • Syllabi
  • Contact Me

Manhattan and the Mephistophelean Mind

Written by

Jamie

in

Clippings, Essays, Uncategorized

I learned about the MONIAC in my high school marco-economics class: a.k.a. the Financephalograph or the Philips Hydraulic Computer, MONIAC was a massive machine, the size of two grandfather clocks bolted together, only instead of gears there was colored fluid inside, sluicing through tubes, pushing valves open and filling cisterns. Here, fluid was a metaphor for money, and by manipulating how much trickled through the system (pour in investments, drain out expenditures…) MONIAC could model Great Britain’s fiscal policy.

Share this:

  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pocket
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Reddit
  • Tumblr
3quarksdaily
←At the Tulsa Death Match
The State that Oil Built→

More posts

  • Serializing a Novel

    June 7, 2023
  • Burning the Tally Sticks

    May 28, 2021
  • The Ides of March

    March 23, 2021
  • The Reality Czar

    February 9, 2021

James McGirk

Artificial Intelligence, ML Marketplaces

  • Blog
  • About
  • FAQs
  • Authors
  • Events
  • Shop
  • Patterns
  • Themes

Twenty Twenty-Five

Designed with WordPress

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Publications
    ▼
    • Science and Energy
  • Portfolio
  • C.V.
    ▼
    • Syllabi
  • Contact Me
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.