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An anthropologist applied a field with this prefix to the “self” for a theory of alcoholism as a positive feedback loop. Stafford Beer combined this prefix with “synergy” for a national system of telex machines meant to guide economic planning under Salvador Allende. Hyderabad’s HITEC (“high-tech”) City is often nicknamed (10[1])with this prefix. (10[1])Gregory Bateson and Norbert Wiener (-5[1])developed a cross-disciplinary field with this prefix that studies both organic and inorganic control systems. This prefix describes “weapons” such as Stuxnet that can target infrastructure like electrical (10[1])grids. William Gibson’s novel (10[1])Neuromancer (10[1])popularized a sci-fi aesthetic based in hacker culture (10[1])that appends this prefix to “punk.” (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])what prefix indicates virtual versions of crime, security, and bullying? ■END■

ANSWER: cyber- [accept cybernetics, cyberbullying, cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyberpunk, cyberweapons, cyberwarfare, Cyberabad, Project Cybersyn, or “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”] (The “cyber-” prefix derives from the field of cybernetics, which comes from the Greek kubernḗtēs, or “pilot.”)
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Max NealHarvard ABrandeises Brew4810
Will ZhangTufts BYale A5110
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisBoston University A56-5
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Peter ScullyTufts AYale C9710
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