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 with this prefix. Gregory Bateson and Norbert Wiener 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 grids. William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer popularized a sci-fi aesthetic based in hacker culture that appends this prefix to “punk.” For 10 points, 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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