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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 (10[1])meant to guide economic planning under Salvador Allende. (10[2])Hyderabad’s HITEC (10[1])(“high-tech”) City is often nicknamed with this prefix. (10[1])Gregory (10[1])Bateson (-5[1])and Norbert Wiener (10[1])developed a cross-disciplinary field with this prefix that studies both organic and inorganic control systems. This prefix describes “weapons” such as Stuxnet (10[2]-5[1])that can target infrastructure like electrical grids. (10[1])William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer popularized a sci-fi aesthetic based in hacker culture that appends this prefix to “punk.” (10[1])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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Benjamin WatsonOxford BBirmingham3410
Tom HainesDurham AEdinburgh4210
Delia CropperOxford ATeam 14210
Ian McDowellCambridge CLSE B4410
Odysseas GabrielatosWarwick ABristol A5110
Cormac StephensonSouthampton ASouthampton B5210
Cormac BeirneLSE ASouthampton A53-5
Charlie LowmanImperial BWarwick B5610
Justin LeeImperial ABristol B7810
Andrei HuiCambridge BSouthampton B78-5
Alessandro d'AttanasioCambridge DDurham B7810
Cormac StephensonSouthampton ALSE A8510
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge B10310