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Second-order cybernetics

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Second-order cybernetics

Summary

Second-order cybernetics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Second-order cybernetics's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06k9bf[2].
  • Second-order cybernetics's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 10559278[3].

Why It Matters

Second-order cybernetics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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