SAMUEL BUTLER
1863
<i>Darwin among the machines</i>
1865
<i>Lucubratio Ebria</i>
1872
<i>Erewhon</i>
Erewhon
or Over the Range
1879
<i>Evolution, Old and New;</i>
Or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin
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consciousness
purpose
evolves as organisms

Bateson
Wiener
Craik
McCulloch


self-reglating
self-acting
man-made contrivances
rise of the machine 
How human can improve as domesticated life-stock of machines? 

The master-machines will treat humans in an enlighted way
(if they are good)
will grow in complexity
self-production
union between two steam engines

feedback loop
first significant shift toward the discourse on machines