Abstract
From Telecomix Crypto Munitions Bureau
Abstract should perhaps be written in pure seclusion by the agent(s) that aperiodically compile the book. The abstract might vary widely between different compilations of the apocryphia and perhaps depend on which parts that has been selected.
Below is the code for the initial selection made by TCMB.
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This initial selection of the \textsc{The Apocryphal Machinery of Cyphernautics} was compiled by the Telecomix Crypto Munitions Bureau. This text is available at the cryptoanarchy.org wiki in raw format. Anyone can modify it and all edits are anonymous.
Cyphernetics is like cybernetics the study of how to describe systems of any kind; technological, social, biological and mathematical systems. Cyphernetics is similar to the study of cybernetics, but does not rely on the system to be known or controlled from a single point. Rather, cyphernetics is the study of how to execute objectives in states of nearly or exact chaotic uncertainty.
Cipherspace is a word that describes the mental or physical space where there are no regulatory systems for control. In cipherspace we can not rely on control mechanisms that emerge from a single source. Cipherspace is often a manufactured environment that has been crafted for the very purpose of voiding the ability of regulatory systems to act. Cyphernetics is thus also the science of authority-free territories.
Similary, cyphernautics is the art of navigating and living within such systems.
This text is a compiled selection of the crypto-anarchist apocryphia that has been accumelated since the projects beginning. It is without known authenticity or orign.
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