维纳的《人有人的用处》是在他的主要著作《控制论》之后两年出版的(1950年)。在这两年中,香农等人已经把他的一些观念发展成为信息论。维纳在《人有人的用处》中做了进一步发挥。不仅为研究社会提供了一种全新的观点及方法,而且描绘出未来社会的图景,警示将来会出现的问题以及提出应对的方法。维纳的警告在许多方面由于现在得到印证而令人钦佩。在本书中,维纳并没有提到控制论的所有重点,而是集中在“通信”上。其哲学基础是偶然性的宇宙观。从历史上看,牛顿以来的宇宙观是必然性、规律性、确定性的。尽管研究确 Wiener’s “Someone’s Usefulness” was published two years after his main book “Cybernetics” (1950). In these two years, Shannon and others have developed some of his ideas into information theory. Wiener made further use in “Someone’s Usefulness”. It not only provides a completely new perspective and method for studying society, but also depicts the picture of the future society, warns of future problems and ways of coping with them. Wiener’s warning is admirable in many ways as it is now being corroborated. In this book, Wiener does not mention all the major points of cybernetics, but focuses on “communications.” Its philosophical basis is the chance universe concept. Historically, the concept of the universe since Newton is inevitable, regular and deterministic. Although the research is correct