the work operation that uses the power. The same is true in all 
servomechanist structures that involve feedback. The source of 
energy is separate from the process of translation of 
information, or the applying of knowledge. This is obvious in the 
telegraph, where the energy and channel are quite independent 
of whether the written code is French or German. The same 
separation of power and process obtains in automated 
industry, or in “cybernation.” The electric energy can be applied 
indifferently and quickly to many kinds of tasks.

     Such was never the case in the mechanical systems. The 
power and the work done were always in direct relation, 
whether it was hand and hammer, water and wheel, horse and 
cart, or steam and piston. Electricity brought a strange 
elasticity in this matter, much as light itself illuminates a total 
field and does not dictate what shall be done. The same light