The Economics Departments at the Universities of Modena and Trento in Italy gave me the opportunity to try out parts of this manuscript as lectures during visiting stints, as did the Australian History of Thought Society, and those memorable occasions I should like to thank David Lane (Modena), Steve Keen (HETSA-Sydney), and Axel Leijonhufvud and Vela Velupllai (Trento).
The following colleagues and students have made helpful comments over the five-year genesis of this book: Bruce Caldwell, Avi Cohen, John Davis, Paul Edwards, Duncan Fley, Matt Frank, Wade Hands, Micheael Hutter, Albert Jolink, Gerard Jorland, Lily Kay, Alan Kirman, Matthias Klaes, Robert leonard, Donald MacKenzie, Perry Mehrling, Andy Pickering, Andres Rius, Abu Rius, Abu Rizvi, Koye Somefun, and Matt Weagle. They have all infuenced the project in ways they perhaps do not fully recognize; but I do. Seminar participants at the University of Chicago, University of California-San Diego, Duke University, the London school of Economics,University of Illinois, York University, the University of Venice, and the Sorbonne also also left their imprint.
1. Chobrg Agnonistes
2. Some Cyborg Genealogies; or, How the Demon Got Its Bots
3. John von Neumann and the Cyborg Incursion into Economics
4. The Militaryh, the Scientists, and the Revised Rules of the
Game
5. Do Cyborgs Dream of Efficient Markets?
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. Core Wars
8. Machinesd Who Think versus Machines That Sell