This is a time in human affairs when, In the context of the foregoing analysis, the radical point of view is likely to prove to be the conservative one: we may well be in the early stages of a cybernetic revolution worthy of 1984 and RUR. Thus, to accept as potential reality what may seem an alarmist view, may turn out to be the only perspective which secures viable options by promoting mankind's welfare.
Visions of Cybernetic Organizations (1972)