#systems theory

• Automatics — A branch of science and technology dealing with the study, design, and application of principles, methods, and systems capable of ensuring the autonomous management, control, and operation of technological, industrial, or digital processes without direct human intervention. Academically, the field reunites systems theory, cybernetics, applied electronics, and industrial informatics to develop self-regulating feedback loop circuits.
• Self-reproduction — The capacity or process through which a biological system, an artificial organism, or an economic entity generates faithful copies or new generations similar to their core structural origin while acting autonomously. In cybernetics and robotics, it represents the theoretical property of smart machines to manufacture other machines without human assistance, a key trait explored in von Neumann industrial systems.
• Authoritarianism — An ideology, doctrine, or political system based on the exclusive and uncontrolled exercise of power by a single central authority, with the drastic restriction of citizens' rights, freedom of the press, and democratic pluralism. Unlike totalitarianism, authoritarianism does not necessarily seek total control over citizens' private lives, but focuses on maintaining a political monopoly and suppressing any real opposition.