From Power to Steering (1965)

Fresh concepts and terminology help to overcome what could reasonably be described as habits of thought, if not traditional prejudice. New terms—the jargon of a discipline—are not generally welcome, and clearly must be justified. Nevertheless, they should not lightly be rejected in favour of customary language, for it is by a slight shift in emphasis, or the slightly altered perspective of new terms, that thought has developed. Furthermore, we need to remind ourselves that all common language was once ‘jargon’. ‘PowerPower’, ‘equilibrium’, ‘balance-of-power’, are terms derived from mechanics. If altered conditions, or different perspectives attract attention to features not specifically included in a former concept, then new terminology is justified. We will be referring to ‘steeringSteering’ and to ‘communication’ processesProcess within a system. Power and steering refer to different aspects of a mechanical system; both are analogous and derived from the sciences, and the one is no more jargon than the other.