The essence of systems thinking: Every persistent biological or cultural structure exists because of a positive feedback loop. Sometimes it’s hard to see. But to understand the structure, you must understand the loop.
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Isn't this backwards? Isn't it negative feedback loops that keep a system consistently in Balance? I thought positive feedback loops increase perturbation and if continued, would lead to the downfall of the system. Do I have it backwards?
Positive loops by themselves are unstable, yes, and both are needed for stability, but positive loops are primary. Without a positive loop, there would be nothing for a negative loop to stabilize.
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Just the feedback loop is needed, negative and positive are stiker that nature does´t assign to the entes it create.
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Now we're talking. The boundary between "negative" and "positive" reflects how we define the system's identity. For simple machines, it's clear; e.g. a top is either spinning or has fallen on its side. But for a human, or an ecosystem, is a big shift negative or positive?
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