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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Replying to @regretmaximizer
those don’t seem as important to me (but maybe i’m not enlightened enough)
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Replying to @KevinSimler
i mean positive feedback loops are like the opposite of persistent structures. usually stable things are characterized by *control* processes, negative feedback
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Replying to @regretmaximizer @KevinSimler
I had the same response to original tweet. Positive feedback = errors are amplified, driving a system to saturation at limits (eg animal reproduction, no predation). Negative feedback = system finds equilibrium (eg add in predators).
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Replying to @josh_m
I think that’s right, but what I was thinking is that positive feedback loops are the more primary force (because until they do their work, there’s nothing to stabilize with negative feedback)
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I wonder. Positive F.L.'s don't have to be primary if negative F.L.'s are imperfect (which they always are). The imperfection creates externalities which need more stabilizing. e.g. Dept of Defense (negative F.L.: "protect borders") -> military-industrial complex (positive F.L.)
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