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What you describe is properly called "positive feedback" in the engineering sense. positive feedback -> doing a thing now results in doing more of that same th
by variaga 7y ago
What you describe is properly called "positive feedback" in the engineering sense.
positive feedback -> doing a thing now results in doing more of that same thing in the future
negative feedback -> doing a thing now results in doing less of that same thing in the future
If dumping coal stocks now results in more dumping of coal stocks in the future, that would be the 'positive' kind of feedback.
- perl4ever 7y agoWhich one it is depends on context. e.g. A negative feedback loop could be More coal -> more CO2 -> pushback on coal companies -> less coal -> less CO2.