One of my engineering lecturers was keen to point out that only economists regard a system with…

…e and negative. Negative feedback is when an output dampens its own input. The result is stability. Positive feedback is when the output amplifies the input. The result is an explosion that depends on the starting point.
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Keith Collyer
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Sep 6, 2021
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One of my engineering lecturers was keen to point out that only economists regard a system with positive feedback as stable. A warning to us all.
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Written by Keith Collyer133 Followers
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I’m a husband, father, grandfather, retired Systems Engineer, bassist, cyclist and will write on any and all of those things as the urge takes me.
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