Balancing Loops

Every stable system you encounter—your body temperature, a company's market share, democracy itself—persists only because invisible balancing loops are working against any deviation. The profound implication is that resistance to change is not a bug but a feature of any system that has survived; understanding which balancing loops maintain the status quo is the first step to changing it. Most failed interventions fail precisely because they trigger balancing loops they didn't anticipate.

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