Not that he was perfect, or anything of the sort, but I cannot express the joy it gives me to see Stafford Beer’s watchword “the purpose of a system is what it does” at long last pass into common usage, especially among folks with no obvious reason to know who Stafford Beer was. It’s been a vital analytical tool for me this past quarter-century, in all kinds of circumstances. #POSIWID
@adamgreenfield I learned of the concept of #POSIWID for the first time just a few weeks ago -- here on Mastodon. The whole concept blew my mind. It explains so much of the insanity and awfulness we collectively live in.
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