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Cybernetic feedback system
Posted on 11/06/09, 06:29 pm
When the famous anthropologist Gregory Bateson took a look at AA he called it a "Cybernetic feedback system".
He was describing the way old-timers were giving back some of their output to be used as input to help the new comers.
He did not realize it but he was also describing how the promises (output) could serve as motivation (input) to keep us looking for more and more promises.
He was describing the way old-timers were giving back some of their output to be used as input to help the new comers.
He did not realize it but he was also describing how the promises (output) could serve as motivation (input) to keep us looking for more and more promises.
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Reply #1 11/09/09 1:38pm
Good description - I have also found that the more I put in the more I get out.
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