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"The purpose of a system is what it does", sometimes abbreviated "POSIWID", is a phrase coined by Stafford Beer For Beer, there was no point in believing what a system said it should do, since a system may say that it does one thing and not live up to that. Therefore when analyzing a system, we can say that its purpose is what it does.
This is an incredibly profound insight.
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- public document at doc.anagora.org/20210313165726-the_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
- video call at meet.jit.si/20210313165726-the_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
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