Pattern

Braking engine

You might say: balancing loop, thermostat

A loop that opposes change and pulls the system back toward a level.

Ask

What pushes back here, and toward what level?

Sources

1. UK Government Office for Science, “An introductory systems thinking toolkit for civil servants”, Tool 9, feedback loopsBalancing loops are stabilising, regulating and stability seeking

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