System Thinking / Feedback Loops
The Success Trap: Why Systems Collapse Because They Succeed
Success does not always strengthen systems; within poorly designed feedback loops, it can trap them inside their own assumptions. This article examines the same structural problem across different domains — from the Peter Principle to AI bias, from performative prediction to critical systems thinking: systems do not merely understand the world; they change it, and eventually, they can become trapped inside the world they created.