NATURE IS ONLY WISE WHEN FEEDBACKS ARE RAPID Not only Nature, but Systems generally, cannot be wise when feedbacks are unduly delayed. Feedback is likely to cause trouble if it is either too slow or too prompt. It must be adjusted to the response rhythms of the system as well as to the tempo of the actual events—a double restriction. But however timely feedback may be, it has intrinsic limitations. It cannot predict the future. FEEDBACK ALWAYS GIVES A PICTURE OF THE PAST
