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ALGEDONIC LOOP
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ALGEDONIC LOOP
a term used by Stafford Beer to describe the
feedback an organism, organization or machine receives from the
environment. The algedonic loop is the large feedback loop that
goes outside the organism and, through reward or punishment,
indicates the environment's response to the organism's behavior.