______________________________________________________Parent Node(s): ASC Glossary on Cybernetics
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EUDEMONY
a measure of the more preferred state of affairs; the
commodity that the control system tends to optimize. The
eudemony concern is one of values, of stating what is worth
optimizing; in short, eudemony is a category of outcomes that
indicate we are enhancing the quality of life. (Beer, PLATFORM
FOR CHANGE, p. l59)