Balancing Feedback

Balancing or negative feedback loops are equilibrating or goal-seeking structures in systems and are both sources of stability and sources of resistance to change.

Meadows, D. (2008).

Thinking in systems: International bestseller. chelsea green publishing.
Repeating rows of text showing the words 'undesired state' and 'desired state' separated by arrows pointing inward, visualising a balancing feedback loop constantly correcting toward equilibrium.

Simon Weckert Google Maps Hacks

99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps. Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic.

Simon Weckert (2020)

A four-panel collage from Simon Weckert's Google Maps Hacks: top-left shows a person pulling a handcart full of smartphones down an empty Berlin street, top-right shows a Google Maps view with red traffic indicators on the same street, and the bottom panels show wide views of the quiet, car-free Berlin street.