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Control theory postulates that in order to make effective goal-seeking decisions, one of the requirements imposed on an external controller, human or otherwise, is that it contain an accurate model of the “real” process to be controlled.

When an external controller’s process model matches the “real” process taking place, effective control may be, but isn’t guaranteed to be, achieved. When there’s a mismatch, all hope is lost.

The ultimate external controller is no external controller. It’s intimately integrated within, and distributed across, the process itself.