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Re:Ends, Means, and Antitrust by sratner on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @12:00PM (#14655267)
"Virtuous" and "vicious" cycles both refer to positive feedback, and differ only in value judgement they imply, so arguably the value judgement is the entire point of using these terms. I can't think of a common use term for negative feedback off the top of my head.
Re:Ends, Means, and Antitrust by yorwba on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @01:12PM (#14655991)
> I can't think of a common use term for negative feedback off the top of my head.

"self-defeating"?

Re:Ends, Means, and Antitrust by andrewla on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @04:26PM (#14658003)
And "self-limiting", maybe, for a "bad" value judgement.