Цель и результат

Оно же «что получается, то и цель».

• https://strangeobject.space/@esther/109817453457006958 Мысль на подумать. Точнее на проверять при взгляде на разное.

  I don’t remember where I first heard it but “The output of a system is the purpose of that system.” is one of the most thought-provoking things I’ve come across in recent years, often in a very uncomfortable way.

  It made me look at the harmful results of systems not as accidents or imperfections to be fixed but as intended or at least tolerated outcomes.

  e.g. An economy that has homeless people is at least in part designed to make some people homeless.

  Ah, this is where the phrase comes from: POSIWID, “the purpose of a system is what it does”, coined by Stafford Beer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does

  И https://strangeobject.space/@EricLawton@spore.social/109824123659725976

  I find it helpful to consider that social systems don't have a purpose.

  They have a purpose (desired effect) for each interested party, and an actual effect on each interested party.

Думаю, связано с темой консеквенционализм.