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    1. Stafford Beer coined and frequently used the term POSIWID (the purpose of a system is what it does) to refer to the commonly observed phenomenon that the de facto purpose of a system is often at odds with its official purpose

      the purpose of a system is a what it does, POSIWID, Stafford Beer 2001. Used a starting point for understanding a system as opposed to intention, bias in expectations, moral judgment, and lacking context knowledge.