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What Is the Law of Unintended Consequences?

Jim Schreier Jun 16, 2019

A good article except for the final statement, the implied conclusion that unintended consequences can only be identified in hindsight. The Implications Wheel has demonstrated consistently that it’s possible to identify “unanticipated consequences.”

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