**A thing which, once started, tends to cause itself to grow** This is an index. I feel like snowball effects happen everywhere. They're a common system [[Pattern]] to do with [[Feedback Loop]]s which contribute to *more*. They may arise from [[Network Hubs|Preferential Attachment]] (or may not). ![[Snowball_Effects.png|450]] > [!fail] Negative Snowballs > - An injury causes abnormal movement patterns that cause more injuries. > - Buying something that causes you to have to buy more things to support it. => [[Diderot Effect]] > - The entire concept of [[Anticipatory Anxiety]]. > - Lack of sleep causes you to work slower, causes you less time to sleep > - [[Large Language Models|AI]]-written articles being sourced by AI, leading to more AI-written articles > [!success] Positive Snowballs > - One **consistent** piece of structure in a personal productivity system creates hooks for others to be added. Such as a [[Weekly Review]]. > - Being good at a thing puts you in a situation to do the thing more, which makes you more good at it => [[Success Begets Success]] > - [[Economic Growth Begets Economic Growth]] **** # More ## Source ## Related - [[System Archetype]]