Windigo embodies an uncontrolled positive feedback loop

Evidence

In terms of systems science, the Windigo is a case study of a positive feedback loop, in which a change in one entity promotes a similar change in another, connected part of the system. In this case, an increase in Windigo hunger causes an increase in Windigo eating, and that increased eating promotes only more rampant hunger in an eventual frenzy of uncontrolled consumption. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1118

Categorization

• XREF: The positive/negative feedback framing is the hinge language bridging Indigenous ethics and Western systems ecology — core to the braided method of the whole book and polyad.
• DEFINE: Introduces positive feedback loop in systems terms, giving the reader precise scientific vocabulary for the greed dynamic.