**Pattern Name:** Stability Criteria
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Homeostats have a critical internal mechanism that does two things: * balances filtering and amplifying between High Variety Blocks and Low Variety Blocks * modifies the purpose and therefore identity of the system. The measure of success for any homeostat is that it manages within constraints. It may have to dramatically change itself or it may need to move itself into another game (environment0>
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