Somewhat pedantic, I assumed the original commenter was talking about systems with a point, otherwise the entire thread of thought is more pointless than I originally thought.
Here's the thing though, if you want to set up some sort of system for living your life, there can't be any finite goal to the system because if you reach that goal, what then? It's a more important requirement to continue the system itself.
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> A system is set up to accomplish something other than its own continued existence
Well, it could be, but it doesn't have to be.
Somewhat pedantic, I assumed the original commenter was talking about systems with a point, otherwise the entire thread of thought is more pointless than I originally thought.
Here's the thing though, if you want to set up some sort of system for living your life, there can't be any finite goal to the system because if you reach that goal, what then? It's a more important requirement to continue the system itself.