Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 51 minutes ago

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This is a talk through the contents of section 2 of Robert M. Ellis's book 'Absolutization', intended to help people engage with its ideas. Systems theory can offer some key ideas to help us understand absolutization: reinforcing feedback loops, assumed system independence and fragility.
0:00 Introduction
02:55 Reinforcing Feedback Loops
13:14 Assumed System Independence
19:31 Fragility

'Absolutization' is available from Equinox Publishing at equinoxpub.com/projects/absolutization