Unintended Consequences, Convergent Evolution And Stranger Things
5 min readFeb 15, 2021
The term “unintended consequences” defines outcomes that aren’t visible, or predictable at the moment of an action. They are grouped into three main types:
- unexpected benefit — like a touch of luck, or serendipity
- unexpected drawback — when the benefit is tainted by some inconvenient inherent to the solution