positive feedback, n.All

Positive feedback (n.) pushes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠each stage further in the same direction until the system runs away and destroys itself — a fair picture of the mimetic crisis.