unintended consequences
Sign in to saveAlso known as unanticipated consequences, unforeseen consequences, unintended consequence, knock-on effect
outcomes that are not the ones intended or foreseen by a purposeful action, resulting from a variety of reasons, including the world's inherent complexity as well as cognitive or emotional biases
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Within Vinony's link graph, unintended consequences is referenced by 468 other articles, and connects out to Streisand effect, perverse incentive and New Zealand.
It sits within the topics Adages, Complex systems theory and Concepts in ethics.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
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- opposite of
- serendipity
- has cause
- intentional human activity
- facet of
- goal
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Streisand effect
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perverse incentive
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New Zealand
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Karl Marx
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Charles Darwin
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medicine
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car
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New Jersey
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Adam Smith
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Cold War
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John Locke
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Kinshasa
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sociology
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Delhi
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Friedrich Engels
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evolution
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malaria
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medication
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Max Weber
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