What Is an Unstable Equilibrium?

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A lot of companies tend to end up in steady states that are non-optimal. Unstable equilibrium basically means the position of an object is a point where if it deviates a little bit on either side away from that position that's in, it'll move further away from the position. I think usually with the applications that folks want, it's not so black and white of, oh, yes, we should do this or no, we shouldn't. It's more about shades of gray.

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