Positive development stands for learning and growth because people receive feedback from their environment and adapt their behavior accordingly. Positive human development is a self-organizing process in which individuals and systems naturally adapt and evolve to achieve desired goals. With regard to cybernetics, it is assumed that exposure to a range of experiences and perspectives increases adaptability and resilience. Hierarchical control structures can also be used for this purpose. Essentially, cybernetics of adaptive self-optimizing systems views individuals, families, teams, organizations, communities and society as complex, adaptive systems that are controlled by feedback, self-organization and the pursuit of goals.