Loss of control
From apm
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem "Der Zauberlehrling" "The Sorcerer's Apprentice":
"die Geister die ich rief, werde ich nun nicht mehr los"
"The spirits I have summoned, I can now no longer dispel."
Related
- Loss of control through indirection of control over time and space => Direct manipulation
- Loss of control through buildup of dependency but loss of maintainability:
Dependency hell, Bit rot, Becoming slave of your own creation - Loss of control as in an accident: grey goo horror fable, replication pentagon, reproduction hexagon