Russ Abbott has created a Wiki page in order to collect
instances and examples of "Unintended Consequences".
An interesting topic, sometimes funny, and certainly
related to "emergence" and emergent properties.
I have added some points and items, too. Feel free
to contribute, the web address is here
http://cs.calstatela.edu/~wiki/index.php/Courses/CS_461/Museum_of_unintended_consequences
I would say the most common form of unintended consequences
and side effects can be found in medicine. Do you agree ?
Wikipedia lists a few other unintended consequences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequenceThere is also a book about this subject named
"Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the
Revenge of Unintended Consequences" by Edward Tenner, 1996
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679747567/qid=1136313701-J.
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