Simondon explains that "the individuation has not been thought out and described adequately due to that we know of only a single form of equilibrium, the stable equilibrium; we are unaware of a metastable equilibrium; it was implicitly assumed that the being was in a state of stable equilibrium; however, the stable equilibrium excludes the future …" Simondon, 2009, p.
Simondon explica que "la individuación no ha podido ser pensada y descrita adecuadamente debido a que sólo conocíamos una única forma de equilibrio, el equilibrio estable; no conocíamos el equilibrio metaestable; el ser era implícitamente supuesto en estado de equilibrio estable; ahora bien, el equilibrio estable excluye el devenir […]" Simondon, 2009, p. 28.