Brittleness emphasizes on the collapsed chain effect that is triggered by the collapse of one subsystem and will result in the breakdown of whole complex system.

复杂系统脆性重点强调崩溃的连锁效应，即由于复杂系统中的某一子系统的崩溃，引发的连锁的崩溃效应，会使整个复杂系统崩溃。

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Without available control, the entire society system will become out-of-order, finally it will be (collapsed, ) which is the brittleness of complex system.

在没有控制的情况下，整个复杂系统的有序状态将会被破坏，最终崩溃，这就是复杂系统的脆性。

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