Barak Ollama, Esq.However, there are cases when systems fail to adapt effectively when pushed just beyond their limits. These systems face what Woods and Branlat call decompensation: they exhaust their ability to keep up with the demands placed on them, and their performance falls sharply off of a cliff. This behavior is the opposite of resilience, and researchers call it brittleness.
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2022/12/28/southwest-airlines-a-case-study-in-brittleness/