Nature Orientation: Values Shift in Accordance with Complex System Brittleness Theory

Abstract

The occurrence of brittle behavior acts as a feature of complex systems. Complex systems consist of numerous simple systems by combining various hierarchical structures; they exist through the nonlinear action of coupling. The system disorder attributed to the loss of material and energy in subsystems directly adversely affects the direct receiver, thereby inducing the motivation of brittleness. Complex systems inevitably exhibit brittle behavior. As nature and human society are subsystems of a complicated giant system, there are risks of brittle behavior in nature and human society. The occurrence of brittle behavior originated from the disharmony and disorder of conventional values in the judgment of the objective relationships between human and nature, causing the discomfort of the system. However, the “nature-oriented” values modified the conventional values. Human society is open to the nature, and the output and input are basically balanced in the overall amount of material and energy.