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Past a Threshold a System Switches Behaviour and May not Switch Back

Rests on bnd-nonlinearity-response-not-proportional and on stk-'s accumulation node (a stock fills quietly toward the threshold). Explains to lop- why loop dominance can change and to lev- why timing and reversal cost matter. Does not teach resilience or the resilience-versus-efficiency trade-off, which lev- owns, and stops before chaos and bifurcation mathematics, which the fence excludes.

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Tipping Points in Complex Systems

A tipping point is a critical threshold in a complex system beyond which a small incremental change triggers an abrupt, self-reinforcing, and often permanent shift in the system's state, frequently v…