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Following the definition from the article, armed forces seems like a complicated system, not a complex one. There is a structured, repeatable solution for armed forces. It does not exhibit the hallmark characteristics of complex systems listed in the article like emergent behaviors.


not a fan of the article for this reason alone. good points made, but no reason to redefine perfectly good words when we already have words that work fine.




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