Basically, that whatever you do
now will affect
everything else in a
geometric fashion. Take the following example which my history teacher presented to his class:
You're driving
home after a day at
work, or
school, or
whatever. You're a good
driver, you
obey the
speed limit and are
careful. Unfortunately, you hit and
kill a small
puppy. You get out of your car and
witness the
dog corpse and while you are evaluating your grief, you see the owner, a small innocent boy running down the driveway. His face slowly melts from a
general joy and innocence to
horror and
shock. Maybe, because of this
one moment, his whole life is altered. What could've become another Ghandi may now destined to be the next
Hitler. And, its all
your fault.
Its very similar to the
butterfly in Africa example, but that's a whole other node. Something to think about when you do a hit and run on the neighbor's
pet rabbit.