We assume decisions are reversible, but they are not.

Once you decide, a domino effect is kickstarted.

Some effects are a ripple effect—they linearly grow in impact, but their impact is controlled and disappears in time.

Other effects are a butterfly effect—they nonlinearly grow in impact, but their impact is uncontrolled and compounds in time.

What we call reversibility is our perceived ability or inability to control the chain reaction, but in reality, the past consequences are fixed in time, whether their impact is visible or not.

– Osasu Oviawe