Take an object, a small rock or your phone…
Page 175. Take an object, a small rock or your phone, and throw it into a shallow river. On a still evening, the ripples are still moving, still growing, when they object comes to rest on the bottom. The disruption at the point of entry is the first to vanish, but the consequences of the event radiate concentrically even as they dissipate. In a narrow river, with steep banks, the waves strike the shore, recoil to the center and make for the opposite side. The small perturbations A real regardless of our ability to feel them.
— from Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences) · Sick Souls, Healthy Minds- How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag