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=== butterfly effect === | === butterfly effect === | ||
> small effects that lead to larger events | > small effects that lead to larger events | ||
>> to do: George Washington sparking the French-Indian War | |||
=== Goldilocks principle === | |||
* like Goldilocks who found the right bowl of porridge and bed to sleep on, | |||
** the "just right amount" is the "Goldilocks Principle" | |||
** = the sufficient (needed and perfect) conditions for something to happen | |||
* ex. | |||
** habitable planets require a perfect set of conditions to support life, which only earth presents | |||
*** see the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis | |||
** in economics, the Goldilocks economy is one in which economic inputs (trends/ happenings) are in balance and the economy is stable (very rare) | |||
==Contingency== | ==Contingency== | ||