The Butterfly Effect is the idea that small changes in the early state of a system can cause significant and unpredictable changes to its future state. For example, the flutter of a butterfly’s wings in Africa could possibly alter the atmosphere just enough to change a hurricane’s path from across the Gulf of Mexico to up the East Coast. Although the butterfly does not cause the hurricane, it’s a small part of a larger sequence of events that causes a major change in the ultimate outcome.

Most often The Butterfly Effect is associated with chaos theory, a field of study in mathematics. But this profound concept can extend far beyond mathematical equations or weather patterns. The power of this phenomenon is what Americans so desperately need to embrace to solve our national challenges and change the way our dysfunctional political system operates once and for all.
Just as the butterfly and the hurricane are elaborately connected, our domestic and foreign policies are linked in intricate ways. If we don’t pay close attention, a policy decision that we make today can have significant consequences down the road – in ways we may never have considered.

The Butterfly Effect can work either for us or against us. Decisions can be altruistic and intelligent and therefore have a positive impact on our future. Or they can be self-serving and illogical and therefore lead this nation into chaos. Lately it’s been the latter, but that trend is about to end. This book will prove that even the slightest disruption can transform our severely broken political system. Better yet, a large one can transform the world.

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