butterfly
chaos theory states that very small changes can have very large effects. a butterfly can flap it's wings in malaysia and cause a hurricane in the atlantic. the 21st century has a butterfly. her name is theresa lepore. who? she's the person who designed the butterfly ballot used in palm beach in the 2000 election. it is widely held that enough people accidentally screwed up their ballots to prevent al gore from winning the state and the presidency. small change. gigantic effect.