A single neutron begins the chain-reaction that in an instant can destroy a million lives and the toil of generations. Equally insignificant and unimportant are the trigger-events which can sometimes change a man’s course of action and so alter the whole pattern of his future.

— Arthur C. Clarke The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

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