The domino effect versus the dimino effect
In life, each existence
contributes in some way and life often demonstrates a domino
effect.
What is a domino effect?
The domino effect is a relatively new phenomenon.
Dictionary.com suggests that the domino effect is “the cumulative effect that
results when one event precipitates a series of like events” and is the “domino
reaction”, (coined during “1965-1970”).
Everyone loves a good game of
dominoes. It appears that it does not matter who wins the game, as it is just
that, a game. It is not the game of dominoes under discussion here, although
the same basic principles apply to life itself.
For example, in terms of
business, there can be severe repercussions when acts or events are
interconnected, like dominoes in a row or forming a circle.
Consider the typical picture of
each domino standing slightly apart, forming a single row. One falls down and
all of the others follow suit, shortly thereafter. One by one, they all tumble
to the ground. Each domino contributes to the fall of the entire row. This is
the domino effect.
It is evident in business, too.
Human beings tend to act like dominoes, at times, as they play the game of
follow the leader in business. One human being falls and all of the others fall
with him or her. Many times, this has to do with human norms, based largely
upon the majority. What one can do, everyone else can do too, or can they? That
is a supposition that is predominant in a domino mentality or a domino way of
thinking.
There is a higher norm based
upon morality, but it takes a single person, family, community or country
standing alone to initiate or enforce that norm. This depicts another game in
life which people can and do play, although they seldom acknowledge it in terms
of a designated name.
In contrast to the concept
referred to as the domino effect, consider the use of a new concept, the dimino
effect. The difference is this. The domino falls down, with all of its dominoes
following suit, while the dimino stands alone.
Although no one has named this
phenomenon before, throughout the course of human history, there are many who
have taken such a stand and stood the test of time. There are hundreds of
individuals, families, communities or countries who have stood alone, often
because of a unique, moral stand. Frequently, this is a stand is for truth of
some kind.
Yes, there is a domino effect
where some kind of a cumulative effect results, when an event of some kind
causes the initiation of other events of a similar nature.
At the same time, there is also
a dimino effect, which occurs when some kind of an event of a non-cumulative
nature, results in a determined moral stand taken by one unique individual,
family, community or country.
Humankind needs to be cautious
about its stand in terms of the domino effect or the dimino effect.
Should people follow the norms
of the majority or the norms of morality? It appears that each person who
exists will contribute to one or the other, the domino effect or the dimino
effect. Such is the reality of existence.
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