Dear Humans,

Major League Baseball is increasing the base size from 15 inches square to 18 inches square. It’s to avoid collisions between baserunners and fielders. But it might also encourage teams to steal more bases because it will shorten the distance between bases by four and a half inches.

Four and a half inches doesn’t seem like much, but if you’ve seen baseball you know that the difference between stealing second or getting tagged is often less than four and half inches. And that change might lead to other unforeseen changes.

Our world is full of little changes that lead to big things. One change leads to another and another and another. And soon reality–what we think of as normal for the current moment–becomes something completely different.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt