What is Butterf.ly? (as of 12/30/08)
Butterf.ly is a website that shows you how the world is different because you exist.
To use butterf.ly, you start by entering an important life event - your job, your marriage, etc. You then answer the question, “who couldn’t I have done this without?” Those people are notified that they made a difference in your life, and they, in turn, tell butterf.ly who they couldn’t have helped you without. They can also enter their own important events, and the people that impacted them.
Shortly, you end up with a massive cause/effect chain that exposes the myriad ways we play crucial roles in each other’s destinies.
I like butterf.ly because it gets to such a fundamental need - a need that is arguably at the base of our desire for money, fame, and power - knowing that our existence made the world a better place. Some of the reasons to be excited about using butterf.ly:
- Learn about the ways you’ve directly - and indirectly - changed people’s destinies
- Explore why you are who you are
- Say thank you to the people who made you “you”
The name refers to the butterfly effect - the idea that a well-timed flap of a butterfly’s wings could cause or prevent a tornado.
