I suppose the "butterfly effect" is often used synonymously with "domino effect", but has extra connotations of the outcome being particularly profound, and the

I suppose the "butterfly effect" is often used synonymously with "domino effect", but has extra connotations of the outcome being particularly profound, and the initial event/change being rather unrelated. While perhaps not a textbook example of the butterfly effect, it certainly made me ponder the chain of events that leads to technological advancement.