The next day, hoping for a sense of normalcy, they took Trigger for a walk near Space Coast Stadium.
The idea of collecting data from physical things and taking triggering actions in the real world has also started influencing the thinking of how to organize processes in industry.
John Coates begins his book by explaining that high-stakes risk taking triggers strong emotions and biological reactions in financial traders.
Near term, this could manifest itself as a "surprise" filter being laid over a selfie taken, triggered by opening our eyes wide or opening our mouths, similar to some of Snapchat's animated selfie lenses.
For addicts any reminder of drug taking triggers a neural cascade, which culminates in feelings of desire, but crucially, without needing any actual enjoyment of the drug to occur.
While there, George discovered how he could help inmates take triggers that once caused incredible anxiety and even violent melt-downs, and flip them on their heads, so these same triggers helped them become quiet, introspective, and even more peaceful.
"Sometimes all it takes to get triggered is to read about someone who weighs less than you do".
Sometimes one big move may be all it takes to trigger others.
Intellectual humility is called for here: No one can say with great confidence how much magma it takes to trigger a caldera-forming eruption.
