The effectiveness of a discussion is inversely proportional to the square of the number of people involved

I’m not quite sure how democracy really works considering that it’s pretty much impossible to have a productive detailed discussion in a group with more than 4 or 5 people. Just think of how hard it is to choose a place to goto dinner with your family. And then talk about politics? Forget it. When you hit 20, it’s downright impossible, and anything beyond that no way. And then try to do it online…ha!

I love the concept of the wisdom of crowds as it applies to supporting a populist candidate like Bernie Sanders or AOC. But it can also end up being the stupidity of crowds. For Trump it’s probably the stupidity of crowds, however, deep behind that is a legitimate gripe from people who are disenfranchised, who we would learn more about, if we met them in small groups. People can be smart and caring in small groups, but once the herd or pack takes over, we’re probably screwed. I guess a Federated system where we pick delegates is suppose to help, but that above curve doesn’t look good considering the hundreds of people in Congress and the way they are bred. Sigh.

This is a law of physics which may very well provide support for the implications of the Fermi Paradox — that all intelligent civilizations eventually destroy themselves. I hope I’m wrong.