Revolution 2.0

Introduction As governments become bigger, they become disproportionately less accountable.  “The intensity of the sound is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the signal source.” -My Junior year high school physics teacher. (He stole it from Newton.) “Government accountability to the people is inversely proportional to the square of the increasing size of that government.” -Will Luden That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode.  Continuing Newton’s inverse square law as applied to sound explains why sounds quickly become quieter as the distance increases from the sound source. For example, if you want to get someone’s attention in the living room, speaking in a normal voice will work. If that same person is across the street, you might have to shout. If they are 2 or 3 blocks away, you will need another method of communication.  Luden’s inverse square law as applied to governments explains why as governments get bigger, they become much less accountable. It is obvious that