I realized at one point that the math associated with Brook’s Law—ie the chance of project failure scaling to n(n-1)/2, the number of communications paths between n people who have to cooperate with each other to achieve the result—probably applied to many kinds of open and poly/ethical-non-monogamous relationships as well.
The degree of drama I’ve anecdotally seen them stir up seemed to support my hypothesis. I avoid them now.
50% of marriages end in divorce. I think of that statistic as a probability of failure for a life long monogamous relationship. I don't think there's any argument that can convince me that increasing the number of partners reduces or does not increase the probability at which a relationship between 2 people will end up in heart break and hurt feelings.
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I realized at one point that the math associated with Brook’s Law—ie the chance of project failure scaling to n(n-1)/2, the number of communications paths between n people who have to cooperate with each other to achieve the result—probably applied to many kinds of open and poly/ethical-non-monogamous relationships as well.
The degree of drama I’ve anecdotally seen them stir up seemed to support my hypothesis. I avoid them now.
50% of marriages end in divorce. I think of that statistic as a probability of failure for a life long monogamous relationship. I don't think there's any argument that can convince me that increasing the number of partners reduces or does not increase the probability at which a relationship between 2 people will end up in heart break and hurt feelings.