CHAPTER 5
The tendency to increasing disorder (entropy) is universal…. It is reasonable to assume that the more people I depend, on, the less secure is my existence. There are too many factors that must simultaneously be right; more potential points of failure. If one person goes berserk, an increasing number suffer. We are becoming more susceptible to human carelessness—and human madness.
J. Calvin Giddings
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September, 1973
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We all fear the system. We all see how large and impersonal it’s become. There are simply too many people in society for government to be able to respond to all their needs; it must, of necessity, grow callous. This leads people to say, “The system is out to get me, so I’ll get it first.” It becomes acceptable to cheat on on
