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.