Twyman's Law

Twyman's Law works like gravity — indifferent, reliable, and entirely unimpressed by your excuses.

Laws of this kind are really observations that refused to go away. Enough people bumped into the same wall that someone finally painted a sign. This page is the sign.

Every colony has a notice board and a gossip channel. The notice board informs; the channel decides. Wise residents read the first and audit the second.

Society is a long conversation; the only question is whether you are listening or merely waiting to speak. That is all. A small tool, honestly kept, beats a large one admired.