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• The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.
  -- Adam Walinsky...
• If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be the thirteenth clown.
  -- Adam Walinsky...
• One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output.
  Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output....
• Sociology's Iron Law of Oligarchy: In every organized activity a small number of participants will become the oligarchical leaders and the others will follow.
• The efficiency of a committee meeting is inversely proportional to the number of participants and the time spent on deliberations.
  -- Old and Kahn's Law...
• Shanahan's Law: The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.