We hear about checks and balances first – and often last – in high school current events classes: Democratic republics have checks and balances which stabilize them, keeping them from spinning out of control in any number of directions. Ecosystems are also sustained by checks and balances which keep them from spinning out of control. We organisms and relationships are too. We’d do well to think more about these checks and balances since they explain a lot – far more than just governing. I am my checks and balances. When I lose them and things spin out of control for me in any number of directions, I will no longer exist. My corpse, comprised of whatever energy and matter were in my last suppers and last breaths will remain, but I’ll be gone. There are two kinds of things that “exist,” remaining “things” for a while (nothing lasts forever). There are durables and perishables . Durables remain in existence with no energetic throughput – a planet, stone, computer, or watch, … [Read more...] about Checks and Balances Explain a lot More than Just Governments