Karma is a Law of Physics (Synopsis)

Introduction

Imagine if I told you that for thousands of years, we've been doing everything wrong. We've been fighting wars, causing environmental damage, and creating inequality—all because we've misunderstood something incredibly simple: how information works.

For the past 125 years alone, more people have been killed by other humans than in all of history before that. Why? Because we've been ignoring the most fundamental truth about life: information isn't just something we use—it's what makes life possible. 

This book isn't about complicated science. It's about a simple idea that can change everything: when we share truthful information, we create a world where everyone can thrive. When we hide information or lie, we create chaos and suffering.

Chapter 1: How Information Shapes Everything

Long before modern science, ancient stories recognized something profound: meaning—information—comes before everything else. The Gospel of John begins with "In the beginning was the Word." 

Today, science tells the same story. Before stars, planets, or life existed, there was information. Information is the building block of existence—just as essential as energy or matter. 

Think about it: when you see something, hear something, or even feel something, you're processing information. When you make a decision, you're using information. When you learn something new, you're adding information to your system.

Information is everywhere—more fundamental than money, politics, or even our thoughts. It's the invisible thread that connects everything.

Chapter 2: Why We Get Things Wrong

For most of history, people lived in a world of false beliefs. Many thought Earth was flat, or that the universe revolved around us. These weren't just "wrong ideas"—they were symptoms of missing information.

When we don't have the right information, we make bad decisions. We fight wars we don't need to fight. We damage the environment we depend on. We create systems that fail because they're built on lies. 

This is what happens when information is distorted or hidden. It creates "social entropy"—a kind of disorder that makes systems break down, just like a room gets messier when you don't clean it. 

Chapter 3: The Amazing Power of Information

Information isn't just data—it's physical. Like energy and matter, it has real effects on our world. 

Imagine information as something you can touch. When we distort information (lie, hide facts, or spread misinformation), it's like wasting energy. It creates more work for systems to fix what we've broken.

This isn't just theory. It's science. When we tell the truth, we save energy. When we lie, we waste energy. And when we waste energy, systems break down. 

Chapter 4: Life as a Team Sport

Think about your own body. It's not one person making all the decisions. It's trillions of cells working together, sharing information, making decisions based on what they know. 

This is how life works. Everything depends on information flowing freely between parts. When communication breaks down (like when you get sick), systems fail. 

We humans are the same way. Our societies work best when we share information openly—not when we hide it or distort it.

Chapter 5: How to Keep Life Going

Life is amazing because it constantly fights against disorder. The universe naturally moves toward chaos, but life finds ways to create order. How? By using information. 

When information flows freely, systems become more stable, creative, and organized. When information is blocked, systems become disordered, confused, and chaotic. 

This isn't just about biology—it's about society too. When we share truthful information, we create a world where everyone can thrive. When we block information, we create a world where everyone suffers.

Chapter 6: The Simplest Way to Make Things Work

Think about driving a car. You don't just point it in a direction and hope for the best. You constantly check your mirrors, look at the road, and adjust your course. 

That's what life does too. It constantly gathers information, makes adjustments, and stays on course. This is called "feedback"—and it's the secret to how everything works. 

When feedback is blocked (when information is hidden or distorted), systems break down. When feedback flows freely, systems thrive. 

Chapter 7: The Most Important Thing About Society

Society is not like a machine. It's not something you can control with a single button or rule. It's a living system that needs information to survive. 

When governments or companies block information, they're doing something dangerous: they're creating social entropy. This is like trying to run a car without checking the gas gauge—it might work for a while, but eventually, it will break down.

The most important thing about society is this: when information flows freely, people make better decisions. When information is blocked, people make worse decisions. 

Chapter 8: Why Our Current Systems Fail

Our current systems (governments, businesses, communities) often fail because they're based on the wrong idea: that we can control everything with rules and force. 

This is like trying to run a car with a broken steering wheel—it might work for a short time, but eventually, it will crash. 

When we try to control information instead of sharing it, we create more problems than we solve. We waste energy, create distrust, and make systems more fragile.

Chapter 9: The Simplest Way to Fix Everything

What if we designed systems based on a simple truth: the more truthful information we share, the more smoothly systems work? 

This isn't just theory—it's how life works. When information flows freely, systems become more stable, creative, and organized. When information is distorted, systems become disordered, confused, and chaotic. tant thing isn't to have more information—it's to have the right information. Truthful, complete information that helps us make better decisions.

Chapter 10: The World We're Living In

We're living in a world that's trying to solve problems with old ideas. We're using machine-like thinking to solve problems that are actually about living systems. 

This is like trying to drive a car with a broken engine—it might seem like it's working at first, but eventually, it will fail. 

The solution is simple: we need to think about information as something physical, not just data. We need to share information freely, not hide it. 

Chapter 11: What Happens When We Don't Share Information

When information is hidden or distorted, it creates a kind of social "noise" that makes systems less efficient. It's like trying to drive with your eyes closed—it's hard to go anywhere without crashing. 

This is why so many problems feel impossible to solve. We're trying to fix symptoms without understanding the root cause: missing or distorted information. 

The solution isn't more rules or more control—it's more truthful information. 

Chapter 12: How to Make Society Work Better

Imagine if governments and businesses measured success by how well they shared information, not how much they hid it. 

This is the simplest way to create a society where everyone can thrive: by sharing truthful information. 

When we share truthful information, we create systems that are more resilient, more creative, and more fair. When we hide information, we create systems that are fragile, unfair, and prone to collapse. 

Chapter 13: The Simplest Rule for Everything

The most important rule for any system—whether it's a business, a government, or a community—is this: Share truthful information. 

When information is truthful and complete, systems function well. When information is distorted or hidden, systems break down. 

This isn't just about being "nice"—it's about how the universe actually works. Information has physical properties, just like energy and matter. 

Chapter 14: The Future We Can Create

The future isn't about more technology or more rules. It's about sharing information freely. 

When we share information freely, we create a world where everyone can thrive. When we hide information, we create a world where everyone suffers.

This isn't a dream—it's how life already works. The most successful systems (both in nature and in human society) are those that share information freely and truthfully. 

The choice is simple: we can live in a world of information, or we can live in a world of chaos. And the choice is up to us.