on the Conservation of Desk Space
While trying to find a place on my new, large desk to work on my tax forms, I had a flash of insight which led me to the formulation of what I shall call Glick’s Law (a.k.a. the Law of Conservation of Desk Space). Namely:
The percentage of free space on a desk remains constant as the area of the desk surface increases without bound.
Glick’s Law can no doubt be attributed to the fact that paperwork exhibits the behavior — much like compounds in the gaseous state — of expanding to fill its container.
Figure 1. Notice the graph’s distinct lack of slope as the size of the desk increases.