The basic rhythms of our media life depend upon the theory that a certain portion of the atom, the electron, will under certain conditions move out of its orbit around the nucleus and travel into the orbit of the nucleus of another atom. Each of these electrons has a negative charge and is held in place by the positive charge of the nucleus; their flow to another nucleus is caused by a surplus of negatives existing around one nucleus and a lack of negatives existing around the other nucleus. This flow of negatives is known as electricity.

A positive charge of electricity is a lack of negatives, a lack of electrons. A negative charge of electricity is an excess of the normal amount of electrons, a surplus of negatives. Thus electricity is the exact opposite of what one might presume it to be — it is the flow or movement of negatives. Positive is too few negatives to be negative. And just to zap it all together: a no charge or uncharged group of atoms is a perfect balance of positives and negatives.