Short Cuts in Data Processing

Today we shall talk about Data Processing in The Workplace and in The Home.

In particular, we shall start with how biological data processors - commonly referred to as "peeps" or "people" - publicly process data that is important to them individually and as a community. This kind of Data Processing is called Politics.
The Data Set of a medium-sized community is fairly large, and since there exists no commonly accepted algorithms for determining Optimality, or what is the best thing to do or route to take, we essentially have a very large and complex set of data being processed by different algorithms and procedures in an attempt to come to a harmonious agreement.

Poltics is how humans process such data. The endless talk, the chatter, the Tweets, the palaver, the jaw-boning... this is biological data processing.
We attempt to put forth our viewpoint in the most logical and persuasive form - which in itself takes a long period of trial and effort - to persuade other people. Once we have a persuasive argument, we try to communicate it in an effective manner to as large an audience as possible, and they will either agree, disagree, or stay neutral.
Politics and Political Discussion seem sometimes like data processing on an enormous amount of words precipitating like spring rain, centimeter by centimeter, inch by inch, and creating an impenetrable bog through which we no longer can walk; we are stuck in a slough of words.

It is not an easy process. It can be long, hard, and exasperating. Emotions swirl about like the hot gases of the Sun's coronal discharges and may interfere tragically with the processing of data. And when you stop and consider, there is an enormous amount of data; there is not just should-we-do-this or should-we-do-that, but there are an enormous nyumber of potential outcomes which have to be weighed according to our each several views of historical precedent and our religious and moral views.

Fortunately, there are two major Short Cuts through the maze of political data processing:

(1) Authoritarianism and Violent Persuasion, or

(2) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
or an Amiable Persuasion, commonly known as The Golden Rule, and which has been given to us as a rather good ALGORITHM by a number of people:

Jesus of Nazareth - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them,

Rabbi Hillel - That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn,


Lord Buddha - One who, while himself seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will not attain happiness hereafter.


Both of these short cuts will cut through the endless talk. Both will put the Monster Truck into all-wheel drive and ram right through that morass of words and argument that had us trapped, sinking into the quicksand of despair.
We are presently in the habit of choosing Short Cut #1.
We may wish to try Short Cut #2 a try and see how it changes the face of data processing.