The human is a weird creature, each one coming from a predetermined (disregarding the concept of free will) mold. Like a preprogrammed computer, our software can be added to and improved upon with updates and new programs. When we browse the world around us, what happens is similar to a person typing code into a C++ project file. New objects and pointers are created, and they become part of the completed project. They interact with other parts of the project and determine new outcomes. Newer objects develop dependencies on older objects, which become like knots in a hammock holding everything together.

To view a microscopic image on a computer screen, you have to somehow connect the computer and microscope. This is commonly done with a wire, and a bond is made between the two objects. Think of a television as a microscope and the human brain as a computer. When we watch television, a bond is created between the television and our brain. Information flows from the set directly into our processor, where it is broken down into thoughts and memories. Some of the inputs we process become objects that we rely on to help us process new information coming from other sources.

Figuratively plugging things into our brain reminds me of a math equation. Take “y = (X^2) + 4,” where “X” represents data from a television commercial about the imminent nuclear holocaust from an inevitable World War IV. The commercial director has set up a background which is a representation of nuclear fallout in New York City. This information is plugged into your equation as

“y = [(fallout)^2] + 4,” and is taken somewhere in your brain where it affects decisions and becomes a type of filter for processing other information. A short time after seeing this commercial and storing “fallout” as “X”, you see news about a possible nuclear war, and you are now thinking of that all day. Someone asks you whether or not you want to have children later in life, and you say “no” because you feel that nuclear holocaust will occur and you don’t want your children to suffer from it. This person now views you as someone who will weigh opportunity costs of life and death against love and family. This piece of information goes into that person’s processor, where it affects his or her opinions of family and the value of love compared with life and death. In a broader view, all humans are the “X” within each others unique processor.