A God-favoring algorithm and matrix

 IF only to be able to talk in the same wavelength as the

young ones who are usually techies, I thought of familiarizing myself

with some digital terms that would somehow capture the things I wanted

to tell them. And I discovered at least two terms that seem to serve

the purpose.

  

            One is the term, algorithm, which in the digital world

means “the set of ‘rules’ a search engine may use to determine the

relevance of a webpage, and therefore its search engine ranking.”

  

            In other words, if we are a search engine, like Google,

and we want to search for a particular product, we should come up with

some formula such that we can get the relevant particular webpages in

their proper ranking, with the first one as being the most relevant

for our needs.

  

            The other term is matrix, which again in the digital world

means “a vast sea of computing resources that can be visualized by the

user, is accessible at many levels, and is lit up more intensely in

the areas of greatest activity.”

   

            With all the many and complex information, data and things

being fed into our brain because of the new technologies, we need to

have some means to be more keenly discerning as to which ones have

priority over the others so we do not get confused and lost and can

still maintain a good sense of direction and purpose.

  

            Knowing how to formulate an algorithm that is useful to us

and to learn how to cruise in the very complex matrix of data is

certainly an important and even an indispensable skill that we now

need to acquire.

  

            And we should make sure that in all the activities and

operations we now do in our cyberworld, we should always give God the

highest priority so as to avoid getting lost in that intoxicating

environment.

  

            Yes, God has to be given the highest priority for after

all he is the Creator of the whole universe, including our digital

culture, the author of what is real, the ultimate standard of what is

true, good and beautiful.

  

            We should be wary of the strong possibility of being

seduced by some worldly values that, while having their legitimate

place in the sun, can only lead us to a lot of dangers when not

inspired, rooted and directed towards God.

             We should never forget what Christ once said: “For what

does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own

soul.” (Mk 8,36) Let us always remember that we are meant to be with

God from whom we came and to whom we belong in a way that is so

intimate as to enter into a living communion with him.

   

            We cannot deny that the new technologies can hijack our

sense of religion, our love-characterized relation with God and with

everybody else, such that we end up not only indifferent to God and to

others but also hostile to him and to everybody else.

  

            It’s true that we have to be immersed in the things of the

world, since they in fact are the means for us to enter heaven to be

with God in our definitive state of life. But we should be properly

immersed in them.

              And that means that while we are immersed in the things of

the world, we should also be immersed in God. In fact, the more

immersed we are in the world, the more immersed we should also be in

God. Otherwise, there is no other way but to get lost.

  

            We need to devise an algorithm that will always lead us to

God regardless of what we are doing in the world. We also need to know

how to handle the matrix of information, data and other resources so

that we would always be led to God.