That GIGO Effect!

That GIGO Effect!

GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT.  This phrase originated in the computer world.  I remember sometime back, together with my DB Team, we spent sleepless nights [that's besides the long days] cleansing data WHICH were 'garbage' [and by the time we confirmed it was GARBAGE, it was too little too late].  All along in the technology space, when we kept harping on GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT, it was about That GIGO Effect📗📙📘

Swinging over to the fast lane, to our daily lives, are we witnessing GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT?  Those instances could be cranking up to zillion times I guess.  Starting from our school days, it's so obvious WHY our parents wanted all along to send us to the good and possibly best schools [of course, to schools their war chest can align.  Not schools in the Ivy League for most of us].  And WHY did our parents frown when sometimes we're friends to people NOT much to their liking💥💥💥

As we get into the groove towards adulthood, WHEN we have unshackled ourselves away from our parents, WHEN we're very much on our own, we would then realize the relevance of that very old but heavily quoted one-liner:  BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.  Before you know it, if you're a huge fun of clubbing, WHO else will you spend time with?  And if you're a smoker, do you expect to spend time with a bookworm😄😄😄

As you gradually build your habits and persona, before you know it, you would realize that YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE, that WHATEVER you embraced would end up as a huge influence in your evolving persona, that your developing discipline is now becoming WHAT is you at the moment.  You might ask, can I undo things so that I DON'T end up with GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT???

Our takeaway:  In life, we can likely avoid seeing OR having garbage as an output in our life.  BUT as the Singaporean would ask, SO HOW?  It all starts up front when data is being collected and before it gets churned out.  GO BACK TO BASICs.  Trace those 'bad stuff'  WHERE it is emanating, WHAT's causing OR triggering it.  And rectify that 'bad stuff' ASAP.  Avoid blurting excuses and alibis because by then, it might be TOO LITTLE TOO LATE❗❗❗