HD spouse-to-spouse understanding
Life is full of misunderstanding. Sharing thoughts or questions with a spouse or significant other requires use of written or verbal communication both of which are lossy protocols for sharing data (this means that information gets lost during the communication process). The cost of this loss is expensive. That’s not just my opinion, even Bing thinks so. Let’s acknowledge that it feels a little bit weird referencing Bing in a non-derisive manner.
Miscommunication has been at the root of many historical blunders. For example, the Canadian government expressed condolences over the death of Margaret Thatcher … unfortunately she had not died (I’ll leave it to our reader to try and decipher what I mean by “unfortunate” in this context). A Thatcher had indeed died. Here’s how the Guardian described the tragic death.
After further inquiries it emerged that there had indeed been the tragic passing of a Thatcher. The heartbroken transport minister, John Baird, had texted from his home in Ottawa to a friend at the Toronto dinner the news that his 16-year-old grey cat, named in honour of the Iron Lady, was no more.
The US-Polish relationship could have evolved to a very special relationship under Jimmy Carter’s watch when he inadvertently told the Polish people that he “desired the Poles carnally”. His intention was to understand the Pole’s desire for the future.
We have been communicating verbally for about 50,000 years and the first evidence of written language was developed by the Sumerians around 3200 BCE (both facts compliments of Bing Chat). It’s time for an upgrade!
Introducing the Personal High-Definition Communicator
PHDComm allows you to communicate ideas with your significant other perfectly. As a result of using PHDComm, your thought is transmitted perfectly to the recipient with perfect clarity. PHDComm is a communication app meant for use only with a significant other. When you share a thought, the recipient receives your thought with your full context. The receiver’s PHDComm app applies their personal context to the communication before sharing it with the recipient. The result is perfect communication. Because PHDComm is powered by AI, the more you communicate using PHDComm, the better the app becomes at sharing thoughts concisely.
This kind of perfect communication will change the nature of romantic relationships forever. Imagine, a simmering resentment towards your significant other with respect to her (or his!), failure to keep their damn keys in the damn drawer. Damn it! Sorry, that just got too real! Perhaps you have been in this relationship for twenty years and those keys never end up where they are supposed to. You’ve had enough! You download PHDComm and insist that your other half do the same. You state “Can you please start leaving your keys in the drawer?” The thought will be processed and communicated as follows.
The phrase “Will you please start putting the damn keys in the damn drawer” will be augmented with the following “I feel disrespected that you fail to follow this simple request. Floundering around for keys is injects stress when I am trying to leave in a hurry.” It also provides an emotion matrix with “Anger = 74, Sad = 52”
Your spouse’s app receives the message and adds her additional context. This context is “It’s no big deal. It’s my car. I don’t want him to be angry.” The message is presented along with context and most importantly helpful ideas on how to respond.
Both parties in the communication can understand all additional context so they can learn more about their own unresolved feelings and the deeper feelings of the other person.
Connecting on PHDComm could be a significant marker in a relationship like choosing to move in with each other. It’s a big deal because by agree to be PHDComm partners you are agreeing to be absolutely honest with each other.
And there’s the problem! Unfiltered honesty could be unbearable. Imagine this exchange over PHDComm:
Partner 1: “Hey you seem a little withdrawn”. Context: “Concerned”. Emotional Matrix: Worried = 11.
Partner 2: Receives the message. There personal context is added “Just not that into him anymore. You’ve packed on a few pounds and seem to be a lot more gassy than when we first met.”
Partner 2 responds: “Nothing. Just tired”. Personal context added ““Just not that into you anymore. You’ve packed on a few pounds and seem to be a lot more gassy than when we first met.”
The good news is that they understand exactly where they stand with each other but I’m not sure PHDComm helped this relationship.