Hi all,

I'm by no means a philosopher, nor am I one who tends to spend much of my time considering these ideas, but someone recently introduced me to a concept that I can't seem to get out of my mind and need to read up on further.

I'm sure I am butchering the idea, but a friend of mine explained to me the idea that "everything that happens is 0's and 1's, all that really matters is how you use and respond to information".

I find it hard to adequately explain what I mean (see "not a philosopher"), but the idea was predominantly grounded in a sort of fluidity in positives and negatives. Bad and good things that happen in life are not inherently one or the other, the after-effect and responses one has is what attributes the label, thereby allowing the individual to somewhat distort the event without necessarily influencing it.

If this makes sense to anybody who is able to give me some names & books I'd be very grateful. I'm sure there was a name attributed to the idea, but any similar sounding suggestions and ideas are welcome

Thanks all

Matt