Like all good working algorithms, this one needs a name.  And not just any name either, but one that captures the possible madness and inefficient, byzantine nature of communication along with a Pennsylvania-appropriate utopian vision—one of a better tomorrow.  A tomorrow where people look back and laugh at ideas presented about communication in the four hour work week because they already happened (not the four hour part, just the e-mail ideas, etc.).  A tomorrow where a bit of ceremonial pomp prior to the unveiling of an idea becomes the de facto standard of speaking.  And now, for the name: sustainable informatics.

Sustainable informatics is the honing of communicated information producing the most efficient and simple method possible to pass information between parties—whether wetware, hardware, or energy.  Now, in order to better understand what this is, let us begin with what it is not.  E-mail is not informatically sustainable—many instances of communication cut relevant parties out of a discussion and many salient points may get easily buried in the overflow.  If the volume of information gets high enough, "information overload" may occur, rendering useful decision-making impossible.  Thus, cutting down absolute volume encourages more sustainable communication—each communication instance is likely more relevant and encourages further relevant communication so as to avoid waste.