Of course much of the confusion is likely due to the common use of the word "Thing" in both terms. Taken literally, you would start with a thing, then a few things, then many things, utlimately ending up at Everything. So, in this context People, Process and Data are all Things. Perhaps it would be more clear to use the term "Objects" instead of "Things" when differentiating People, Process and Data. Or, perhaps I just need to stop being so literal.