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Russell Conjugation Illuminator

2020-05-04T14:06:12Z

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== Goals ==
* <span class="highlight">'''How do we make the concepts in this paper more accessible to people? https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27181'''</span>
* What shape would a tool take to accomplish this?
* What value can we create with this tool?
* How do we turn it into a system/ecosystem/community/entity/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product mvp] that sustainably provides value?
* What's a catchy name for this project?

== Project Name Candidates ==
* decolouring book/ page(s)
* desaturating glass
* decolourer/ desaturator
* bullshit detector

== Resources ==
* '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpCUtNdM0Q Bertrand Russel Video]'''
* '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EWbCrwO-_GwnEu0OOD3a-55_dr0SxdIrTjKA7-aeu-Y/edit?pli=1#gid=0 List of Russel Conjugations, Add More Here]'''
* '''[https://gist.github.com/k-bx/bd1e6886dbea7005321f0e8041ad005e Unbiased Jesus Reporting]'''
* '''[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/955117591378329606 Twitter Thread listing adjectives and some details]'''
* '''[http://www.concepthut.com/emotive-conjugation-and-russel-conjugation-dictionary/ Emotive Conjugation and Russel Conjugation Dictionary]'''
* '''[https://www.commpro.biz/weasel-words/ Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/top-20-corporate-weasel-words.html Corporate Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://www.thoughtco.com/weasel-word-1692604 Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_language#Examples/ Loaded Language]'''
* '''[https://qr.ae/pNvnTI Quora Loaded Language]'''
* '''[https://andrelevy.net/lakoff_framing101.pdf Lackoff Framing]'''
* '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEQixrBKCc George Carlin on Euphemisms]'''

== Previous Attempts ==
* '''[https://github.com/amsidera/Russell_conjugative Russell conjugative Github Project]'''

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== Project Meeting Notes ==
'''[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jkUQ3-_pNsJWFMl55_yytGubAg67V3ufzosg6i088l8/edit# 03/05/2020, working document]'''

===== Problem definition =====
The problem with emotional conjugation is that the reader is being made to feel a certain way an thing/idea/topic/concept without realizing that they are being manipulated.

===== Stakeholders =====
The project group acts as stakeholders for this project.

=== Emotive Conjugations Product MVP ===

==== MVP-1 ====
* 10 articles mockup
* List of conjugations + browser plugin that already exists for highlighting

==== MVP-2 ====
* Crowdsourcing data - people highlight and submit conjugations to tool database
** Positive emotions
** Negative emotions
* Detection on each page
* Actions:
** Highlight
** List and count of each
* Method: Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey script to start

==== Persona Focus ====
(For build and marketing purposes)
* Language: English
* Domain: News
* Format: Text
* Country: USA (because country specific phrases and lingo) with appropriate comms
* User: Readers
* Browser: Firefox or Chrome
* Hardware: PC / Laptop
* Age: 18-60 (guess)

=== Emotive Conjugations Product potential ===
* Actions:
** Data inverted - Emotional Gradient slider as well
** Adblock type thing - Can have always on or manual options
* Block of content specific database
* Publicly viewable database of emotive conjugations on different websites with histogram
* Natural Language Processing - “Becky was standing on the side of the road. Then that cow crossed the road.”
* Videos: youtube to start
* Users can suggest alternative terms or phrases for the word or phrase they highlighted
* User puts in their political position to give more data

==== Persona Focus ====
(For subsequent releases and further marketing purposes)
* Language: English+
* Domain: News
* Format: Text and Video
* Country: USA (USA+ ?)
* User: Readers and watchers
* Platform: Firefox or Chrome on PC (and mobile?)

===== Other =====
* '''[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/highlight-this-finds-and/fgmbnmjmbjenlhbefngfibmjkpbcljajOnline A Google Chrome Extension to get started]'''
* '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EWbCrwO-_GwnEu0OOD3a-55_dr0SxdIrTjKA7-aeu-Y/edit#gid=0 Dataset]'''
* A Tooltip software such as: https://www.tippedjs.com / https://github.com/staaky/tipped to display the synonymns from
* To sort out collaboration tool and/ or documentation repository for data from competitive research conducted by @extremerouge
* Reorganise project wiki pages
* Define timeframe and project roadmap
* Define segments in target audience, alongside communication channels and content formats
* Clarify approach to testing (assumption: soft launch for this community but what about QA in SDLC?)
* Clarify what (amount of) content marketing we will need prior to MVP launch, as it launches and post-launch

Russell Conjugation Illuminator

2020-04-03T08:11:38Z

Vecordia:

== Goals ==
* '''How do we make the concepts in this paper more accessible to people? https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27181'''
* What shape would a tool take to accomplish this?
* What value can we create with this tool?
* How do we turn it into a system/ecosystem/community/entity/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product mvp] that sustainably provides value?
* What's a catchy name for this project?

== Project Name Candidates ==
* decolouring book/ page(s)
* desaturating glass

== Resources ==
* '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpCUtNdM0Q Bertrand Russel Video]'''
* '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EWbCrwO-_GwnEu0OOD3a-55_dr0SxdIrTjKA7-aeu-Y/edit?pli=1#gid=0 List of Russel Conjugations, Add More Here]'''
* '''[https://gist.github.com/k-bx/bd1e6886dbea7005321f0e8041ad005e Unbiased Jesus Reporting]'''
* '''[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/955117591378329606 Twitter Thread listing adjectives and some details]'''
* '''[http://www.concepthut.com/emotive-conjugation-and-russel-conjugation-dictionary/ Emotive Conjugation and Russel Conjugation Dictionary]'''
* '''[https://www.commpro.biz/weasel-words/ Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/top-20-corporate-weasel-words.html Corporate Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://www.thoughtco.com/weasel-word-1692604 Weasel Words]'''
* '''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_language#Examples/ Loaded Language]'''
* '''[https://qr.ae/pNvnTI Quora Loaded Language]'''
* '''[https://andrelevy.net/lakoff_framing101.pdf Lackoff Framing]'''

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2020-03-15T21:22:33Z

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* [[Eric’s Most Important Set of Books]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYBqIRM8GiY Dirac Strings, Spinors, Wine Dance Video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYAXjTGr_eM Principal fibre bundles - Lec 19 - Frederic Schuller Video]

* [https://www.google.com/search?q=Roger+Penrose%27s+three+worlds+and+three+deep+mysteries+theory Roger Penrose's three worlds and three deep mysteries theory]
* [https://wch.github.io/latexsheet/latexsheet-a4.pdf LaTeX Cheat Sheet]
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Main Page

2020-03-15T21:00:00Z

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This unofficial website is a collaboration among listeners of The Portal Podcast.

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== Recent Portal Episodes ==
* [[25: The Construct: Jeffrey Epstein]]
* [[24: Kai Lenny - To Play and Flirt with Giants]]
* [[23: Agnes Callard - Courage, Meta-cognitive detachment and their limits]]
* [[22: Ben Greenfield - Wheat From Chaff in Human Fitness]]
* [[21: Ashley Mathews (aka Riley Reid) - The mogul and brains behind America's Sweetheart]]



* '''[[All Episodes]]'''
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== Recent Eric Sightings ==
* [https://youtu.be/MpGxOR50sn4 Rebel Wisdom: Broken Mice, Epstein & the DISC, Bret & Eric Weinstein]
* [https://youtu.be/v6mmN0EXJWE The Intellectual Wild South: Eric Weinstein | #78]
* [https://youtu.be/XbKXeVOUQYY Impact Theory: If You Want to See How Deep the Mind Can Go, Watch This | Eric Weinstein on Conversations with Tom]
* [https://youtu.be/i1uOeQQ-xGs The Minimalists: Ep. 212 | Community (with Eric Weinstein)]
* [https://youtu.be/_IP1xXlEVls CoinDesk: An Interview with Eric Weinstein]
* '''[[Content by Eric Weinstein | All Appearances]]
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<div style="float: left; width: 50%; padding: 0 2em 2em 2em; box-sizing: border-box">

== Projects ==
Progress can take many forms. Pick a project and help move it forward.
* [[Projects]]
* '''[[Graph, Wall, Tome]]'''
** [[Geometry]]
** [[The Road to Reality Study Notes]]
* [[Transcripts to be Made]]
* [[Videos to be Edited]]
* [[Riffs to Animate]]
* [[Slipping the DISC]]
* [[Gauge Theory of Economics]]
* [[Russell Conjugation Surfacing Tool]]
* [[The Story]]
* [[Value Statement | Build Our Value Statement]]
* [[How to Play Guitar in 5 Minutes]]
* [[Collected Efforts of the Group]]
* [[Curated Record of Discussions]]
* [[Convex Hull of Radical Longevity]]
* [[Holonomy Project]]


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<div style="float: left; width: 50%; padding: 0 2em 2em 2em; box-sizing: border-box">

== Other Topics ==
Recurring topics worth fleshing out more.
* [[Distributed Idea Suppression Complex]]
* [[Embedded Growth Obligation]]
* [[Gated Institutional Narrative]]
* [[Load-Bearing Fictions]]
* [[Chess-Opening Problem]]
* [[Different Vehicles with Common Payload]]
* [[The Square Root of Capitalism]]
* [[The War on Excellence]]
* [[Theory of Death]]
* [[Theory of Markets]]
* [[Theory of Geometric Unity]]
* [[Peer Review]]
* [[Eric's Nightmare Species]]
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== Community ==
We are a community working together on various projects. Get to know the group.
* [[Welcome | Welcome, Onboarding, What is this? How do I help?]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[Community Contributors]]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sB_LTltdq8J6mIKyPRaHQWKEuLk0ZXuwYQZb78BnNuk/edit Community To Do List]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein Eric Weinstein on Twitter]
* [https://discord.gg/3MnPZSa The Portal Discord]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePortal/ The Portal Reddit]
* [[Community Files]]
* [[Physical portals|Physical Portals]]
* [[History of the Portal]]
* [[Special:ListUsers | List of Users on this Wiki]]
* [[API Access to this Wiki]]
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== Tools ==
Tools to help you work on projects.
* [https://www.audacityteam.org/ Audacity]
* [https://www.blender.org/ Blender]
* [https://www.draw.io/ Draw.io]
* [https://www.gimp.org/ Gimp]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape Inkscape]
* [https://krita.org/en/ Krita]
* [https://github.com/3b1b/manim Manim]
* [https://www.spyder-ide.org/ Spyder]
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<div style="float: left; width: 50%; padding: 0 2em 2em 2em; box-sizing: border-box">
== Reference ==
Material that is commonly referenced in discussions and writings.
* '''[[Geometry]]'''
* [https://theportal.wiki/etc/wall.svg Clickable Wall]
* [[Eric’s Most Important Set of Books]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYBqIRM8GiY Dirac Strings, Spinors, Wine Dance Video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYAXjTGr_eM Principal fibre bundles - Lec 19 - Frederic Schuller Video]

* [https://www.google.com/search?q=Roger+Penrose%27s+three+worlds+and+three+deep+mysteries+theory Roger Penrose's three worlds and three deep mysteries theory]
* [https://wch.github.io/latexsheet/latexsheet-a4.pdf LaTeX Cheat Sheet]
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The War on Excellence

2020-03-15T02:44:05Z

Vecordia: /* Build-Up*/

* https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879

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== Key Takeaway from Eric's Article ==

Make excellence uncomfortable enough and you will see it run away. In [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879 this article] Eric observes that we sterilised our soil within the research enterprise to a large degree and we are now consequently observing that it bears insufficient/ stunted fruit to this enterprise. This is because universities ceased to put up with the social cost of excellence doing what it does best (which is to excel while often being a nuisance), and so the latter realises its potential in business instead.

''We have spent the last decades inhibiting such socially marginal individuals or chasing them to drop out of our research enterprise and into startups and hedge funds. As a result our universities are increasingly populated by the over-vetted specialist to become the dreaded centers of excellence that infantilize and uniformize the promising minds of greatest agency.''

There might be some hope in alternative institutions, e.g. TED (and, let's say it, the Portal).

=== Build-Up ===

1 - The efflux of excellence from our universities makes the wrong minds stay and often teach (sic!), but it also makes the right minds go and often struggle to fit in (sic!). If the excellence in question coexists with low self-confidence (which I believe is not uncommon, given how mediocre professors can treat genius students), such individuals don't go straight to business and make a success of it. Rather, they take jobs where their intellect is perceived as intimidating, so they waste their potential on learning how to masterfully dummy things down or they keep getting fired. The fuller picture might be that not only did we diminish excellence within the research enterprise, but also didn't use it optimally wherever it went after graduation. Round peg in a square hole, if you like.

2 - Comparable mechanisms in all enterprises. We do have a leadership crisis and natural leaders in lower jobs who present a threat to their bosses are typically not getting promoted.

3 - Business is in love with 'done better than perfect' and it confuses excellence with perfection. As a result it inflicts social penalties on those pursuing excellence as if they were perfectionists. Final outcomes include secret overtime, conflict and low quality outputs.
https://leadingdifferently.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/excellence-vs-perfection.png

The War on Excellence

2020-03-15T02:40:34Z

Vecordia:

* https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879

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== Key Takeaway from Eric's Article ==

Make excellence uncomfortable enough and you will see it run away. In [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23879 this article] Eric observes that we sterilised our soil within the research enterprise to a large degree and we are now consequently observing that it bears insufficient/ stunted fruit to this enterprise. This is because universities ceased to put up with the social cost of excellence doing what it does best (which is to excel while often being a nuisance), and so the latter realises its potential in business instead.

''We have spent the last decades inhibiting such socially marginal individuals or chasing them to drop out of our research enterprise and into startups and hedge funds. As a result our universities are increasingly populated by the over-vetted specialist to become the dreaded centers of excellence that infantilize and uniformize the promising minds of greatest agency.''

There might be some hope in alternative institutions, e.g. TED (and, let's say it, the Portal).

=== Discussion ===

1 - The efflux of excellence from our universities makes the wrong minds stay and often teach (sic!), but it also makes the right minds go and often struggle to fit in (sic!). If the excellence in question coexists with low self-confidence (which I believe is not uncommon, given how mediocre professors can treat genius students), such individuals don't go straight to business and make a success of it. Rather, they take jobs where their intellect is perceived as intimidating, so they waste their potential on learning how to masterfully dummy things down or they keep getting fired. The fuller picture might be that not only did we diminish excellence within the research enterprise, but also didn't use it optimally wherever it went after graduation. Round peg in a square hole, if you like.

2 - Comparable mechanisms in all enterprises. We do have a leadership crisis and natural leaders in lower jobs who present a threat to their bosses are typically not getting promoted.

3 - Business is in love with 'done better than perfect' and it confuses excellence with perfection. As a result it inflicts social penalties on those pursuing excellence as if they were perfectionists. Final outcomes include secret overtime, conflict and low quality outputs.