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== Our Core Traits == | == Our Core Traits == | ||
We endeavor to be | We generally endeavor to be | ||
* Self-aware | * Self-aware | ||
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* Self-credentialed | * Self-credentialed | ||
* Hard-working | * Hard-working | ||
* Risk-managing | |||
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1210236694382944258 Earnest] | * [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1210236694382944258 Earnest] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1079821584234250240 Of Good Humor] | * [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1079821584234250240 Of Good Humor] | ||
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* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1534047944806002688 Imposters] | * [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1534047944806002688 Imposters] | ||
* Responsibly Heretical | * Responsibly Heretical | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments Asch], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment Milgram], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments Asch], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment Milgram], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment Zimbardo] negative | ||
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1039589389309902848 Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom] | * [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1039589389309902848 Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom] | ||
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/800396512844922880 Long Good, Short Nice] | * [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/800396512844922880 Long Good, Short Nice] | ||
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== Harmonizing Tensions == | == Harmonizing Tensions == | ||
We recognize that reality presents many natural, necessary tensions. While much of the world fights mindlessly over permanent positions that lack all contextual awareness, we see [https://theportal.group/35-superposition/ Superpositions] and trade-offs. As it is said in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes_3 Ecclesiastes] and Pete Seeger's song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xzyhoeu1Y "To Everything There Is a Season], and a time to every purpose under heaven." We do not accept the middlebrow binaries, dilemmas, and trilemmas foisted upon us by activists and politicians. Instead, we strive to find efficient frontiers that adaptively balance these tensions through ongoing internal dialectic. Here are some areas that we believe would benefit the most from an emphasis on harmonization and [https://thebasics.guide/gene-expression-regulation/ Regulated Expression]: | We recognize that reality presents many natural, necessary tensions. While much of the world fights mindlessly over permanent positions that lack all contextual awareness, we see [https://theportal.group/35-superposition/ Superpositions] and trade-offs. As it is said in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes_3 Ecclesiastes] and Pete Seeger's song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xzyhoeu1Y "To Everything There Is a Season], and a time to every purpose under heaven." We do not accept the middlebrow binaries, dilemmas, and trilemmas foisted upon us by activists and politicians. Instead, we strive to find efficient frontiers that adaptively, [https://thebasics.guide/facultative-adaptation/ facultatively] balance these tensions through ongoing internal dialectic. Here are some areas that we believe would benefit the most from an emphasis on harmonization and [https://thebasics.guide/gene-expression-regulation/ Regulated Expression]: | ||
* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=7050 arrogance | humility] | * [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=7050 arrogance | humility] | ||
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* romanticism | rationalism | * romanticism | rationalism | ||
* objectivism | relativism | * objectivism | relativism | ||
* realism | idealism | * realism | idealism | ||
* [https://youtu.be/i1uOeQQ-xGs&t=217 tribalism] | [https:// | * [https://youtu.be/i1uOeQQ-xGs&t=217 tribalism] | [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1658486278772637706 cosmopolitanism] | ||
* levity | gravity | * levity | gravity | ||
* dreaming | doing | * dreaming | doing | ||
* tolerance | prejudice | * [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1107499062180208641 tolerance] | [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1323032614962298881 prejudice] | ||
* conservativism | liberalism | libertarianism | * [https://youtu.be/1CCde6TAKdw&t=3411 conservativism | liberalism | libertarianism] | ||
* game acceptance | game rejection | * game/frame acceptance | game/frame rejection | ||
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1608654419465482240 femininity | masculinity] | |||
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1124338381809278976 violence] | [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1181589353182580737 peace] | |||
* love | [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1124211380637224963 hate] | |||
* leading | following | |||
* left | right | |||
* religiosity | secularism | |||
<!-- * sobriety | inebriation | |||
* wild | domesticated--> | |||
For a short list of current societal dilemmas that would benefit from this approach, see [[Societal Superpositions]]. | For a short list of current societal dilemmas that would benefit from this approach, see [[Societal Superpositions]]. | ||
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* Our Time | * Our Time | ||
* Abstraction | * Abstraction | ||
* The Language of Reality (Differential Geometry) | * The Language of Reality (e.g., Differential Geometry) | ||
* Giving credit and attribution where due | * Giving credit and attribution where due | ||
* Correcting misallocation of credit | * Correcting misallocation of credit | ||
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* [[Ideological Dining a la Carte]] | * [[Ideological Dining a la Carte]] | ||
* Evolutionary thinking | * Evolutionary thinking | ||
* [ | * [[Adaptive Valley Crossing]] | ||
* [ | * [[Critical Feeling]] | ||
* Independent, Critical, Rigorous, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle First Principles] thinking | * Independent, Critical, Rigorous, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle First Principles] thinking | ||
* Constructive Criticism & Dialogue | * Constructive Criticism & Dialogue | ||
* [ | * [https://x.com/ericexplainer/status/1842746722902286398 Public-Spirited, Ethical, Scientific Elitism] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/831025834215354368 Anti-Experts] | * [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/831025834215354368 Anti-Experts] | ||
* Pro-social Freedom of Expression | * Pro-social Freedom of Expression | ||
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* Hypocrisy budget | * Hypocrisy budget | ||
* Injustice budget | * Injustice budget | ||
* Toxicity budget | |||
* Accuracy budget | |||
* Inconsistency budget | |||
== We Downregulate == | == We Downregulate == | ||
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* Lossy compression | * Lossy compression | ||
* [[Chess-Opening Problem]]s | * [[Chess-Opening Problem]]s | ||
* [https://youtu.be/C6zViXwQqkI Muddling Arguments] | |||
== We Exclude == | == We Exclude == | ||
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618522889690714118 Anti-Collegial Snark] | * [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618522889690714118 Anti-Collegial Snark] | ||
* [[Streisand Squeeze|Streisand Squeeze Strategies]] | |||
* Cheap, Uncharitable Criticism | * Cheap, Uncharitable Criticism | ||
* Cheap, Uncharitable Trolling | * Cheap, Uncharitable Trolling | ||
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* Duplicitousness and Insincerity | * Duplicitousness and Insincerity | ||
* Psychopathy | * Psychopathy | ||
* Uncharitable Roasting | * Uncharitable or low-level (bot-like) Roasting, Dunking, and Dragging | ||
* Destructive/Anti-social Gamer Culture | * Destructive/Anti-social Gamer Culture | ||
* Stalking | * Stalking | ||
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* Doxxing | * Doxxing | ||
* Harassment for sport | * Harassment for sport | ||
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1421494565056389124 Oversimplification] | * [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1421494565056389124 Oversimplification] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234534122908864514 Absolutist and totalizing ideologies] | * [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234534122908864514 Absolutist and totalizing ideologies] | ||
[[Category:Community]] | [[Category:Community]] | ||
[[Category:Sensemaking]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:20, 6 October 2024
We are friends and collaborators of Eric Weinstein. Our community is a self-selected group of high-agency misfit mutants who are interested in diversifying humanity beyond this solar system via new fundamental physics. In the spirit of The Portal, we are always looking for a way out of our perennial problems.
We Prioritize[edit]
Our Core Traits[edit]
We generally endeavor to be
- Self-aware
- Metacognitive
- Meta-honest
- Adaptive
- Agentic
- Hopeful
- Self-teaching
- Self-critiquing
- Self-credentialed
- Hard-working
- Risk-managing
- Earnest
- Of Good Humor
- Collegial
- Imperfect
- Curmudgeonly
- Loyal to Friends
- Loyal to Loyal Opposition
- Kind, Decent & Compassionate toward others
- Flexible of Mind
- Generous of Spirit
- Tasteful
- Curious
- Radically Creative
- Radically Conservative
- Project-driven
- Ambitious
- Courageous
- Imposters
- Responsibly Heretical
- Asch, Milgram, and Zimbardo negative
- Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom
- Long Good, Short Nice
Harmonizing Tensions[edit]
We recognize that reality presents many natural, necessary tensions. While much of the world fights mindlessly over permanent positions that lack all contextual awareness, we see Superpositions and trade-offs. As it is said in Ecclesiastes and Pete Seeger's song, "To Everything There Is a Season, and a time to every purpose under heaven." We do not accept the middlebrow binaries, dilemmas, and trilemmas foisted upon us by activists and politicians. Instead, we strive to find efficient frontiers that adaptively, facultatively balance these tensions through ongoing internal dialectic. Here are some areas that we believe would benefit the most from an emphasis on harmonization and Regulated Expression:
- arrogance | humility
- analysis | intuition
- excellence | genius
- inclusion | exclusion
- diversity | commonality/interoperability
- pluralism | leadership
- shunning/cancellation | redemption
- institutions | disintermediation
- egalitarianism | recognition of differential contribution
- listening | ignoring
- senior leadership and wisdom | removal of those who stopped renewing
- authoritative sources | heterodoxy
- welcoming strangers | prioritizing family and old friends
- ridicule | civility and comity
- modernity | tradition
- centralization | distribution
- transparency | opacity
- depth | breadth
- individualism | collectivism
- romanticism | rationalism
- objectivism | relativism
- realism | idealism
- tribalism | cosmopolitanism
- levity | gravity
- dreaming | doing
- tolerance | prejudice
- conservativism | liberalism | libertarianism
- game/frame acceptance | game/frame rejection
- femininity | masculinity
- violence | peace
- love | hate
- leading | following
- left | right
- religiosity | secularism
For a short list of current societal dilemmas that would benefit from this approach, see Societal Superpositions.
We Value[edit]
- Our Time
- Abstraction
- The Language of Reality (e.g., Differential Geometry)
- Giving credit and attribution where due
- Correcting misallocation of credit
- Balancing Type I & Type II Error
- Camping and Decamping
- Creative competition and rivalry (e.g. RNA Tie Club, The Dozens, Cutting Contests, Guitar Battles, Poetry Slams)
- Ideas over instantiations
- Ideological Dining a la Carte
- Evolutionary thinking
- Adaptive Valley Crossing
- Critical Feeling
- Independent, Critical, Rigorous, First Principles thinking
- Constructive Criticism & Dialogue
- Public-Spirited, Ethical, Scientific Elitism
- Anti-Experts
- Pro-social Freedom of Expression
- Bespoke, High-level Curation (e.g. Z3nBlack)
- Genius-level, Pro-social Trolling (e.g. Tom Lehrer, Gilbert and Sullivan)
- Radical compression with minimal distortion
- High signal with minimal noise
- Technical language and reserved terms, where appropriate
- The Double Island Rules
- Estufagem processes
We Allow Ourselves[edit]
- Hypocrisy budget
- Injustice budget
- Toxicity budget
- Accuracy budget
- Inconsistency budget
We Downregulate[edit]
- Cynicism
- Chaos
- Sanctimony
- Specialization
- Excellence
- Consensus
- Groupthink
- Groupfeel
- Interpersonal Drama
- Lossy compression
- Chess-Opening Problems
- Muddling Arguments
We Exclude[edit]
- Anti-Collegial Snark
- Streisand Squeeze Strategies
- Cheap, Uncharitable Criticism
- Cheap, Uncharitable Trolling
- Meretricious Arguments and Framings
- Self-extinguishing strategies
- Utopianism
- Coercion
- Gaslighting
- Purity
- Vindictiveness
- Nihilism
- Duplicitousness and Insincerity
- Psychopathy
- Uncharitable or low-level (bot-like) Roasting, Dunking, and Dragging
- Destructive/Anti-social Gamer Culture
- Stalking
- Physical threats
- Misogyny
- Anti-semitism
- Impersonation
- Doxxing
- Harassment for sport
- Oversimplification
- Absolutist and totalizing ideologies