Ericisms

Eric often coins terms or turns-of-phrase that some people may not immediately understand. This page is a reference source for those. In this list we include more general topic areas that may at first cause confusion such as the DISC, EGOs, Gated Institutional Narrative, Load-Bearing Fictions, etc., as well as many of Eric's lesser known neologisms.

See also:

• A Modern Contradictionary: New Words for our New World – a Twitter Moment by Eric with a vocabulary adapted to our changing world.
• Eric Weinstein Quotes

Adjective, Occupation, Name Formula Agentic Leadership Algorithmic Fun House Anthropic Capitalism Anti-Expert Anti-Interesting Anechoic Era Artificial Outelligence Audience Capture Audio Samizdat

The Big Nap Borjas Rectangle Theory Break-Glass-in-case-of-Emergency People

Checksum Theory of Politics Contrast Blindness Deaths of Accountability De-Potemkin Dining a la Carte DISC Don't screw yourself out of magic

The Educational Complex Edugenic Harm Electronic Tribalism & Electronic Feudalism EGOs Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation Evergreening

Facultative Autism Forced Citation

Gated Institutional Narrative Genius vs Excellence Goliaputian

High Agency Hypocrisy Budget

Iago Media Injustice Budget Institutional Betrayal Interoperability and Exclusion

Knarc

The Least Interesting, Interesting Thing Load-Bearing Fictions Long-Form Podcasting Limbic Business Model Litella The Looting Party Long Term vs Short Term Optimization Long/short positions (nuanced positions)

Message Violence Minus Epsilon

The N^2 Revolution New Gimmick Economy New Orchards No Living Heroes

Observerse The Optics are the Substance

Perfectly Legal Physics Dollars

Reflexive Contrarianism Rent-seeking Elites Reputational Violence Resource Capture Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing Riding on a technical substrate Rough Space

Seberging Selective Pressures Semi-reliable Communal Sense-making Sharp Minds vs Sharp Elbows Snap-to-Grid Intellectualism Speaking Fee Split Level Argument Streisand Squeeze

Teaching Disabilities Totalizing Ideologies The Twin Nuclei Problem Thinkquisition Technology Intelligence Media (TIM)

Umwelt Hacking Universal Basic Forgiveness The United States of Absolutely Nothing (U.S.A.N.)

Vampire Syndrome or Vampire Effect

White Suit Wu-Yang Dictionary