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== We Value ==
== We Prioritize ==


* Truth
* [[Truth, Meaning, Fitness, Grace|'''Truth, Meaning, Fitness, Grace''']]
* Meaning
* Fitness
* Grace


* '''Head, Heart, Loins'''
* [https://thebasics.guide/gene-expression-regulation/ Regulated Expression] of the above
* [https://thebasics.guide/gene-expression-regulation/ Regulated Expression] of the above


* Head
== Core Traits of The Portal Community ==
* Heart
* Loins
 
== Core Traits of Our Community ==


We aspire to be
We aspire to be
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* project-driven
* project-driven
* ambitious
* ambitious
* courageous
* imposters
* imposters
* responsibly heretical
* responsibly heretical
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== Superpositions/Trade-offs/Tensions/Dialectics ==
== Harmonizing Tensions ==


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Superpositions/Trade-offs/Tensions/Dialectics


* leading | following
* leading | following
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* ridicule | civility and comity
* ridicule | civility and comity
* modernity | tradition
* modernity | tradition
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== We Value ==
== We Value ==

Revision as of 20:10, 9 September 2023

We Prioritize

Core Traits of The Portal Community

We aspire to be

  • self-aware
  • metacognitive
  • meta-honest
  • earnest
  • of good humor
  • tolerant
  • kind & compassionate toward others
  • flexible of mind
  • generous of spirit
  • tasteful
  • curious
  • radically creative
  • project-driven
  • ambitious
  • courageous
  • imposters
  • responsibly heretical
  • long heroism, short martyrdom
  • long good, short nice


Harmonizing Tensions

Superpositions/Trade-offs/Tensions/Dialectics

  • leading | following
  • inclusion | exclusion
  • diversity | commonality/interoperability
  • centralization | decentralization
  • depth | breadth
  • transparency | opacity
  • shunning | 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


We Value

Independent Thinking

We're interested in finding people who are negative on these scales. How easily would you fall for these traps?