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
Iago Media Injustice Budget Institutional Betrayal Interoperability and Exclusion
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.)