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The '''distributed idea suppression complex''' (DISC) describes the emergent phenomenon of widespread, semi-independent idea suppression. The idea was first introduced in [[ep15|Episode 15]] of [[The Portal Podcast]] and described in detail in [[ep18#Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (DISC)|Episode 18]]. Eric has said he believes this might be the most important concept that we will be dealing with on a going-forward basis in 2020 on The Portal. It's the complex of structures that resulted in fantastic income inequality & unrest breaking out all over the Americas.
The '''distributed idea suppression complex''' (DISC) describes the emergent phenomenon of widespread, semi-independent idea suppression. The idea was first introduced in [[ep15|Episode 15]] of [[The Portal Podcast]] and described in detail in [[ep18#Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (DISC)|Episode 18]]. Eric has said he believes this might be the most important concept that we will be dealing with on a going-forward basis in 2020 on The Portal. It's the complex of structures that resulted in fantastic income inequality & unrest breaking out all over the Americas.


===Defining its properties===
==Defining its properties==


* The center of it is idea suppression.
* The center of it is idea suppression.
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* It merely ensures that the reality now paved over never becomes operational.
* It merely ensures that the reality now paved over never becomes operational.


=== Origin of the complex ===
== Origin of the complex ==
So, if you imagine that the institutions have become incredibly fragile because they're in fact built for growth, and that plan for their growth obligates them to tell untruths, and to hide certain characteristics, because they are not, in fact, able to grow at the rates in which they are supposed to—you need some complex for making sure that that information doesn't reach the bottom entrance to a pyramid structure.
So, if you imagine that the institutions have become incredibly fragile because they're in fact built for growth, and that plan for their growth obligates them to tell untruths, and to hide certain characteristics, because they are not, in fact, able to grow at the rates in which they are supposed to—you need some complex for making sure that that information doesn't reach the bottom entrance to a pyramid structure.


=== Quotes defining the concept ===
== Quotes defining the concept ==
 
 
 


==== From episode 18 ====
==== From episode 18 ====
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* "trust and safety"
* "trust and safety"
* quality control,
* quality control,
== Related Concepts==
* [[Digital Wet-work]]
* [[Extractive Elite]]
* [[Fact Burning]]
* [[Fact-Checker]]
* [[Gated Institutional Narrative|Gated Institutional Narrative (GIN)]]
* [[Intellectual Border Collies]]
* [[Far-Write / Alt-Write]]
* [[Iago Media]]
* [[Knarc]]
* [[Kayfabrication]]
* [[Law of Gaslighting]]
* [[Map the Silences]]
* [[New Gimmick Economy]]
* [[No-Living-Heroes Theory]]
* [[Official Copy of Reality]]
* [[Reputational Violence]]
* [[Seberging]]
* [[Sharp Minds vs Sharp Elbows]]
* [[Tech-Carthyism]]
* [[Technology Intelligence Media (TIM)]]
* [[Thinkquisition]]
* [[Universal Institutional Betrayal]]


== Links ==
== Links ==
* [[18: Slipping the DISC: State of The Portal & Chapter 2020]]
* [[18: Slipping the DISC: State of The Portal & Chapter 2020]]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1217886552962949121 Long Thread on Eric's Twitter about DISC]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1217886552962949121 Long Thread on Eric's Twitter about DISC]
[[Category:Slip the DISC]]
[[Category:Slip the DISC]]
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[[Category:DISC]]
[[Category:Ericisms]]
[[Category:Ericisms]]
[[Category:Cognitive Primitives]]
[[Category:Cognitive Primitives]]