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== Description == | == Description == | ||
This "housekeeping" (cough cough) episode of The Portal is only for the hard core listeners who launched this experiment with us. This year we begin to take on the idea of the Distributed Idea Suppression Complex or "DISC". | This "housekeeping" (cough cough) episode of The Portal is only for the hard core listeners who launched this experiment with us. This year we begin to take on the idea of the [[Distributed Idea Suppression Complex]] or "DISC". | ||
From "Terms of Service" changes, to selective enforcement of rules, peer review, "Strategic Silence", 'authoritative sources only', deboosting, shadow banning, down ranking, "unbiasing", "Good Censorship", 'diversity and inclusion' oaths, 'cancel culture', no-platforming, mob shaming, certification requirements, "trust and safety" and quality control, we are surrounded by others interested in various forms of idea suppression who would prefer to work in private. Obviously some, but not all, of those ideas are truly dangerous. But many of those ideas never reached us because they threatened institutional players rather than public safety. | From "Terms of Service" changes, to selective enforcement of rules, peer review, "Strategic Silence", 'authoritative sources only', deboosting, shadow banning, down ranking, "unbiasing", "Good Censorship", 'diversity and inclusion' oaths, 'cancel culture', no-platforming, mob shaming, certification requirements, "trust and safety" and quality control, we are surrounded by others interested in various forms of idea suppression who would prefer to work in private. Obviously some, but not all, of those ideas are truly dangerous. But many of those ideas never reached us because they threatened institutional players rather than public safety. | ||
This is the year we begin to do the unthinkable: attempt to fully reveal and slip the DISC. Stay tuned to the Portal for 2020. Or feel free to unsubscribe right now before we change it up... hope to see you soon. | This is the year we begin to do the unthinkable: attempt to fully reveal and [[Slipping the DISC|slip the DISC]]. Stay tuned to the Portal for 2020. Or feel free to unsubscribe right now before we change it up... hope to see you soon. | ||
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===The Twin Nuclei Problem of Cell and Atom=== | ===The [[Twin Nuclei Problem]] of Cell and Atom=== | ||
* Unlocking of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_molecular_biology#Discovery_of_the_structure_of_DNA 3D structure of DNA] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watson Watson] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Crick Crick] in 1953 | * Unlocking of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_molecular_biology#Discovery_of_the_structure_of_DNA 3D structure of DNA] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watson Watson] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Crick Crick] in 1953 | ||