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[[Eric Weinstein|Eric]] often uses terms or turns-of-phrase that some people may not immediately understand. This page is a reference source for those only. This should not be confused with more general topic areas that may at first cause confusion such as the [[Distributed Idea Suppression Complex|DISC]], [[Embedded Growth Obligation|EGOs]], [[Load-Bearing Fictions]], etc.
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'''If you are adding a new term to this page, please use the [[Template:Ericism|Ericism Template]]''' -->[[Eric Weinstein|Eric]] often uses terms or turns-of-phrase that some people may not immediately understand. This page is a reference source for those only. This should not be confused with more general topic areas that may at first cause confusion such as the [[Distributed Idea Suppression Complex|DISC]], [[Embedded Growth Obligation|EGOs]], [[Load-Bearing Fictions]], etc.


See also:  
See also:  
* [https://twitter.com/i/events/887835625402941440 A Modern Contradictionary: New Words for our New World] – a Twitter Moment by Eric with a vocabulary adapted to our changing world.
* [https://twitter.com/i/events/887835625402941440 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]]
* [[Eric Weinstein Quotes]]


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== A/B Testing ==
== A/B Testing ==
A/B testing (also known as bucket testing or split-run testing) is a user experience research methodology. A/B tests consist of a randomized experiment with two variants, A and B. It includes application of statistical hypothesis testing or "two-sample hypothesis testing" as used in the field of statistics. A/B testing is a way to compare two versions of a single variable, typically by testing a subject's response to variant A against variant B, and determining which of the two variants is more effective. ([https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing Source])


A/B testing (also known as bucket testing or split-run testing) is a user experience research methodology. A/B tests consist of a randomized experiment with two variants, A and B. It includes application of statistical hypothesis testing or "two-sample hypothesis testing" as used in the field of statistics. A/B testing is a way to compare two versions of a single variable, typically by testing a subject's response to variant A against variant B, and determining which of the two variants is more effective. ([https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing Source])
'''Reference:''' [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XbKXeVOUQYY] Discussed in the context of adding “differential diagnosis” to our educators’ toolkit so that teaching disabled educators can learn how to add to better instruct students rather than externalizations the blame for their inadequate methods onto into the students.


Reference: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XbKXeVOUQYY] Discussed in the context of adding “differential diagnosis” to our educators’ toolkit so that teaching disabled educators can learn how to add to better instruct students rather than externalizations the blame for their inadequate methods onto into the students.


== Adaptive Landscape ==
== Adaptive Landscape ==
* Sewall Wright's theory of adaptive landscapes of fitness
* Sewall Wright's theory of adaptive landscapes of fitness


== Adaptive Valley ==
== Adaptive Valley ==
* Sewall Wright's theory of adaptive landscapes of fitness
* Sewall Wright's theory of adaptive landscapes of fitness


== Adjective, Occupation, Name ==
== Adjective, Occupation, Name ==
https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/955117591378329606?lang=en
 
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== Agency ==
== Agency ==
Bandura (2009a) defined human agency as “the human capability to exert influence over one’s functioning and the course of events by one’s actions” (p. 8). “Through cognitive self-guidance, humans can visualize futures that act on the present; construct, evaluate, and modify alternative courses of action to gain valued outcomes; and override environmental influences” (p. 8). “To be an agent is to influence intentionally one’s functioning and life circumstances” (Bandura, 2008c, p. 16).
Bandura (2009a) defined human agency as “the human capability to exert influence over one’s functioning and the course of events by one’s actions” (p. 8). “Through cognitive self-guidance, humans can visualize futures that act on the present; construct, evaluate, and modify alternative courses of action to gain valued outcomes; and override environmental influences” (p. 8). “To be an agent is to influence intentionally one’s functioning and life circumstances” (Bandura, 2008c, p. 16).


Four core properties of human agency were described in Bandura (2006b, pp. 164-165) They are (a) intentionality, (b) forethought, (c) self-reactiveness, and (d) self-reflection. Intentionality deals with the forming of intentions that “include action plans and strategies for realizing them” (Bandura, 2009a, p. 8). [https://principlesoflearning.wordpress.com/dissertation/chapter-3-literature-review-2/the-human-perspective/an-agentic-theory-of-the-self-bandura-1997/ Source]
Four core properties of human agency were described in Bandura (2006b, pp. 164-165) They are (a) intentionality, (b) forethought, (c) self-reactiveness, and (d) self-reflection. Intentionality deals with the forming of intentions that “include action plans and strategies for realizing them” (Bandura, 2009a, p. 8). [https://principlesoflearning.wordpress.com/dissertation/chapter-3-literature-review-2/the-human-perspective/an-agentic-theory-of-the-self-bandura-1997/ Source]


== Agentic Leadership ==
== Agentic Leadership ==
Agentic leadership derives from the term agency. This leadership style is generally found in the business field by a person who is respected by subordinates. This person demonstrates assertiveness, competitiveness, independence, courageousness, and is masterful in achieving their task at hand.
Agentic leadership derives from the term agency. This leadership style is generally found in the business field by a person who is respected by subordinates. This person demonstrates assertiveness, competitiveness, independence, courageousness, and is masterful in achieving their task at hand.
* [https://theportal.wiki/wiki?search=agentic&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go References to "agentic" in this wiki]
* [https://theportal.wiki/wiki?search=agentic&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go References to "agentic" in this wiki]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agentic_leadership Agentic Leadership on Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agentic_leadership Agentic Leadership on Wikipedia]


== Anthropic Capitalism  ==


== Anthropic Capitalism ==
[https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26756 Anthropic Capitalism & the New Gimmick Economy]
[https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26756 Anthropic Capitalism & the New Gimmick Economy]


== Anti-Expert ==
 
== Anti-Expert ==
''"Anti-Expert, n: 1. A person with expert training & credentials, yet who rejects consensus/institutional positions that cannot bear scrutiny."''
''"Anti-Expert, n: 1. A person with expert training & credentials, yet who rejects consensus/institutional positions that cannot bear scrutiny."''


* (https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/831025834215354368?s=20)
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== Anti-Fragility ==
== Anti-Fragility ==


== Anti-Interesting ==
== Anti-Interesting ==
'''Anti-interesting, adj.''': A subject is said to be anti-interesting if it is absolutely fascinating to the point where there is a strong market for it’s investigation but it threatens an institution capable of stifling discussion inside the [[Gated Institutional Narrative|Gated Institutional Narrative (GIN)]].
'''Anti-interesting, adj.''': A subject is said to be anti-interesting if it is absolutely fascinating to the point where there is a strong market for it’s investigation but it threatens an institution capable of stifling discussion inside the [[Gated Institutional Narrative|Gated Institutional Narrative (GIN)]].


[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1220179687340572672?s=20 Source]
[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1220179687340572672?s=20 Source]


'''Additional References'''
'''References:'''
*[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1220179670802395137?s=20 Full Tweet Storm]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1220179670802395137?s=20 Full Tweet Storm]
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1257067241914298369?s=20
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*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1233421390029606912?s=20
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== Artificial Outelligence ==
== Artificial Outelligence ==
''"Artificial Outelligence, n: An unintelligent computer system that evolves by hijacking the minds it dupes & outwits."''
''"Artificial Outelligence, n: An unintelligent computer system that evolves by hijacking the minds it dupes & outwits."''


=== Example: ===
 
'''Example:'''
The Bass designs false fish used by the mussels to better parasitize the bass.
The Bass designs false fish used by the mussels to better parasitize the bass.


It’s one thing to think & talk about the risks of unintelligent agents using *our* brains to outsmart ourselves. Another to see such examples in nature:
It’s one thing to think & talk about the risks of unintelligent agents using *our* brains to outsmart ourselves. Another to see such examples in nature:


=== References ===
'''References:'''
*https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/867050623174295552?s=21
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*https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1116065653847285760?s=21
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu8s0tp9yzY AI Can Now Self-Reproduce—Should Humans Be Worried?]
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/embed/0j9dxbB4Z1o Lampsilis mussels mimicking minnows]
'''AI Can Now Self-Reproduce—Should Humans Be Worried?'''
 
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'''Lampsilis mussels mimicking minnows'''
 
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== Audio Samizdat ==
== Audio Samizdat ==
The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe.
The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe.


===References===
'''References:'''
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1246652218377302022
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1179531933476249600
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/29689057860653056
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samizdat
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samizdat
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== The Big 5 Personality Traits ==
== The Big 5 Personality Traits ==
Eric has referred to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits Big 5 Personality Traits] as a person's hedonic composition.  
Eric has referred to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits Big 5 Personality Traits] as a person's hedonic composition.
 


== The Big Nap ==
== The Big Nap ==
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The Big Nap—at least in the developed free world—was essentially characterized as a run of extraordinary relative good luck and serenity (at least by the historical standards set by previous world wars, pandemics, depressions, and depressions), where the new gathering storm clouds of the Cold War threatened and menaced in the distance, but the skies directly above remained unprecedentedly clear. This created a bizarre developmental environment where the serenity of the Big Nap led to a worldwide epidemic of magical thinking among the expert and leadership classes that were raised during this time. [[The Big Nap|Read More]]
The Big Nap—at least in the developed free world—was essentially characterized as a run of extraordinary relative good luck and serenity (at least by the historical standards set by previous world wars, pandemics, depressions, and depressions), where the new gathering storm clouds of the Cold War threatened and menaced in the distance, but the skies directly above remained unprecedentedly clear. This created a bizarre developmental environment where the serenity of the Big Nap led to a worldwide epidemic of magical thinking among the expert and leadership classes that were raised during this time. [[The Big Nap|Read More]]


== Church and Pike Commissions ==
== Church and Pike Commissions ==
Were two parallel committees run in the US House and Senate investigating illegal activities by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA). In the 1970's  
Were two parallel committees run in the US House and Senate investigating illegal activities by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA). In the 1970's


'''References and Links:'''
'''References and Links:'''
'''Church Committee:'''
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee Wikipedia Church Committee]
* [https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2015/05/06/40-years-ago-church-committee-investigated-americans-spying-on-americans/ Brookings institute on the Church Committee]


'''Church Committee'''
'''Pike Committee:'''  


[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee Wikipedia Church Committee]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Committee Wikipedia on the Pike Committee]
* [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter98_99/art07.html The CIA themselves on the Pike Committee]


[https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2015/05/06/40-years-ago-church-committee-investigated-americans-spying-on-americans/ Brookings institute on the Church Committee]


'''Pike Committee'''
== Consensus ==
There’s no arithmetic consensus because it doesn’t require a consensus. But there is a Washington consensus. There is a climate consensus. “Consensus” is how we bully people into pretending that there’s nothing to see, move along, everyone. And so I think that in part, you should start to learn that people don’t naturally come to high levels of agreement unless something is either absolutely clear, in which case consensus isn’t present, or there’s an implied threat of violence to livelihood or self. ~[https://tim.blog/2016/01/13/eric-weinstein/ Eric on Tim Ferriss]


[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Committee Wikipedia on the Pike Committee]


[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter98_99/art07.html The CIA themselves on the Pike Committee]
== The Cosmic Spelling Bee ==
Bret Weinstein's term for the existential position humanity faces.


== Consensus ==


There’s no arithmetic consensus because it doesn’t require a consensus. But there is a Washington consensus. There is a climate consensus. “Consensus” is how we bully people into pretending that there’s nothing to see, move along, everyone. And so I think that in part, you should start to learn that people don’t naturally come to high levels of agreement unless something is either absolutely clear, in which case consensus isn’t present, or there’s an implied threat of violence to livelihood or self. ~[https://tim.blog/2016/01/13/eric-weinstein/ Eric on Tim Ferriss]
== Critical Feeling ==
"You're over-feeling this."


== The Cosmic Spelling Bee ==
Similar to critical thinking, but with emotional content. "Most of our emotions are susceptible to becoming maladaptive and because the content is not analytic thoughts they are harder to access and harder to influence." According to Jocko's philosophy, the Dichotomy of Leadership, we must remain aware of emotional balance and when to engage.
Bret Weinstein's term for the existential position humanity faces.  


== Critical Feeling ==
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"You're over-feeling this."


Similar to critical thinking, but with emotional content. "Most of our emotions are susceptible to becoming maladaptive and because the content is not analytic thoughts they are harder to access and harder to influence." According to Jocko's philosophy, the Dichotomy of Leadership, we must remain aware of emotional balance and when to engage.
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[https://youtu.be/Lmv_5I4WcNk?t=1495 #6 Jocko] @ ~25:00
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/844198341189627904?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/844208712763887616?s=20


== Deaths of Accountability ==
== Deaths of Accountability ==
"What is the real end game of this? Where are we really? When people are talking about reopening back to normal, I have the feeling that almost none of this stuff makes sense. And, you know, my take on "flatten-the-curve" was that we were caught with our pants down with respect to preparedness. And so we were trying to avoid deaths of accountability, which would be triage deaths. So then, you know, the issue was that the limbo bar was so low because we didn't want people dying to show that we were completely incompetent. So everybody should stay home so that we don't have deaths due to triage, as opposed to deaths due to the Coronavirus." ~ Eric on Covid-19, on [https://art19.com/shows/the-portal/episodes/f3267a63-450c-4342-bd91-70637a43784b The Portal Podcast #35], with Balaji Srinivasian @ 1 hr 32 min
"What is the real end game of this? Where are we really? When people are talking about reopening back to normal, I have the feeling that almost none of this stuff makes sense. And, you know, my take on "flatten-the-curve" was that we were caught with our pants down with respect to preparedness. And so we were trying to avoid deaths of accountability, which would be triage deaths. So then, you know, the issue was that the limbo bar was so low because we didn't want people dying to show that we were completely incompetent. So everybody should stay home so that we don't have deaths due to triage, as opposed to deaths due to the Coronavirus." ~ Eric on Covid-19, on [https://art19.com/shows/the-portal/episodes/f3267a63-450c-4342-bd91-70637a43784b The Portal Podcast #35], with Balaji Srinivasian @ 1 hr 32 min


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* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1247266936045494272?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1247266936045494272?s=20


== De-Potemkin ==
== De-Potemkin ==
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[https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/833384503817101312 Twitter]
[https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/833384503817101312 Twitter]


== Dining a la Carte Philosophically/Politically/Ideologically ==
== Dining a la Carte Philosophically/Politically/Ideologically ==
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Thus a "'''Xenophilic Restrictionist'''" would be viewed as an oxymoron/contradiction in terms without decoupling them from their typically associated ideologies.
Thus a "'''Xenophilic Restrictionist'''" would be viewed as an oxymoron/contradiction in terms without decoupling them from their typically associated ideologies.


Other Commentary and Links  
Other Commentary and Links  


[https://medium.com/@kevinshau/some-thoughts-on-xenophile-restrictionism-717cdd37b36 Medium article: Some thoughts on Xenophile-Restrictionism]
[https://medium.com/@kevinshau/some-thoughts-on-xenophile-restrictionism-717cdd37b36 Medium article: Some thoughts on Xenophile-Restrictionism]


== Don't screw yourself out of magic ==
== Don't screw yourself out of magic ==
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* https://nilesjohnson.net/seven-manifolds.html
* https://nilesjohnson.net/seven-manifolds.html
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milnor
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milnor


== Don't wait for the bread to rise ==
== Don't wait for the bread to rise ==
"We Jews have a tradition that I wish everybody had, which is that we read one stupid story every God damn year, just to drill it into your head to make sure it's always fresh. And this is: when it's time to leave, when it's time to change, don't wait for the bread to rise. This is what I say to every Jewish person, like, you're sitting around waiting for the bread to rise, because they all know the story, which is you eat the goddamn matzah because the people who waited for the bread to rise are no longer with us; their descendants are no longer with us. And it is time to revolt. ~ Eric on [https://youtu.be/wf0_nMaQ6tA?t=2210 JRE #1453 @ 36 min]


"We Jews have a tradition that I wish everybody had, which is that we read one stupid story every God damn year, just to drill it into your head to make sure it's always fresh. And this is: when it's time to leave, when it's time to change, don't wait for the bread to rise. This is what I say to every Jewish person, like, you're sitting around waiting for the bread to rise, because they all know the story, which is you eat the goddamn matzah because the people who waited for the bread to rise are no longer with us; their descendants are no longer with us. And it is time to revolt. ~ Eric on [https://youtu.be/wf0_nMaQ6tA?t=2210 JRE #1453 @ 36 min]


== The Educational Complex ==
== The Educational Complex ==
A system of selective political, economic, and memetic pressures resulting in a cult of the teaching profession which prioritizes the careerist desires of the educators over the learning needs of the students.
== Efficient Frontier ==
The efficient frontier is the blending of all possible components into portfolios with the highest possible return and the lowest possible volatility.


A system of selective political, economic, and memetic pressures resulting in a cult of the teaching profession which prioritizes the careerist desires of the educators over the learning needs of the students.
'''References:'''
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient_frontier


== Efficient Frontier  ==
The efficient frontier is the blending of all possible components into portfolios with the highest possible return and the lowest possible volatility.


References:
== Electronic Tribalism & Electronic Feudalism ==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient_frontier


== Electronic Tribalism & Electronic Feudalism ==


== Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation ==
== Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation ==


== Environmental Insult ==
== Environmental Insult ==


== Escher's Hands Drawing Hands ==
== Escher's Hands Drawing Hands ==
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_Hands Wiki's article] will hopefully be growing with this community's influence.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_Hands Wiki's article] will hopefully be growing with this community's influence.


== Evergreening ==
== Evergreening ==
The Evergreening of an institution occurs when younger employees are hired with the expectation that their views will become more moderate and tempered by the institution, and instead the institution is overtaken and radicalized by the individuals that it was hoping to exploit.
The Evergreening of an institution occurs when younger employees are hired with the expectation that their views will become more moderate and tempered by the institution, and instead the institution is overtaken and radicalized by the individuals that it was hoping to exploit.


'''Source:''' [https://youtu.be/1CCde6TAKdw?t=2259 YouTube]
'''Source:''' [https://youtu.be/1CCde6TAKdw?t=2259 YouTube]


== Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) ==
== Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) ==


== Forced Citation ==
== Forced Citation ==


== Fragility of Masculinity ==  
 
== Fragility of Masculinity ==
 


== Game B ==
== Game B ==
Humankind has lived in Game A since we have escaped the Dunbar limit. Humankind has never seen or fully imagined Game B. People like Daniel Schmachtenberger, Jamie Wheal, and Jordan Hall speak about this process of dialogue and its risks on [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ6Gptuq-sLflbJ4YY3Umw Rebel Wisdom]. A fundamental shift from adversarial processing to opponent processing.  
Humankind has lived in Game A since we have escaped the Dunbar limit. Humankind has never seen or fully imagined Game B. People like Daniel Schmachtenberger, Jamie Wheal, and Jordan Hall speak about this process of dialogue and its risks on [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ6Gptuq-sLflbJ4YY3Umw Rebel Wisdom]. A fundamental shift from adversarial processing to opponent processing.
 


== Gating Function ==
== Gating Function ==


== Gene Drive ==
== Gene Drive ==
A genetic engineering technology that propagates a particular suite of genes throughout a population by altering that a specific allele will be transmitted to offspring from the natural 50% probability.  
A genetic engineering technology that propagates a particular suite of genes throughout a population by altering that a specific allele will be transmitted to offspring from the natural 50% probability.
 


== Genius vs Excellence ==
== Genius vs Excellence ==


== Gini Coefficient ==
== Gini Coefficient ==


== High Agency ==
== High Agency ==
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- (https://tim.blog/2016/01/13/eric-weinstein/)
- (https://tim.blog/2016/01/13/eric-weinstein/)


== Iago Media ==
== Iago Media ==
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[https://youtu.be/1CCde6TAKdw?t=2868 Source]
[https://youtu.be/1CCde6TAKdw?t=2868 Source]


== Irrationality ==
== Irrationality ==
Irrationality is a feature, not a bug. It gives us the ability to Camp and decamp.
Irrationality is a feature, not a bug. It gives us the ability to Camp and decamp.


== It's a beautiful thing ==
== It's a beautiful thing ==
This originates from New York City.  
This originates from New York City.  


Meaning: You can extract money from people with no say in the matter.
Meaning: You can extract money from people who have no say in the matter.
 
 
== Injutice Budget ==


== Injustice Budget ==


== Kayfabe ==
== Kayfabe ==
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'''[https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11783 Erics Original Edge.org Response relating to Kayfabe]'''
'''[https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11783 Erics Original Edge.org Response relating to Kayfabe]'''


== Knarc ==
== Knarc ==
'''Knark''' is Swedish for very hard recreational drugs, but it's also "crank" spelled backwards with a slightly different spelling.
'''Knark''' is Swedish for very hard recreational drugs, but it's also "crank" spelled backwards with a slightly different spelling.


[https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1257372857832738816?lang=en]
[https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1257372857832738816?lang=en]


== Litella ==
== Litella ==
''"Litella, v: to become politically & publicly outraged by one's own misinterpretation of the opinions of others."''
''"Litella, v: to become politically & publicly outraged by one's own misinterpretation of the opinions of others."''


References:
'''References:'''
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/901853610274807809?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/901853610274807809?s=20
* https://hulu.com/watch/4256
* https://hulu.com/watch/4256


== The Looting Party ==
== The Looting Party ==
Episode 27, 1:46:00:
Episode 27, 1:46:00:
:when Bill Clinton decided that he couldn't take yet another loss to the Republican party, he was going to start experimenting with republicanism inside of the democratic party. By that point, we had two parties that more or less were two flavors of the same thing. I refer to that collective as '''the looting party'''.
:when Bill Clinton decided that he couldn't take yet another loss to the Republican party, he was going to start experimenting with republicanism inside of the democratic party. By that point, we had two parties that more or less were two flavors of the same thing. I refer to that collective as '''the looting party'''.


== Long Term vs Short Term Optimization ==
== Long Term vs Short Term Optimization ==


== Long/short positions (nuanced positions) ==
== Long/short positions (nuanced positions) ==


== Maladaptive strategies ==
== Maladaptive strategies ==


*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1088644373615542272?s=20
 
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1088644373615542272?s=20
 


== Meaning ==
== Meaning ==
"The meaning of my life is the progressing struggle to impart meaning to meaning." [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1071207012493549568]
"The meaning of my life is the progressing struggle to impart meaning to meaning." [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1071207012493549568]


== Message Violence ==
== Message Violence ==
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"The point of the violence is to be so picturesque that it works its way into your mind and it won't let you go because somebody did something that was unnecessarily unthinkable; just for the purpose of torturing your brain with knowing that is what is on the other side."
"The point of the violence is to be so picturesque that it works its way into your mind and it won't let you go because somebody did something that was unnecessarily unthinkable; just for the purpose of torturing your brain with knowing that is what is on the other side."


[https://youtu.be/Lmv_5I4WcNk?t=3303 #6 Jocko] @ 55:03  
[https://youtu.be/Lmv_5I4WcNk?t=3303 #6 Jocko] @ 55:03
 


== Middle Finger ==  
== Middle Finger ==
It's the US’s Competitive Advantage. One of the things that the US still has over, let’s say, a competitor like China is that we tolerate the middle finger. it’s really important to start respecting our marginal citizens of greatest ability, and looking for the unusual personality types that are irreverent and committed enough to making things happen and really do things.
It's the US’s Competitive Advantage. One of the things that the US still has over, let’s say, a competitor like China is that we tolerate the middle finger. it’s really important to start respecting our marginal citizens of greatest ability, and looking for the unusual personality types that are irreverent and committed enough to making things happen and really do things.


===References===
'''References:'''
* https://tim.blog/2016/01/13/eric-weinstein
* https://tim.blog/2016/01/13/eric-weinstein
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1237754376921309184?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1237754376921309184?s=20
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* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1242872750642851846?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1242872750642851846?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1109520268093849600?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1109520268093849600?s=20


== Minus Epsilon ==
== Minus Epsilon ==
This originates from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(%CE%B5,_%CE%B4)-definition_of_limit epsilon-delta definition] of a limit in mathematics.
This originates from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(%CE%B5,_%CE%B4)-definition_of_limit epsilon-delta definition] of a limit in mathematics.


===References===
'''References:'''
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234174756338798593?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234174756338798593?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234162430910980096?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234162430910980096?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1239828205512445952?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1239828205512445952?s=20


== The N^2 Revolution ==
== The N^2 Revolution ==
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"...there was enough complex for us to function as a country and I think that has gone away. So I think that this (our loss of Semi-Reliable Communal Sense-making) is the parent of the crisis which I increasingly think of as, what I call it is: The No Name Revolution or the N squared revolution. We are in some sort of new regime which doesn't look like revolution we have seen before. It's much physically violent, so far. It is digitally extremely violent. And it has to do with the fact that we cannot make sense of things communally at some semi-reliable level."
"...there was enough complex for us to function as a country and I think that has gone away. So I think that this (our loss of Semi-Reliable Communal Sense-making) is the parent of the crisis which I increasingly think of as, what I call it is: The No Name Revolution or the N squared revolution. We are in some sort of new regime which doesn't look like revolution we have seen before. It's much physically violent, so far. It is digitally extremely violent. And it has to do with the fact that we cannot make sense of things communally at some semi-reliable level."


*[https://youtu.be/M2F__2-NdAg The N^2 Revolution] on The Portal Clips
* [https://youtu.be/M2F__2-NdAg The N^2 Revolution] on The Portal Clips
*[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1269061879122456576?s=20 Sept 2017, Eric's initial tweet] about the "previously unknown form of revolution"
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1269061879122456576?s=20 Sept 2017, Eric's initial tweet] about the "previously unknown form of revolution"
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1269061879122456576?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1269061879122456576?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1196297739857842176?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1196297739857842176?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/935724412585893888?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/935724412585893888?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/938210019970973698?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/938210019970973698?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1266285408188370950?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1266285408188370950?s=20
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/947494431497732096?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/947494431497732096?s=20
 


== New Gimmick Economy ==
== New Gimmick Economy ==
[https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26756 Anthropic Capitalism & the New Gimmick Economy]


[https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26756 Anthropic Capitalism & the New Gimmick Economy]


== No More Heroes ==
== No More Heroes ==


== Operation COINTELPRO ==
== Operation COINTELPRO ==


References:
'''References:'''
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1286338214786224130?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1286338214786224130?s=20
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* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1286336717688102913?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1286336717688102913?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/27071821434064897?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/27071821434064897?s=20
== Oral Torah ==


== Overton Window ==
== Overton Window ==
The Overton Window doesn't describe everything about how politics works, but it does describe one key thing: Politicians will not support whatever policy they choose whenever they choose; rather, they will only espouse policies that they believe do not hurt their electoral chances. And the range of policy options available to a politician are shaped by ideas, social movements and shared norms and values within society.
The Overton Window doesn't describe everything about how politics works, but it does describe one key thing: Politicians will not support whatever policy they choose whenever they choose; rather, they will only espouse policies that they believe do not hurt their electoral chances. And the range of policy options available to a politician are shaped by ideas, social movements and shared norms and values within society.


===References===
'''References:'''
* https://www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow
* https://www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/800928825454383104?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/800928825454383104?s=20
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* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/808537394810998784?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/808537394810998784?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1109520268093849600?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1109520268093849600?s=20


== Perfectly Legal ==
== Perfectly Legal ==
"It's perfectly legal" – something ethically dubious may be going on.
"It's perfectly legal" – something ethically dubious may be going on.


''"Perfectly Legal, adj.: Of a case where the letter of the law has been arbitraged against its spirit (see [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pettifog Pettifog])."''
''"Perfectly Legal, adj.: Of a case where the letter of the law has been arbitraged against its spirit (see [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pettifog Pettifog])."''


References:
'''References:'''
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/915649019388428288?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/915649019388428288?s=20


== Physics Dollars ==
== Physics Dollars ==
Theoretical physics practically created the modern economy:  
Theoretical physics practically created the modern economy:  


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[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1111073864774107136?s=20]
[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1111073864774107136?s=20]


== Potemkin Village ==
== Potemkin Village ==
In politics and economics, a Potemkin village is any construction (literal or figurative) whose sole purpose is to provide an external façade to a country which is faring poorly, making people believe that the country is faring better.
In politics and economics, a Potemkin village is any construction (literal or figurative) whose sole purpose is to provide an external façade to a country which is faring poorly, making people believe that the country is faring better.


References:
'''References:'''
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village


== Preference Falsification ==
== Preference Falsification ==
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Eric contests that the theory of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preference_falsification Preference Falsification] is Intellectual Kryptonite. "Because your theory can be accommodated within the standard theory... the problem is that it is a ready made upgrade to the existing theory in which nothing is lost but new degrees of freedom are gained; and that could have an absolutely unpredictable effect on the entire field because it is at the level of the substrate." [https://youtu.be/xzjqjU2FOwA?t=4023 #4 Prof. Timur Kuran] @ 1:07:03
Eric contests that the theory of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preference_falsification Preference Falsification] is Intellectual Kryptonite. "Because your theory can be accommodated within the standard theory... the problem is that it is a ready made upgrade to the existing theory in which nothing is lost but new degrees of freedom are gained; and that could have an absolutely unpredictable effect on the entire field because it is at the level of the substrate." [https://youtu.be/xzjqjU2FOwA?t=4023 #4 Prof. Timur Kuran] @ 1:07:03


== Rent-seeking Elites ==
== Rent-seeking Elites ==


References:
'''References:'''
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1233245397142794240?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1233245397142794240?s=20
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* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1096131757538066433?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1096131757538066433?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1096130594742755328?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1096130594742755328?s=20


== Reputational Violence ==
== Reputational Violence ==


== Resource Capture ==
== Resource Capture ==


== Riding on a technical substrate ==
== Riding on a technical substrate ==


== Rough Space ==  
 
== Rough Space ==
''"Rough Space, n: A place to think, joke & observe that is neither safe nor tolerant of abuse."''
''"Rough Space, n: A place to think, joke & observe that is neither safe nor tolerant of abuse."''


We now need rough spaces to replace safe ones.
We now need rough spaces to replace safe ones.


== Section A of the Reserve Index ==
== Section A of the Reserve Index ==
Yes, our government developed a plan for rounding up people who could contradict the GIN. There‘s a plan for a coming total collapse of confidence in our system.
Yes, our government developed a plan for rounding up people who could contradict the GIN. There‘s a plan for a coming total collapse of confidence in our system.


[[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1166951361147092993?s=20 Source]]
[[https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1166951361147092993?s=20 Source]]


== Selective Pressures ==
== Selective Pressures ==


== Semi-reliable Communal Sense-making ==
== Semi-reliable Communal Sense-making ==
There has been a breakdown in the ''Semi-reliable Communal Sense-making''. Traditionally we used institutions to guide our collective sense-making, but this is no longer the case in the media landscape – so sense-making is no longer close to fully ''communal''. Walter Cronkite was not always telling the truth, but what he said was a close approximation of the national consciousness and shared belief structure as a complex for the country to function upon, but this does not exist in the current media landscape – so it is no longer ''semi-reliable''.
'''References:'''
* https://youtu.be/URS81okN0Mc?t=927


== Skadoosh ==
== Skadoosh ==
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* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1195506711290736645?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1195506711290736645?s=20


== Sharp Minds vs. Sharp Elbows ==  
 
== Sharp Minds vs. Sharp Elbows ==
 
'''References:'''
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/858342790161244160?s=20
 


== Speaking Fee ==
== Speaking Fee ==
''"Speaking Fee, n: 1) Asynchronous Baksheesh received once a politician has left office. 2) (Archaic) A modest honorarium for giving a speech."''
''"Speaking Fee, n: 1) Asynchronous Baksheesh received once a politician has left office. 2) (Archaic) A modest honorarium for giving a speech."''


References:
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/858342790161244160?s=20


== Split Level Argument ==
== Split Level Argument ==
Related to the "Motte-and-Bailey Doctrine".


Related to the "Motte-and-Bailey Doctrine".


== Steady Hands ==
== Steady Hands ==
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*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/508994608185880576
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/508994608185880576


== Steel-manning ==
== Steel-manning ==
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#steelmanning Steelmanning]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#steelmanning Steelmanning]


== Teaching Disabilities ==
== Teaching Disabilities ==
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*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1169484481369010181
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1169484481369010181
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/592049989334863872
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/592049989334863872


== Terms of Service ==
== Terms of Service ==


References:
'''References:'''
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1071092543536848896
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1071092543536848896
* https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1071216823742291968
* https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1071216823742291968


== The Twin Nuclei Problem ==
== The Twin Nuclei Problem ==
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1117085693883273218
 
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1117085693883273218


== The Observerse ==
== The Observerse ==


== There is no secret ingredient ==
== There is no secret ingredient ==
This is a line from Eric's favorite movie, Kung Fu Panda.
This is a line from Eric's favorite movie, Kung Fu Panda.


== Thinkquisition ==
== Thinkquisition ==
"In the Inquisition, the Jews of Spain were chased by the Spanish Inquisition into, say, Turkey in the Ottoman Empire. My claim is that a lot of analytic lefties have been chased into the center right by the madness of these progressive lunatics, and that thing I'm calling "The Thinkquisition" is that people who are worried about, you know, homophobia or xenophobia, and all these things, but don't for a second sign up for the progressive, revolutionary sort of pseudo-Maoist agenda, those people are now hanging out as if they were in Turkey, even though their home, you know, was originally in the analog of Spain. The center right has become the Ottoman Empire to receive people chased out of the madness of Spain."  ~Eric on [https://jamesaltucher.com/podcast/472-eric-weinstein/ The James Altucher show #472]


"In the Inquisition, the Jews of Spain were chased by the Spanish Inquisition into, say, Turkey in the Ottoman Empire. My claim is that a lot of analytic lefties have been chased into the center right by the madness of these progressive lunatics, and that thing I'm calling "The Thinkquisition" is that people who are worried about, you know, homophobia or xenophobia, and all these things, but don't for a second sign up for the progressive, revolutionary sort of pseudo-Maoist agenda, those people are now hanging out as if they were in Turkey, even though their home, you know, was originally in the analog of Spain. The center right has become the Ottoman Empire to receive people chased out of the madness of Spain."  ~Eric on [https://jamesaltucher.com/podcast/472-eric-weinstein/ The James Altucher show #472]


== TIM - Technology Intelligence Media ==
== TIM - Technology Intelligence Media ==
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== Umwelt ==
== Umwelt ==
''(in ethology)'' The world as it is experienced by a particular organism.
''(in ethology)'' The world as it is experienced by a particular organism.


== Vampire syndrome/Vampire effect ==
== Vampire syndrome/Vampire effect ==
"Sensible people who live on the internet and are saying dangerous things cannot be reflected inside of institutional media because it's an official structure."  
"Sensible people who live on the internet and are saying dangerous things cannot be reflected inside of institutional media because it's an official structure."


*[https://www.pscp.tv/EricRWeinstein/1RDGlQrpqmMJL?t=5m32s]
* [https://www.pscp.tv/EricRWeinstein/1RDGlQrpqmMJL?t=5m32s]
*https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1214646270364504066?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1214646270364504066?s=20


== Wu-Yang Dictionary ==
== Wu-Yang Dictionary ==
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/980671434153275393?s=20
* https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/980671434153275393?s=20
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Chen-Ning C. N. Yang on Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Chen-Ning C. N. Yang on Wikipedia]


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