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==On The Portal== | |||
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''This brings us to a final issue, which I think is incredibly important, which has to do with why there are no living heroes. In effect, we almost don't believe in heroism. As soon as somebody starts to make us excited about the world and what is possible for the individual, we come to start feeling terrible about that person, unless they're trapped inside of a Marvel movie, or something like that. If you go back to the history of ticker tape parades, you will see that there were many ticker tape parades given for individual aviators, individual explorers, ships captains who put their ship at risk to rescue the crew of another–and, in fact, this pattern largely stopped.'' | ''This brings us to a final issue, which I think is incredibly important, which has to do with why there are no living heroes. In effect, we almost don't believe in heroism. As soon as somebody starts to make us excited about the world and what is possible for the individual, we come to start feeling terrible about that person, unless they're trapped inside of a Marvel movie, or something like that. If you go back to the history of ticker tape parades, you will see that there were many ticker tape parades given for individual aviators, individual explorers, ships captains who put their ship at risk to rescue the crew of another–and, in fact, this pattern largely stopped.'' | ||
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'''- Eric Weinstein''' on [https://theportal.wiki/wiki/18:_Slipping_the_DISC:_State_of_The_Portal/Chapter_2020#No_Living_Heroes The Portal, Ep 18], Released 15 Jan, 2020 | '''- Eric Weinstein''' on [https://theportal.wiki/wiki/18:_Slipping_the_DISC:_State_of_The_Portal/Chapter_2020#No_Living_Heroes The Portal, Ep 18], Released 15 Jan, 2020 | ||
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==On Lex Fridman== | |||
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''The more heroic you are, the more beautiful you are, the more you will be made to suffer.'' | |||
'''- Eric Weinstein''' on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2nG7-eXxko&t=4892s Lex Fridman, Ep 134], Released Oct 29, 2020 | |||
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==On X== | |||
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==See Also== | |||
* [[Abomination Ratio]] | |||
* [[Baby-on-Cobalt]] | |||
* [[Break-Glass-in-case-of-Emergency People]] | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee Church Committee] | |||
* [[Communication Security Complex]] | |||
* [[Deaths of Accountability]] | |||
* [[Digital Wet-work]] | |||
* [[Fact Burning]] | |||
* [https://thebasics.guide/fud/ Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD)] | |||
* [[Follow the Silence]] | |||
* [[Image Cheapening]] | |||
* [https://thebasics.guide/information-asymmetry/ Information Asymmetry] | |||
* [[Kayfabrication]] | |||
* [[Regulated Expression]] | |||
* [[Seberging]] | |||
* [[Section A of the Reserve Index]] | |||
* [[Steady Hands]] | |||
* [[The United States of Absolutely Nothing (U.S.A.N.)]] | |||
* [[Tuskegee Principle]] | |||
* [[Universal Institutional Betrayal]] | |||
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