Editing The Portal Community

We are friends and collaborators of [https://ericweinstein.org Eric Weinstein]. Our community is a self-selected group of high-agency misfit mutants who are interested in diversifying humanity beyond this solar system via [https://geometricunity.org new fundamental physics]. In the spirit of The Portal, we are always looking for a way out of our perennial problems.

== We Prioritize ==

* [[Truth, Meaning, Fitness, Grace|'''Truth, Meaning, Fitness, Grace''']]
* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=6114 '''Head, Heart, Loins''']
* [https://thebasics.guide/gene-expression-regulation/ Regulated Expression] of these

== Our Core Traits ==

We generally endeavor to be

* Self-aware
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1101567405740998660 Metacognitive]
* Meta-honest
* Adaptive
* Agentic
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1630329339345764352 Hopeful]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1423326134624681987 Self-teaching]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1471139657878732805 Self-critiquing]
* Self-credentialed
* Hard-working
* Risk-managing
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1210236694382944258 Earnest]
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1079821584234250240 Of Good Humor]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1570050696376094720 Collegial]
* Imperfect
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/800396512844922880 Curmudgeonly]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1562157038087639040 Loyal to Friends]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/992502288219439104 Loyal to Loyal Opposition]
* Kind, Decent & Compassionate toward others
* Flexible of Mind
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1307139637975056388 Generous of Spirit]
* [https://theportal.group/34-the-importance-of-taste/ Tasteful]
* Curious
* Radically Creative
* Radically Conservative
* [https://projects.theportal.wiki Project-driven]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1219301754052866049 Ambitious]
* Courageous
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1534047944806002688 Imposters]
* Responsibly Heretical
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments Asch], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment Milgram], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment Zimbardo] negative
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1039589389309902848 Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom]
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/800396512844922880 Long Good, Short Nice]

== Harmonizing Tensions ==

We recognize that reality presents many natural, necessary tensions. While much of the world fights mindlessly over permanent positions that lack all contextual awareness, we see [https://theportal.group/35-superposition/ Superpositions] and trade-offs. As it is said in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes_3 Ecclesiastes] and Pete Seeger's song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xzyhoeu1Y "To Everything There Is a Season], and a time to every purpose under heaven." We do not accept the middlebrow binaries, dilemmas, and trilemmas foisted upon us by activists and politicians. Instead, we strive to find efficient frontiers that adaptively, [https://thebasics.guide/facultative-adaptation/ facultatively] balance these tensions through ongoing internal dialectic. Here are some areas that we believe would benefit the most from an emphasis on harmonization and [https://thebasics.guide/gene-expression-regulation/ Regulated Expression]:

* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=7050 arrogance | humility]
* analysis | intuition
* [https://theportal.group/2013-edge-excellence/ excellence | genius]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 inclusion | exclusion]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 diversity | commonality/interoperability]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 pluralism | leadership]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 shunning/cancellation | redemption]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790184760799232 institutions | disintermediation]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790184760799232 egalitarianism | recognition of differential contribution]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790184760799232 listening | ignoring]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790184760799232 senior leadership and wisdom | removal of those who stopped renewing]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790185792532487 authoritative sources | heterodoxy]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790185792532487 welcoming strangers | prioritizing family and old friends]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790185792532487 ridicule | civility and comity]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790185792532487 modernity | tradition]
* centralization | distribution
* transparency | opacity
* depth | breadth
* individualism | collectivism
* romanticism | rationalism
* objectivism | relativism
* realism | idealism
* [https://youtu.be/i1uOeQQ-xGs&t=217 tribalism] | [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1658486278772637706 cosmopolitanism]
* levity | gravity
* dreaming | doing
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1107499062180208641 tolerance] | [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1323032614962298881 prejudice]
* [https://youtu.be/1CCde6TAKdw&t=3411 conservativism | liberalism | libertarianism]
* game/frame acceptance | game/frame rejection
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1608654419465482240 femininity | masculinity]
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1124338381809278976 violence] | [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1181589353182580737 peace]
* love | [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1124211380637224963 hate]
* leading | following
* left | right
* religiosity | secularism
<!-- * sobriety | inebriation
* wild | domesticated-->

For a short list of current societal dilemmas that would benefit from this approach, see [[Societal Superpositions]].

== We Value ==

* Our Time
* Abstraction
* The Language of Reality (e.g., Differential Geometry)
* Giving credit and attribution where due
* Correcting misallocation of credit
* Balancing [[Type I & Type II Error]]
* Camping and Decamping
* Creative competition and rivalry (e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_Tie_Club RNA Tie Club], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dozens_(game) The Dozens], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_contest Cutting Contests], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_battle Guitar Battles], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_slam Poetry Slams])
* Ideas over instantiations
* [[Ideological Dining a la Carte]]
* Evolutionary thinking
* [[Adaptive Valley Crossing]]
* [[Critical Feeling]]
* Independent, Critical, Rigorous, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle First Principles] thinking
* Constructive Criticism & Dialogue
* [[Extractive Elite| Public-Spirited, Ethical Elitism]]
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/831025834215354368 Anti-Experts]
* Pro-social Freedom of Expression
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/971898487532003329 Bespoke, High-level Curation] (e.g. [https://twitter.com/z3nblack/status/1009252420780617728 Z3nBlack])
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1603986754603999232 Genius-level, Pro-social Trolling] (e.g. [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1318821540167778305 Tom Lehrer], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan])
* Radical compression with minimal distortion
* High signal with minimal noise
* Technical language and reserved terms, where appropriate
* The [[Double Island Rules]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_wine#The_aging_process Estufagem processes]
<!--* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_faith Good faith] arguments
* Avoiding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies logical fallacies]
* No [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem ad hominem] attacks
* Awareness of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases cognitive bias]
* When in doubt, use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method Socratic Method]-->

== We Allow Ourselves ==

* Hypocrisy budget
* Injustice budget
* Toxicity budget

== We Downregulate ==

* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1626586337922150413 Cynicism]
* Chaos
* Sanctimony
* Specialization
* [https://theportal.group/2013-edge-excellence/ Excellence]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1446317570924027908 Consensus]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/844198341189627904 Groupthink]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/844198341189627904 Groupfeel]
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1562153718945947648 Interpersonal Drama]
* Lossy compression
* [[Chess-Opening Problem]]s

== We Exclude ==

* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618522889690714118 Anti-Collegial Snark]
* Cheap, Uncharitable Criticism
* Cheap, Uncharitable Trolling
* Meretricious Arguments and Framings
* Self-extinguishing strategies
* Utopianism
* Coercion
* Gaslighting
* Purity
* Vindictiveness
* Nihilism
* Duplicitousness and Insincerity
* Psychopathy
* Uncharitable or low-level (bot-like) Roasting, Dunking, and Dragging
* Destructive/Anti-social Gamer Culture
* Stalking
* Physical threats
* Misogyny
* Anti-semitism
* Impersonation
* Doxxing
* Harassment for sport
* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=2256 Muddling Arguments]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1421494565056389124 Oversimplification]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234534122908864514 Absolutist and totalizing ideologies]

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