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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 physics]. In the spirit of The Portal, we are always looking for a way out of our perennial problems.
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 ==
== We Prioritize ==
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== Our Core Traits ==
== Our Core Traits ==


We endeavor to be
We generally endeavor to be


* Self-aware
* Self-aware
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1101567405740998660 Metacognitive]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1101567405740998660 Metacognitive]
* Meta-honest
* Meta-honest
* Adaptive
* Agentic
* Agentic
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1630329339345764352 Hopeful]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1630329339345764352 Hopeful]
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* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1471139657878732805 Self-critiquing]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1471139657878732805 Self-critiquing]
* Self-credentialed
* Self-credentialed
* Hard-working
* Risk-managing
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1210236694382944258 Earnest]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1210236694382944258 Earnest]
* Of Good Humor
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1079821584234250240 Of Good Humor]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1570050696376094720 Collegial]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1570050696376094720 Collegial]
* Imperfect
* Imperfect
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* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1534047944806002688 Imposters]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1534047944806002688 Imposters]
* Responsibly Heretical
* 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 Stanford] negative
* [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/1039589389309902848 Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom]
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/800396512844922880 Long Good, Short Nice]
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/800396512844922880 Long Good, Short Nice]
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== Harmonizing Tensions ==
== 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 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]:
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]:


* arrogance | humility
* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=7050 arrogance | humility]
* analysis | intuition
* analysis | intuition
* [https://theportal.group/2013-edge-excellence/ excellence | genius]
* [https://theportal.group/2013-edge-excellence/ excellence | genius]
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* depth | breadth
* depth | breadth
* individualism | collectivism
* individualism | collectivism
* romanticism | realism
* romanticism | rationalism
* tribalism | cosmopolitanism
* objectivism | relativism
* realism | idealism
* [https://youtu.be/i1uOeQQ-xGs&t=217 tribalism] | [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1658486278772637706 cosmopolitanism]
* levity | gravity
* levity | gravity
* dreaming | doing
* dreaming | doing
* tolerance | prejudice
* [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]].
For a short list of current societal dilemmas that would benefit from this approach, see [[Societal Superpositions]].
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* Our Time
* Our Time
* Abstraction
* Abstraction
* The Language of Reality (e.g., Differential Geometry)
* Giving credit and attribution where due
* Giving credit and attribution where due
* Correcting misallocation of credit
* Correcting misallocation of credit
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* [[Ideological Dining a la Carte]]
* [[Ideological Dining a la Carte]]
* Evolutionary thinking
* Evolutionary thinking
* [https://theportal.group/2013-edge-excellence/ Adaptive Valley Crossing]
* [[Adaptive Valley Crossing]]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/844198341189627904 Critical feeling]
* [[Critical Feeling]]
* Independent, Critical, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle First Principles] thinking
* Independent, Critical, Rigorous, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle First Principles] thinking
* Constructive Criticism & Dialogue
* Constructive Criticism & Dialogue
* [[Extractive Elite| Public-Spirited, Ethical Elitism]]
* [[Extractive Elite| Public-Spirited, Ethical Elitism]]
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/831025834215354368 Anti-Experts]
* Pro-social Freedom of Expression
* 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/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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer Tom Lehrer], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan])
* [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
* Radical compression with minimal distortion
* High signal with minimal noise
* High signal with minimal noise
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* Hypocrisy budget
* Hypocrisy budget
* Injustice budget
* Injustice budget
* Toxicity budget


== We Downregulate ==
== We Downregulate ==


* Cynicism
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1626586337922150413 Cynicism]
* Chaos
* Chaos
* Sanctimony
* Sanctimony
* Specialization
* Specialization
* Expertise
* [https://theportal.group/2013-edge-excellence/ Excellence]
* Consensus
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1446317570924027908 Consensus]
* Groupthink
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/844198341189627904 Groupthink]
* Groupfeel
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/844198341189627904 Groupfeel]
* Interpersonal Drama
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/1562153718945947648 Interpersonal Drama]
* Lossy compression
* Lossy compression
* [[Chess-Opening Problem]]s
* [[Chess-Opening Problem]]s
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* Duplicitousness and Insincerity
* Duplicitousness and Insincerity
* Psychopathy
* Psychopathy
* Uncharitable Roasting
* Uncharitable or low-level (bot-like) Roasting, Dunking, and Dragging
* Dunking and Dragging
* Destructive/Anti-social Gamer Culture
* Destructive/Anti-social Gamer Culture
* Stalking
* Stalking

Latest revision as of 17:48, 23 March 2024

We are friends and collaborators of 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 new fundamental physics. In the spirit of The Portal, we are always looking for a way out of our perennial problems.

We Prioritize[edit]

Our Core Traits[edit]

We generally endeavor to be

Harmonizing Tensions[edit]

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 Superpositions and trade-offs. As it is said in Ecclesiastes and Pete Seeger's song, "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, 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 Regulated Expression:

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

We Value[edit]

We Allow Ourselves[edit]

  • Hypocrisy budget
  • Injustice budget
  • Toxicity budget

We Downregulate[edit]

We Exclude[edit]

  • 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
  • Muddling Arguments
  • Oversimplification
  • Absolutist and totalizing ideologies
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