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


== Our Core Traits ==
== Our Core Traits ==
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* Meta-honest
* Meta-honest
* Agentic
* Agentic
* Hopeful
* Self-teaching
* Self-teaching
* Self-critiquing
* Self-critiquing
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* Collegial
* Collegial
* Imperfect
* Imperfect
* Of good humor
* Of Good Humor
* Tolerant
* Tolerant
* Curmudgeonly
* Curmudgeonly
* Loyal to friends
* Loyal to Friends
* Loyal to opposition
* Loyal to Opposition
* Kind & compassionate toward others
* Kind & compassionate toward others
* Flexible of Mind
* Flexible of Mind
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* 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 Stanford] 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]


== Harmonizing Tensions ==
== Harmonizing Tensions ==


We recognize the following natural, necessary Superpositions/Trade-offs/Tensions/Dialectics:
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 strive to find efficient frontiers 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
* arrogance | humility
* analytic approaches | intuitive approaches
* analysis | intuition
* [https://theportal.group/2013-edge-excellence/ excellence | genius]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 inclusion | exclusion]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 inclusion | exclusion]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 diversity | commonality/interoperability]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 diversity | commonality/interoperability]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 pluralism | leadership]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963 pluralism | leadership]
* centralization | decentralization
* [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
* transparency | opacity
* depth | breadth
* depth | breadth
* excellence | genius
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1432790183104040963  shunning/cancellation | redemption]
* institutions | disintermediation
* egalitarianism | recognition of differential contribution
* listening | ignoring
* senior leadership and wisdom | removal of those who stopped renewing
* authoritative sources | heterodoxy
* welcoming strangers | prioritizing family and old friends
* ridicule | civility and comity
* modernity | tradition
* individualism | collectivism
* individualism | collectivism
* romanticism | realism
* romanticism | realism
* tribalism | cosmopolitanism
* tribalism | cosmopolitanism
* levity | gravity


== We Value ==
== We Value ==

Revision as of 18:09, 10 September 2023

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 physics. In the spirit of The Portal, we are always looking for a way out of our perennial problems.

We Prioritize

Our Core Traits

We endeavor to be

  • Self-aware
  • Metacognitive
  • Meta-honest
  • Agentic
  • Hopeful
  • Self-teaching
  • Self-critiquing
  • Self-credentialed
  • Earnest
  • Collegial
  • Imperfect
  • Of Good Humor
  • Tolerant
  • Curmudgeonly
  • Loyal to Friends
  • Loyal to Opposition
  • Kind & compassionate toward others
  • Flexible of Mind
  • Generous of Spirit
  • Tasteful
  • Curious
  • Radically Creative
  • Radically Conservative
  • Project-driven
  • Ambitious
  • Courageous
  • Imposters
  • Responsibly Heretical
  • Asch, Milgram, and Stanford negative
  • Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom
  • 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 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 strive to find efficient frontiers through ongoing internal dialectic. Here are some areas that we believe would benefit the most from an emphasis on harmonization and Regulated Expression:

We Value

  • Our Time
  • Abstraction
  • Giving credit and attribution where due
  • Correcting misallocation of credit
  • Balancing Type I & Type II Error
  • Camping and Decamping
  • Healthy competition and rivalry (e.g. RNA Tie Club)
  • Ideas over instantiations
  • Ideological Dining a la Carte
  • Evolutionary thinking
  • Adaptive Valley Crossing
  • Independent thinking
  • Critical thinking
  • Critical feeling
  • Constructive Criticism & Dialogue
  • Genius-level, Pro-social Trolling (e.g. Tom Lehrer, Gilbert and Sullivan)
  • Radical compression with minimal distortion
  • High signal with minimal noise
  • Technical language and reserved terms, where appropriate
  • The Double Island Rules
  • Estufagem processes
  • First Principles thinking

We Allow Ourselves

  • Hypocrisy budget
  • Injustice budget

We Downregulate

  • Cynicism
  • Trolling
  • Chaos
  • Snark
  • Sanctimony
  • Specialization
  • Expertise
  • Consensus
  • Groupthink
  • Groupfeel
  • Lossy compression
  • Oversimplification
  • Conversation involving Opening Chess Moves

We Exclude

  • Anti-collegiality
  • Cheap, Uncharitable Criticism
  • Self-extinguishing strategies
  • Utopianism
  • Coercion
  • Purity
  • Vindictiveness
  • Nihilism
  • Duplicitousness
  • Psychopathy
  • Uncharitable Roasting
  • Dunking and Dragging
  • Destructive/Anti-social Gamer Culture
  • Stalking
  • Physical threats
  • Misogyny
  • Anti-semitism
  • Impersonation
  • Doxxing
  • Harassment for sport
  • Absolutist and totalizing positions
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