The Portal Community
Core Traits of Our Community
We aspire to be
- self-aware
- metacognitive
- meta-honest
- earnest
- of good humor
- tolerant
- kind & compassionate toward others
- flexible of mind
- curious
- project-driven
- ambitious
- imposters
- responsibly heretical
- long heroism, short martyrdom
- long good, short nice
We Value
- Good faith arguments
- Avoiding logical fallacies
- Avoiding ad hominem attacks
- Awareness of cognitive bias
- Prioritizing first principles thinking
- When in doubt, use the Socratic Method
Independent Thinking
We're interested in finding people who are negative on these scales. How easily would you fall for these traps?