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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 | 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 | * [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 | * Of Good Humor | ||
* Tolerant | * Tolerant | ||
* Curmudgeonly | * Curmudgeonly | ||
* Loyal to | * Loyal to Friends | ||
* Loyal to | * 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 | * [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1039589389309902848 Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom] | ||
* [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/800396512844922880 | * [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/800396512844922880 Long Good, Short Nice] | ||
== Harmonizing Tensions == | == Harmonizing Tensions == | ||
We recognize | 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 | ||
* | * 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 | | * [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 | ||
* individualism | collectivism | * individualism | collectivism | ||
* romanticism | realism | * romanticism | realism | ||
* tribalism | cosmopolitanism | * tribalism | cosmopolitanism | ||
* levity | gravity | |||
== We Value == | == We Value == | ||