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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 | |||
* [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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== 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 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] | * [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=7050 arrogance | humility] | ||
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* individualism | collectivism | * individualism | collectivism | ||
* romanticism | rationalism | * romanticism | rationalism | ||
* objectivism | relativism | |||
* risk-taking | risk-mitigating | |||
<!-- * sobriety | inebriation | |||
* wild | domesticated--> | |||
* realism | idealism | * realism | idealism | ||
* tribalism | cosmopolitanism | * [https://youtu.be/i1uOeQQ-xGs&t=217 tribalism] | [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1658486278772637706 cosmopolitanism] | ||
* levity | gravity | * levity | gravity | ||
* dreaming | doing | * dreaming | doing | ||
* tolerance | prejudice | * tolerance | prejudice | ||
* conservativism | liberalism | libertarianism | |||
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 (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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* 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:// | * [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 | ||