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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 these
* [[Regulated Expression]] of these


== Our Core Traits ==
== Our Core Traits ==
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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 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]:
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 [[Regulated Expression]]:  


* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=7050 arrogance | humility]
* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=7050 arrogance | humility]
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* Independent, Critical, Rigorous, [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]]
* [https://x.com/ericexplainer/status/1842746722902286398 Public-Spirited, Ethical, Scientific Elitism]
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/831025834215354368 Anti-Experts]
* [https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/831025834215354368 Anti-Experts]
* Pro-social Freedom of Expression
* Pro-social Freedom of Expression
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* Injustice budget
* Injustice budget
* Toxicity budget
* Toxicity budget
* Accuracy budget
* Inconsistency budget


== We Downregulate ==
== We Downregulate ==
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* Lossy compression
* Lossy compression
* [[Chess-Opening Problem]]s
* [[Chess-Opening Problem]]s
* [https://youtu.be/C6zViXwQqkI Muddling Arguments]


== We Exclude ==
== We Exclude ==


* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618522889690714118 Anti-Collegial Snark]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1618522889690714118 Anti-Collegial Snark]
* [[Streisand Squeeze|Streisand Squeeze Strategies]]
* Cheap, Uncharitable Criticism
* Cheap, Uncharitable Criticism
* Cheap, Uncharitable Trolling
* Cheap, Uncharitable Trolling
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* Doxxing
* Doxxing
* Harassment for sport
* Harassment for sport
* [https://youtu.be/LJxBnSyH0T4&t=2256 Muddling Arguments]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1421494565056389124 Oversimplification]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1421494565056389124 Oversimplification]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234534122908864514 Absolutist and totalizing ideologies]
* [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1234534122908864514 Absolutist and totalizing ideologies]


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