The Mediar Way:
- **Delusional Optimism**: Reality bends to relentless belief
- **Curiosity**: Optimistic in inquiry, unyielding in verification
- **Transparency**: Our walls are glass, our intentions clear
- **Empathy**: Listen deeply, connect authentically
- **Compounding Effects**: Quiet persistence, colossal returns
- **Meritocracy**: Ideas compete, innovators collaborate
- **Survival**: Life above all else
We are the architects of positive-sum futures.
Links:
- [screenpi.pe](https://screenpi.pe)
- [louis030195](https://brain.louis030195.com)
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Experiments:
- [mediar.ai](https://mediar.ai)
- [policedao.xyz](https://policedao.xyz)
- [third.software](https://third.software)
- [nolan.sh](https://nolan.sh)
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“It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.”
— Charlie Munger
**work in progress**
strategy games
chess
decision making
mental models
fundamental thinking
epistemology
popper
deutsch
business
rockefeller, jp morgan, rotschild,
ben franklin
game theory
open source
decentralised
DAO
decentralised autonomous organizations
open
positive sum games
#personal-growth #personal
# [[Epistemic status]]
#shower-thought
# Values
My personal culture which is composed of values.
#todo refine personal co
todo radical independent thinking , first pricniple etc
| Value | Action | Personal connection |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Radical transparency | Regular 1-to-1 in a warm environment with growth mindset, express feedback (negative or positive) | [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Antifragility\|Antifragility]] |
| Curiosity | What did you learn last week? | Switch from [[Producing over consuming\|consumer to producer]] |
| Curiosity | Maybe book clubs or events like hackathons, or philosophy/science disccusions | |
| Personal growth | Regular 1-to-1 with accountability buddy, achieving goals (personal or work) | We are dumb robots optimized for survival |
| Health | That could be simple things like yoga classes, gym, group fasting, etc. | Leukemia at 13 |
| Empathy | Regularly 1-to-1 in a warm environment that let people show vulnerability, emotional support where one person focuses the whole time on the others' emotions (kinda psychologist mode, no need diploma) | Leukemia at 13 |
| Empathy | Four praises, one critique & express gratitude in a vulnerable environment | |
| Freedom | | [[Krishnamurti]] infuence, intellectual freedom |
| | | |
## What might I be willing to die for?
- [[Reciprocal positivity]]
- [[Impact]]
## [[Morality|Ethics]]
### [[Play long term games with long term people]]
### Extreme respect for people’s time
[[Golden rule]]: I highly respect my [[Philosophy/Rationality/Time|time]] so I highly respect others’ time
### I want to refactor my mind to incorporate these
#### Forgive ignorance
I accept more or less ignorance depending on the background, some people are more forgivable than others.
We’ve all been ignorant, we’re all stupid apes. We have different [[The Map is not the Territory|map of the territory]]
We must not forget that [[The Internet]] is a game-breaker for learning, I might have been complete ignorant without it, I got hundreds books from it.
### Others
- Politeness (optimisation for cooperation) with strangers - something hard to optimise, I don't want to compromise my identity for the sake of politeness but sometimes I still do by politeness
## To sort
## Terminal Values[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rokeach_Value_Survey&action=edit§ion=1 "Edit section: Terminal Values")]
**Terminal Values** refer to desirable end-states of existence. These are the goals that a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime. These values vary among different groups of people in different cultures.
**The terminal values in RVS are:**
1. True [Friendship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship "Friendship")
2. Mature [Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love "Love")
3. Self-Respect
4. [Happiness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness "Happiness")
5. Inner Harmony
6. Equality
7. [Freedom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom "Freedom")
8. [Pleasure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure "Pleasure")
9. Social Recognition
10. [Wisdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom "Wisdom")
11. [Salvation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation "Salvation")
12. Family Security
13. [National Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security "National Security")
14. A Sense of Accomplishment
15. A World of [Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty "Beauty")
16. A World at [Peace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Peace "World Peace")
17. A Comfortable Life
18. An Exciting Life
## Instrumental Values[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rokeach_Value_Survey&action=edit§ion=2 "Edit section: Instrumental Values")]
**Instrumental Values** refer to preferable modes of behavior. These are preferable modes of behavior, or means of achieving the terminal values.
**The Instrumental Values are:**
1. Cheerfulness
2. Ambition
3. [Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love "Love")
4. Cleanliness
5. Self-Control
6. Capability
7. [Courage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courage "Courage")
8. Politeness
9. [Honesty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honesty "Honesty")
10. [Imagination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination "Imagination")
11. [Independence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence "Independence")
12. Intellect
13. Broad-Mindedness
14. [Logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic "Logic")
15. Obedience
16. Helpfulness
17. [Responsibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_responsibility "Personal responsibility")
18. [Forgiveness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgiveness "Forgiveness")
#work-in-progress #startup #business #todo
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# [[Epistemic status]]
#shower-thought
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# Related
- [[Business/Value]]
- [[Business/Entrepreneurship/Creating value]]
- [[Business/Entrepreneurship/Input does not cause output]]
- [[Business/Entrepreneurship/Time investment in a start-up]]
# TODO
> [!TODO] TODO
# Company values
| Value | Action | Notes |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| Radical transparency | Regular 1-to-1 in a warm environment with growth mindset, express feedback (negative or positive) | |
| Curiosity | What did you learn last week? hackathons, or philosophy/science disccusions. Books, ebook, audiobook, edtech, everything is paid by the company | |
| Personal growth | [[Compound personal growth]] Regular 1-to-1 with accountability buddy, achieving goals (personal or work), [[Systems over willpower]] | |
| Health | Gym subs are paid by the company. [[Harmony over addiction]] gym, sauna, yoga classes, group fasting, etc. overcoming [[Social norms encouraging bad behaviour]] meditation, ice baths, breath works | |
| Love | Four praises, one critique & express gratitude in a vulnerable environment | |
| Equal speaking time | Everyone have their word to say | |
| Data over opinion | Humans are full of bugs, data > opinion | |
#louis030195
always work in progress
## social values
| Value | Action |
| ---- | ---- |
| Radical transparency | Regular 1-to-1 in a warm environment with growth mindset, express feedback (negative or positive) |
| Curiosity | What did you learn last week? |
| Curiosity | Maybe book clubs or events like hackathons, or philosophy/science discusions |
| Personal growth | Regular 1-to-1 with accountability buddy, achieving goals (personal or work) |
| Health | That could be simple things like yoga classes, gym, group fasting, etc. |
| Conditional love | Regularly 1-to-1 in a warm environment that let people show vulnerability, [[Empathy walk]] |
| Conditional love | [[Four praises one criticism]] & express [[Gratitude\|gratitude]] in a vulnerable environment. |
## principles
- minimize [[Unnecessary suffering]]
- [[Play long term games with long term people]]
- [[Golden rule]]: I highly respect my [[Philosophy/Rationality/Time|time]] so I highly respect others’ time
- [[Reciprocal positivity]] - maximize [[Positive Sum Game]]s and minimize [[Zero Sum Game]]s
- [[Politeness]] (optimisation for cooperation & flourishing) but against political correctness (e.g. opacity, non transparency). Although my agreeableness is around ~40%.
- high attention in [[Conversation|conversation]]s
- i'm an optimizer and hate wasting my time
- [[idea meritocracy]], open communication, radical transparency, no ego, constructive disagreement, idea rating system, alignment on principles and [[Personal growth/Goal|goals]], ..
- [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Lindy Effect|Lindy-proof]] based consumption
- But ... [[Producing over consuming]]
## Introduction
Safety and cooperation.
This handbook serves as a guide to the values, culture, and operational practices that define our company. It is designed for everyone who is part of or interacts with Mediar—from team members and partners to stakeholders and the broader community. Our goal is to ensure that everyone connected with Mediar understands our mission, our way of working, and the principles that guide us.
### Purpose of the Handbook
The purpose of this handbook is twofold:
1. **To Align:** To ensure that all team members are aligned with our core values and understand the standards to which we hold ourselves.
2. **To Inform:** To provide a clear understanding of our operational practices, workplace culture, and the expectations we have for our team.
We believe in transparency, curiosity, personal growth, health, empathy, and integrity. These values are not just words to us—they are the bedrock upon which we build our team, design our products, and interact with the world.
As you read through this handbook, we hope you will gain a deeper insight into what makes Mediar a unique place to work and grow, both professionally and personally.
## Our Values
1. Radical Transparency
2. Curiosity
3. Personal Growth
4. Health & Well-being
5. Empathy
6. Integrity
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