Terms & Concepts Flashcards
The First Law of Wing Walking
Describes behavioral bias where we tend not to let go of something (idea, belief etc.) until we have something else to grab onto
Faustian Bargain
An agreement in which a person abandons his or her spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain knowledge, wealth or other benefits.
The expulsion of the competent and the abandonment of founding values in exchange for a boost in the university’s Satanic social status was a Faustian bargain.
(idiomatic) A deal in which one focuses on present gain without considering the long term consequences.
From the medieval legend of Faust, who made a contract with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.
Jevon’s Paradox
The proposition that greater technological efficiency in using a given resource tend to increase its consumption
Overton Window
The range of ideas tolerated in public discourse.
According to Overton’s description, his window includes a range of policies considered politically acceptable in the current climate of public opinion, which a politician can recommend without being considered too extreme to gain or keep public office.
To Gaslight
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception, and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying, it attempts to destabilize the victim and delegitimize the victim’s belief.[1][2]
Algonquin Round Table
was a group of New York City writers, critics, actors, and wits. Gathering initially as part of a practical joke, members of “The Vicious Circle”, as they dubbed themselves, met for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel from 1919 until roughly 1929. At these luncheons they engaged in wisecracks, wordplay, and witticisms that, through the newspaper columns of Round Table members, were disseminated across the country.
