Portal:The Portal Group Onboarding

The Portal Discord Onboarding Guide
We are a group of people who found each other through Eric Weinstein. This is an area to document the ideas that Eric has brought up on his podcast, The Portal, as well as some other mediums in which he has contributed. The community is comprised of different groups of people who discuss those ideas, work on projects to further understand those ideas.

There are a few areas in which you will consume information, discuss and participate. For starters
 * The Portal Podcast
 * Eric Weinstein's Website
 * This Wiki
 * The Portal Discord Servers
 * Portal Projects - projects that Eric as discussed or asked people to work on

Where do I start?
You already have by being here. If this is your first interaction with The Portal, you should probably subscribe and start listening to The Portal Podcast. Many of the topics Eric discusses are complicated, and maybe over your head. This wiki helps document those ideas and they provide reference material and further reading. Additionally, there are Discord Servers dedicated to discussions of the podcasts, topics, and projects.

Read through this, then go and click some of the links above, and start reading.

How do I participate?
This all depends on what you want to do, what you are good at, and what you want to learn about.


 * Discussions
 * Programming
 * Video
 * Art
 * Mathematics
 * Physics
 * Biology

Join the Discord servers and jump into one of the chats, catch up on some of the conversations and ask questions. See if your skillset and time are gonna help contribute to the project. If you still want to join then simply provide proof of past work in the lobby-and-introductions (Discord ID : 701792384773521428) and wait for one of the rollers to accept your request.

What is Discord?
Discord is a communication software that provides text chat, voice chat and video chat. https://www.....com

What are the ways to contribute to projects and gain access to the other channels?
The quickest way to be let into the server is to show us some work that you've done. Something you've made. Once we have evidence that you can get stuff done, we're pretty inviting.

Discord Servers
The Portal Discord Servers

Discord Roles
Roles are basically labels that describe the different skills, and permissions that people may have.

What are the roles?

 * Newb - Every new user gets this role. It will be removed once you start contributing to the community.
 * Roller - It's a secret.
 * High Roller - Even better than a Roller.
 * Announcements - If you'd like to be notified when we make Announcements or have Office Hours, this is a good role to give yourself. (This is one of the few roles that users can add and remove themselves.)
 * Acting Spammy - Doh! You don't want this.

Project Focused Roles
Each of these roles has been created for contributors to the following projects.
 * Climbing the Cliff
 * Convex Hull
 * GWT
 * Mobile App
 * Portal Blog
 * Portal Book Club Organizers
 * Portal Clips
 * Portal Merch
 * Portal Visualizations
 * Riffs to Animate
 * Russell Conjugation
 * Transcripts
 * Wiki Maintenance

Who can grant roles?
Folks in the community who have been around for a while

What is my role?
As you interact with the community, you'll be given roles that fit with your interests.

Values
Please see: Value Statement

Who's who?
Spend some time in a few of the different discord channels and you will see who's participating. It will take some time, but eventually, you will see who is contributing and adding to the discussions and projects.

Speech is free, but with respect
Be respectful, Be cool. If you can't be that, fuck off.

What is bad behavior
It should be self evident

What projects are being worked on
You can see at our Google Sheet of Projects in Progress or on The Wiki Page for projects

What is the process for pitching a new project?
All you have to do is start up a conversation and let us know that you have an idea. Depending on what you've got, we'll start asking you questions and we'll take it from there.