Midwit

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== Midwit in the decile scale ==
Urban Dictionaryhttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mid noted men are "mid" if they are rated between 4 and 7 on the decile scale, corresponding to the 80th to 95th percentilehttps://goldvalueideas.com/2021/03/17/sex-differences-in-romantic-selectiveness/ Note: it is 50th to 85th percentile if they are women.
For reference, here is the Decile table form of the GVI Findings (2 point average difference between male and female):
Decile Rating 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9
Male Percentile 	28	50	70	80	85	90	95	98	99
Female Percentile	10	20	34	48	65	76	85	90	96
Percentile 	10 	20 	30 	40 	50	60 	70 	80 	90
Male Decile 	0.4	0.8	1 	1.5	2 	2.4	3 	4.2	5.8
Female Decile	1 	2 	2.8	3.5	4 	4.6	5.5	6.4	7.8
== Midwit in The Office==
Within the Dominance hierarchy the Midwit is the center protecting the Chad from the Subfive through blaming others. 
Rao's Classificationhttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/04/14/the-gervais-principle-iii-the-curse-of-development/	Loser (Dimwit) 	Clueless (Midwit) 	Sociopath (Topwit)
Complacency 	trapped in divide-and-conquer, cannot deny 	Low in intention, trapped in protective system against cluelessness 	high with plausible deniability for all outcomes
Modes of Success 	Loser Culture (Gemeinschaft or "Community") 	"Hanlon Dodges"https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/10/14/the-gervais-principle-v-heads-i-win-tails-you-lose/ (Malice as Incompetence)	Futile Bureaucracy (Gesellschaft or "Civil Society")
Reactions 	Appropriate but against best interests 	Inappropriate but interest-agnostic 	Appropriate in best interests
Distortions 	Rewards and penalties 	Reality 	Metaphysics of human life
Humorhttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/10/14/the-gervais-principle-iv-wonderful-human-beings/ 	Democratic social validation & "social capital"	Status-enforcing self-deprecation OR oneupmanship 	General public as unaware victims through button-pushing
Forms of Communicationhttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-ii-posturetalk-powertalk-babytalk-and-gametalk/ 	GameTalk ("Circlejerk") 	PostureTalk ("Virtue Signaling") 	PowerTalk (Ruthless Info Gathering)
Tempohttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2007/09/24/strategy-tactics/ 	Slow (lazy & bad) 	Fast (hasty & acceptable) 	Moderate (organized & good)
Karatehttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1082768492036648961 	Kihon Dousa (routines) 	Kihon Kumite (dead sparring) 	Kata (form) + Jissen Kumite (live sparring)
Desireshttps://mobile.twitter.com/vgr/status/1531876153723858946 	Pain Relief 	Having Agency 	Narrative of Reality
Other Authors 	 	 	
Bauer's Titlehttps://thecontextofthings.com/2021/01/25/the-three-tiers-of-work-and-life/ 	Disposable Rank-and-file Workers 	Stagnant Middle Management 	Decision Making Executives & Senior Management
Three Ladders Theoryhttps://indiepf.com/michael-o-churchs-theory-of-3-class-ladders-in-america-archive/ 	Physical Wealth 	Prestinge & Idealism 	Social Power
Counterelite Theoryhttp://www.zzzptm.com/lss-002.html 	Peasant revolts repressed by a few lords 	Bloody firing squads against the whole regime 	Few executions, lots of exiles or house arrests
Belief Attachmenthttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/06/02/the-theory-of-narrative-selection/ 	Detail & Coherent Truths 	Absurd and Interesting 	Logical Heterodoxy
Stratigraphy Theoryhttp://charman-anderson.com/2010/02/04/the-impenetrable-layer-of-suck/ 	Porous Limestone, Info-to-Social 	Impervious Clay, Social Fissures 	Solid Sandstone, Info slides down
Frank Leonghttps://nextchapterconsulting.ca/2021/10/31/are-you-a-pedestrian-passenger-or-pilot/ 	Pedestrian (Rule Conscious) 	Passenger (Aspiration without Realization) 	Pilot (Compelling Goals)
== Midwit Lifestyle==
The Midwit Lifestyle can often be equated to the slang "Soulless Bugmen"https://hackernoon.com/on-the-infestation-of-small-souled-bugmen-6561ae922e07https://theunlikelyno.com/2018/07/14/the-exterminator-a-critique-of-the-bugman
https://theunlikelyno.com/2018/07/20/the-exterminator-a-critique-of-the-bugman-pt-2 , which encompasses the following traits.
* Middle class with no survival skills
*Oversocialized through college education and "civil society", with no desire for starting a family or reproduce
*Lives in either cramped apartments or atomizing suburbs (neither rural nor aristocratic)
*Ultra-processed luxury diets and an "efficient" atomized lifestyle
*Sports voyeurism as a complement to lack of physical activity
*Bullshit Jobs (vapid corporate jobs) and depersonalizing corporate loyalty leading to chronic stress and an early death
*Hollowed out philosophy and honor, lack of inquisitiveness and skepticism, and blindness of institutional corruption
*Identity based on trends and media binging, with strong susceptibility of marketing, echoing of the pretentious and mainstream diluted infantilized culture
*Blind to transcendental art, mindfulness, history, nature, purpose, and passion
*Social media as public square, with righteous posturing, ideological rhetoric and newspeak for "Social Justice" and "Progress"
*Intellectual cowardice as terrified of wrongthink and ostracization, confrontation, and coping through jokes and vanity
The Midwit Lifestyle can be reduced to the following table with multiple sources:
 	DimWit 	MidWit 	TopWit
JOBhttps://dwarkeshpatel.com/barbell-strategies/https://alima.substack.com/p/midwits-and-the-officehttps://sachink.substack.com/midwits-and-meta-contrarianism	Minimal Duties, Humble Mediocre, "Overemployment"https://overemployed.com/	Fake work, Bad "Side Projects", Corporate Posturing 	Skill Building, Research, Networking, Startup
INTELLIGENCE 	Dumb & Apathetic 	Inferiority Complex & Dumb Egoismhttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/04/14/the-gervais-principle-iii-the-curse-of-development/	Smart Humility
Dwarkesh Patel 	 	 	
Dating 	Tinder and "LMS" "maxxing" 	Lazy Profiles & Usage 	Dedicate real time on relationships
Meditation 	Not meditating 	"20 minutes a day" 	10 days a year
Reading 	Daydreaming, Reading Fiction, Wikipeida & GScholar 	"A chapter a day", "A book a week", Reading Pop-Sci 	2 weeks every quarter, Read Textbooks, Research Papers, and Analytic Book Reviews
Friends 	Internet & Meetups 	A dozen semi-closed friends 	Clique that meets more than weekly
Blogging 	5 scribbles in 1 day 	editing & writing simultaneously 	Coherent edits throughout the week
Coffee 	No caffeine 	"A cup a day" 	Caffeine at weekends
Mighty Knowledgehttps://www.mightyknowledge.com/use-the-barbell-strategy-for-risk-taking-in-your-life/ 	 	 	
Studies 	Necessary Work 	Maximal Achievement 	Explorative and counter-Factual
Hobbies 	Competency 	Adjacent 	Random
Diet 	Meal Prep 	"Premium" Foodshttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/08/17/the-premium-mediocre-life-of-maya-millennial/ 	Luxury Experience
Spending Time 	Meetups 	Acquaintances 	Close Friends & Families
Alima 	 	 	
Tradition & Manners 	What I know is Oblivious 	Purposeless & Bad, In Denial 	Chesterson's Fence, Respect
Religion 	Faith 	Atheistic Rationalism 	Theological Rationale
Science & Debate 	Anti-Science Fundamentalism 	Scientism & Rationalism 	Science-Decoupled Rhetoric
Allies 	Family & Kin 	Universalism 	Machiavellianism
Risk Attitudes 	Ignorant (Robust) 	Averse (Fragile) 	Tolerant (Antifragile)
Midwittery 	Uninformed 	Misinformed 	Informed
Taste 	No Taste 	Public Identity 	Private Taste
Sachin Kesiraju 	 	 	
Family 	Tradition 	Antinatalism 	Fulfillment
Military 	Patriotism 	Anti-military 	Power Theory
David Kadavyhttps://kadavy.net/blog/posts/barbell-strategy/ 	 	 	
Body By Science 	Long Walks & Sports 	Steady-State Cardio 	Powerlifting
Tech Use 	Distraction-Free Brainstorming 	Mindlessly Surfing The Web 	High-Powered Research Tools
Time Management 	Priorities, Habits, Automation, Documents (PHAD) 	Fragility, Outsourcing, Complexity, Deadlines (FOCD) 	Meditation, Relaxation, Play and Conversation
10K Tomhttps://www.10ktom.com/post/barbell-strategy 	 	 	
Career Investment 	Not Invested in Employer Equity 	Invested in Employer Equity 	Betting On Employer Failure
Consumption 	Frugal baseline quality 	Highest affordable baseline quality 	High quality in one or two great valued areas
Charity 	Cutthroat Career 	Corporate Charity Optics 	Extremely Philanthropy
Mao's 7-2-1 Strategyhttps://archive.ph/XINjM 	10% Defending 	20% Compromise 	70% Development
Swell & Cut 	 	 	
https://swellandcut.com/2020/09/05/fat-tails-and-boring-edges/ 	Legacy Systems 	Replaceable Skill 	Cutting Edge Tech
https://swellandcut.com/2018/09/26/in-plain-sight/ 	Trust Heavy 	Conceal Heavy 	Share Heavy
https://swellandcut.com/2018/07/17/the-illegible-space/ 	Single Plane Movement 	Multiplane movement 	Transitional Flows
https://swellandcut.com/2018/06/28/the-trident/ 	The Momentary Present 	The Immutable Past 	The Negotiable Future