Epsilon Theory Glossary
- A Faithful Remnant Returns — A recurring Meme across global cultures in which we tell stories of those who changed the future by standing for something even when everyone else had surrendered.
- BITFD — Burn. It. The. F#$k. Down. Our ET call for systemic change of society led from the bottom up.
- Cartoon — The selective (re)presentation of a selective presentation of information.
- charismatic-Pentecostal — A short-form reference to two related movements within the Protestant Christian church that both believe that the "gifts of the spirit", typically inclusive of healing, speaking in tongues and prophecy, are still active in the modern church. Pentecostalism is a more formal set of denominations that emerged with similar beliefs from the late 19th century United States, while the charismatic movement began in the mid-20th century, tends to be less doctrinally rigid, has less formal oversight and has been perhaps the fastest growing Protestant movement worldwide since that time.
- Clear Eyes —The willingness and ability to see the reality present behind the veneer of Narrative and stories.
- Common Knowledge — Information that everyone knows that everyone knows.
- Coyote — Smart people who miss the forest for the trees. They excel at the local game, but fail the larger social game.
- Ecclesiocracy — Government by and through the church and its leaders. To be distinguished from Theocracy (God as ruler) or Theonomy (government through God’s laws).
- Ecclesiocratic — Of or relating to government by and through the church and its leaders. To be distinguished from Theocracy (God as ruler) or Theonomy (government through God’s laws).
- Eisegetical — The reader imposing a meaning or interpretation on a text.
- Epimemetic — Of or relating to large-scale changes in the dominant medium of human communication which affect how long-established memes are expressed in culture.
- Eschatological — Of or about the end of the world.
- Eschatology — Beliefs about the end of the world.
- Fiat News — The presentation of opinion as fact.
- Full Hearts — The conscious rejection of the cynicism that is often the result of seeing the world of narrative with clear eyes.
- Haman’s Gallows — A recurring meme across global cultures in which we remind ourselves that defeats can sometimes be turned to great victories, that others bad intentions may turn against them.
- Hope for Broken Vessels — A recurring meme across global cultures in which we remind ourselves that failure is not permanent, that great achievements, victories and successes come from wounded, broken failures.
- Industrially Necessary — The presentation of a necessary aspect of mass society as a desirable aspect of mass society.
- Keeping Ancient Covenants — A recurring meme across global cultures in which we understand the important of keeping old promises.
- Meme — The building blocks of narrative; ideas with a virus-like lifecycle.
- Missionary — A famous person who creates common knowledge by stating something that everyone believes everyone else heard.
- Motte and Bailey — Rhetorical technique common among narrative missionaries to present an aggressive proposition (Motte), retreat to a more palatable one (Bailey), then pretend that the arguments are the same.
- Mountains to be Conquered — A recurring meme across global cultures in which we celebrate the importance of conquest, victory and control.
- Narrative — The overarching ideas and stories that shape how we understand new information.
- Narrative Machine — The use of natural language processing (NLP) technologies to measure and visualize narratives.
- Nudge/Nudging — From the Thaler/Sunstein book, a framing of a social issue by governments or corporations that leads to a desired political or economic response.
- Post-Millennial — An eschatological view that Christ will return after a typically figurative millennium of rule of Earth by the Christian church triumphant. Often associated with cultural mandate / dominion theology.
- Post-Millennialist — An eschatological view that Christ will return after a typically figurative millennium of rule of Earth by the Christian church triumphant. Often associated with cultural mandate / dominion theology.
- Pre-Millennial — An eschatological view that Christ will return before a millennium of rule of Earth alongside the church. (e.g. the Left Behind series of apocalyptic Christian fiction).
- Pre-Millennialist — An eschatological view that Christ will return before a millennium of rule of Earth alongside the church. (e.g. the Left Behind series of apocalyptic Christian fiction).
- Raccoon – The scammers, con artists, hucksters, thieves and criminals who infest financial services.
- Rediscovering the Old Ways — A recurring meme across global cultures in which we are reminded of the extent to which values are polluted and must sometimes be measured against where we came from.
- Rhinoceros — From the Ionesco play, someone who is transformed into an unthinking brute, typically along political party lines.
- Syncretism — The practice of merging two non-like belief systems, often to increase their attractiveness or influence.
- Syncretists — Those who participate in a system consisting of two non-like belief systems, often merged to increase their attractiveness or influence.
- The Long Now — The pulling forward of the future through debt and narrative to create a world where only the present matters.
- Theonomic — Of or relating to government through God’s laws. To be distinguished from Theocracy (God as ruler) or Ecclesiocracy (government by and through the church and its leaders).
- Theonomy — Government through God’s laws. To be distinguished from Theocracy (God as ruler) or Ecclesiocracy (government by and through the church and its leaders).
- Widening Gyre — From the Yeats poem, a world where political polarization and economic disparities advance uncontrollably.