Infrarationality

A framework examining the infrastructure underlying rationality itself—the systems, structures, and conditions that make rational thought possible and shape what counts as rational. Infrarationality asks not just what rational choices are but what must be in place for rationality to operate: cognitive infrastructure (attention, memory, reasoning capacity), informational infrastructure (data, evidence, reliable sources), social infrastructure (communities of inquiry, standards of argument, practices of critique), institutional infrastructure (education, science, law), and conceptual infrastructure (frameworks, categories, assumptions). It also examines how this infrastructure shapes what counts as rational—how different infrastructures produce different rationalities, how changes in infrastructure transform rational possibilities, how claims to rationality often obscure the infrastructure that makes them possible. Infrarationality reveals that rationality is never just rationality—it's always rationality built on infrastructure, and understanding rationality requires understanding the ground from which it grows.

Example: "His infrarationality analysis showed how the 'rational actor' of economic theory depends on infrastructure real humans lack—perfect information, unlimited computing power, stable preferences. Change the infrastructure assumptions, and rational choice looks very different."

by Dumu The Void March 16, 2026

Personal Information Economy

At it's simplest, an economy that's monetary value is measured in private data and intelligence.

By submitting my email address to urban dictionary, I will be adding to the personal information economy

by Siya Africa! April 1, 2010

projectile information

Information violently thrust information on someone, usually during instruction, or in the context of a training class. Delivering projectile information is generally the result of instructor poor planning and/or instructor experience.

My instructor wasted so much time in class yesterday that today was basically projectile information.

by misterurban December 13, 2014

verbal inflammation

A condition when someone talks about nonsense in excess that the tongue swells up preventing further waste of words.

I told Jay to shut up before he gets verbal inflammation!

by Mr. Robotron June 11, 2017

ghost information

Information from which source is phenomenal unknown

Ghost information is the existing and leading cause of fringe science or metaphysics

by Cheese&&Crackers June 27, 2017

International Information Syndicate

A long time ago, in the year 2018, there existed a community of libertarian socialists who read books together and shared memes. Alas, that community fell into chaos, and factions splintered in many directions. The chieftain, Otalp, left the land and started his own tribe, known as Breadtube. The owner of the server, Captain Waffles, read a Michael Parenti quote. He then denied most genocides in Eastern Europe.

Person A: The International Information Syndicate was the shit back in the day.

Person B: What happened to it?
Person A: Tankies.

by captainwaffles January 5, 2021

Post information age

If some are calling these days the most information ate, and journalists are the ones keeping people informed, that means at least some are the journalists are giving people bullshit instead of good information.

At least some of the journalists are keeping people misinformed, and not informed, if there is any truth to post information age.

by Solid Mantis January 11, 2021