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100 Tips for a Better Life

Ideopunk22 Dec 2020 14:30 UTC

432 points

130 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

To listen well, get curious

benkuhn13 Dec 2020 0:20 UTC

354 points

37 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(www.benkuhn.net)

Great minds might not think alike

Eric Neyman26 Dec 2020 19:51 UTC

301 points

45 comments11 min readLW link

(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Covid 12/24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over

Zvi24 Dec 2020 15:10 UTC

276 points

135 comments31 min readLW link 2 reviews

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The LessWrong 2018 Book is Available for Pre-order

Ben Pace and jacobjacob

1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC

187 points

110 comments10 min readLW link

Motive Ambiguity

Zvi15 Dec 2020 18:10 UTC

172 points

58 comments4 min readLW link 2 reviews

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

parenting rules

Dave Orr21 Dec 2020 19:48 UTC

155 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

Give it a google

Adam Zerner29 Dec 2020 5:30 UTC

141 points

28 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

Against GDP as a metric for timelines and takeoff speeds

Daniel Kokotajlo29 Dec 2020 17:42 UTC

140 points

19 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

How long does it take to become Gaussian?

Maxwell Peterson8 Dec 2020 7:23 UTC

139 points

40 comments4 min readLW link

2020 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison

Larks21 Dec 2020 15:27 UTC

137 points

14 comments68 min readLW link

Debate update: Obfuscated arguments problem

Beth Barnes23 Dec 2020 3:24 UTC

135 points

24 comments16 min readLW link

The First Sample Gives the Most Information

Mark Xu24 Dec 2020 20:39 UTC

133 points

16 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

(markxu.com)

Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 3

lsusr1 Dec 2020 12:43 UTC

128 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Real-Life Examples of Prediction Systems Interfering with the Real World (Predict-O-Matic Problems)

NunoSempere3 Dec 2020 22:00 UTC

126 points

28 comments9 min readLW link

FHI paper published in Science: interventions against COVID-19

SoerenMind16 Dec 2020 21:19 UTC

119 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How Hard Would It Be To Make A COVID Vaccine For Oneself?

johnswentworth21 Dec 2020 16:19 UTC

117 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

Parable of the Dammed

johnswentworth10 Dec 2020 0:08 UTC

116 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

The LessWrong 2019 Review

habryka2 Dec 2020 11:21 UTC

113 points

47 comments9 min readLW link

My Fear Heuristic

lsusr1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC

112 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Why quantitative methods are heartwarming

KatjaGrace12 Dec 2020 21:50 UTC

110 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Extrapolating GPT-N performance

Lukas Finnveden18 Dec 2020 21:41 UTC

108 points

31 comments22 min readLW link 1 review

Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 5

lsusr5 Dec 2020 1:23 UTC

106 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity in AI takeoff scenarios

evhub16 Dec 2020 1:37 UTC

96 points

48 comments4 min readLW link

Anti-EMH Evidence (and a plea for help)

Wei Dai5 Dec 2020 18:29 UTC

94 points

44 comments5 min readLW link

The Darwin Game—Conclusion

lsusr4 Dec 2020 8:06 UTC

94 points

30 comments2 min readLW link

Cultural accumulation

KatjaGrace6 Dec 2020 6:20 UTC

93 points

53 comments3 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 9

lsusr20 Dec 2020 9:22 UTC

87 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 6

lsusr9 Dec 2020 8:14 UTC

86 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Quick Thoughts on Immoral Mazes

abramdemski9 Dec 2020 1:21 UTC

86 points

47 comments5 min readLW link

Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 4

lsusr3 Dec 2020 23:42 UTC

84 points

21 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What evidence will tell us about the new strain? How are you updating?

Zvi25 Dec 2020 21:37 UTC

83 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Secular Solstice 2020

jefftk20 Dec 2020 23:20 UTC

81 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

My favorite essays of life advice

benkuhn23 Dec 2020 23:00 UTC

81 points

17 comments7 min readLW link

(www.benkuhn.net)

Covid 12/3: Land of Confusion

Zvi3 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC

79 points

34 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What trade should we make if we’re all getting the new COVID strain?

Jacob Falkovich25 Dec 2020 7:09 UTC

79 points

73 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci

abstractapplic5 Dec 2020 23:26 UTC

78 points

50 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI: 2020 Updates and Strategy

Rob Bensinger23 Dec 2020 21:27 UTC

77 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(intelligence.org)

Covid 12/17: The First Dose

Zvi17 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC

76 points

29 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Morality as “Coordination”, vs “Do-Gooding”

Raemon29 Dec 2020 2:37 UTC

75 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

TAI Safety Bibliographic Database

JessRiedel22 Dec 2020 17:42 UTC

74 points

12 comments17 min readLW link

What is “protein folding”? A brief explanation

jasoncrawford1 Dec 2020 2:46 UTC

74 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Why Neural Networks Generalise, and Why They Are (Kind of) Bayesian

Joar Skalse29 Dec 2020 13:33 UTC

74 points

58 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

In Addition to Ragebait and Doomscrolling

mike_hawke3 Dec 2020 18:26 UTC

73 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Prizes for Last Year’s 2018 Review

Raemon2 Dec 2020 11:21 UTC

72 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on notes on virtues

David Gross30 Dec 2020 17:47 UTC

71 points

10 comments11 min readLW link

Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 8

lsusr17 Dec 2020 22:29 UTC

70 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

Dario Amodei leaves OpenAI

Daniel Kokotajlo29 Dec 2020 19:31 UTC

69 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

[LIVE!!] LW/EA New Year’s Ultra Party

Ruby18 Dec 2020 4:49 UTC

67 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

How I Write

Jacob Falkovich2 Dec 2020 23:17 UTC

67 points

8 comments5 min readLW link