Even if you have a nail, not all ham­mers are the same

Undis­crim­i­nat­ing Skepticism

The scourge of per­verse-mindedness

The Im­por­tance of Good­hart’s Law

Un­der­stand­ing your understanding

The math­e­mat­i­cal uni­verse: the map that is the territory

Liv­ing Luminously

For progress to be by ac­cu­mu­la­tion and not by ran­dom walk, read great books

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue

Rea­son­ing isn’t about logic (it’s about ar­gu­ing)

In­for­ma­tion the­ory and the sym­me­try of up­dat­ing beliefs

Levels of communication

Com­part­men­tal­iza­tion as a pas­sive phenomenon

Let There Be Light

Ne­c­es­sary, But Not Sufficient

Coffee: When it helps, when it hurts

The ABC’s of Luminosity

New­comb’s prob­lem hap­pened to me

The Spotlight

Sub­text is not in­var­i­ant un­der lin­ear transformations

The Shab­bos goy

Lights, Cam­era, Ac­tion!

The I-Less Eye

In­di­vi­d­ual vs. Group Epistemic Rationality

Think Be­fore You Speak (And Sig­nal It)

Se­quen­tial Or­ga­ni­za­tion of Think­ing: “Six Think­ing Hats”

Over-encapsulation

Disam­biguat­ing Doom

More thoughts on assertions

High­lights and Shadows

The Black­mail Equation

Black­mail, Nukes and the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

NYC Ra­tion­al­ist Community

TED Talks: Daniel Kahneman

The two in­sights of materialism

It’s not like any­thing to be a bat

Pri­ors and Surprise

Ra­tional feel­ings: a cru­cial disambiguation

The “show, don’t tell” na­ture of argument

What would you do if blood glu­cose the­ory of willpower was true?

Sig­nal­ing Strate­gies and Morality

Crunch­course—a tool for com­bat­ing learn­ing akrasia

Men­tal Models

The Grav­i­ton as Aether

There just has to be some­thing more, you know?

Omega’s sub­con­tract­ing to Alpha

Hedg­ing our Bets: The Case for Pur­su­ing Whole Brain Emu­la­tion to Safe­guard Hu­man­ity’s Future

Over­com­ing the mind-killer

Max­imise Ex­pected Utility, not Ex­pected Per­cep­tion of Utility

The fal­lacy of work-life compartmentalization