The Price of Life

Lights, Cam­era, Ac­tion!

In­for­ma­tion the­ory and the sym­me­try of up­dat­ing beliefs

Think Be­fore You Speak (And Sig­nal It)

Open Thread: March 2010, part 3

The ABC’s of Luminosity

“Life Ex­pe­rience” as a Con­ver­sa­tion-Halter

Se­quen­tial Or­ga­ni­za­tion of Think­ing: “Six Think­ing Hats”

Let There Be Light

Dis­con­nect be­tween Stated/​Im­ple­mented Preferences

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue

Liv­ing Luminously

Sub­jec­tive An­ti­ci­pa­tion and Death

Over­com­ing the mind-killer

Omega’s sub­con­tract­ing to Alpha

The prob­lem of pseudofriendliness

Undis­crim­i­nat­ing Skepticism

Mus­ings on probability

Crunch­course—a tool for com­bat­ing learn­ing akrasia

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

The Im­por­tance of Good­hart’s Law

Ra­tional feel­ings: a cru­cial disambiguation

Addiction

Open Thread: March 2010, part 2

Spring 2010 Meta Thread

Na­ture ed­i­to­rial: Do sci­en­tists re­ally need a PhD?

De­cep­tion and Self-Doubt

Black­mail, Nukes and the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

The Black­mail Equation

Coffee: When it helps, when it hurts

Trade makes you re­spon­si­ble, but why?

Divide in­di­vi­d­u­als for util­i­tar­ian libertarianism

Selfish­ness Sig­nals Status

The strongest sta­tus signals

The strongest sta­tus signals

TED Talks: Daniel Kahneman

Sig­nal­ing Strate­gies and Morality

The fal­lacy of work-life compartmentalization

The Grav­i­ton as Aether

Pri­ors and Surprise

In­ter­est­ing Peter Norvig interview

In­di­vi­d­ual vs. Group Epistemic Rationality

Meetup: Bay Area: Sun­day, March 7th, 7pm

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

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: March 2010

Open Thread: March 2010

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

Great Product. Lousy Mar­ket­ing.

Splin­ters and Wooden Beams