On learn­ing difficult things

So8resNov 11, 2013, 11:35 PM
216 points
47 comments6 min readLW link

AI Policy?

ChrisHallquistNov 11, 2013, 7:40 PM
4 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Re­duced im­pact AI: no back channels

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 11, 2013, 2:55 PM
21 points
42 comments10 min readLW link

Meetup : Berlin

blobNov 11, 2013, 12:35 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Saint-Peters­burg: Game Event

efimNov 10, 2013, 8:23 PM
−2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

De­sign-space traps: map­ping the util­ity-de­sign tra­jec­tory space

joaolkfNov 10, 2013, 5:32 PM
−3 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : DC Meetup: Goals spread­sheet, poli­ti­cal ad­vo­cacy as effec­tive al­tru­ism, scary ra­tio­nal­ist stories

BenquoNov 10, 2013, 2:26 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup

MaelinNov 10, 2013, 1:59 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A di­a­gram for a sim­ple two-player game

Paul CrowleyNov 10, 2013, 8:59 AM
56 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Evolu­tion­ary Heuris­tic and Ra­tion­al­ity Techniques

ChrisHallquistNov 10, 2013, 7:30 AM
19 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : First Meetup in Jack­sonville, FL

rule_and_lineNov 10, 2013, 12:03 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics Pre­sen­ta­tion [help re­quest]

Mati_RoyNov 9, 2013, 8:51 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Non-stan­dard cryo ideas

DataPacRatNov 9, 2013, 5:42 PM
17 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Good movies for ra­tio­nal­ists?

rolandNov 9, 2013, 8:00 AM
3 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC: Goals, Poli­ti­cal Ad­vo­cacy as Effec­tive Altru­ism, and Stories

rocurleyNov 9, 2013, 6:50 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Bet Your Friends to Be More Right

katydeeNov 8, 2013, 9:12 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Novem­ber 8 − 14, 2013

witzvoNov 8, 2013, 8:13 PM
2 points
141 comments1 min readLW link

[Prize] Es­say Con­test: Cry­on­ics and Effec­tive Altruism

lsparrishNov 8, 2013, 7:55 PM
5 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekNov 8, 2013, 4:54 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Aca­demic Cliques

ChrisHallquistNov 8, 2013, 4:27 AM
35 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA—The Mer­its of Specificity

OpenThreadGuyNov 8, 2013, 4:20 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The fu­ture of values

KatjaGraceNov 8, 2013, 12:56 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup: Some­where you do not live even close to

MetusNov 7, 2013, 11:17 AM
23 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Yes, Virginia, You Can Be 99.99% (Or More!) Cer­tain That 53 Is Prime

ChrisHallquistNov 7, 2013, 7:45 AM
95 points
70 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Com­fort Zone Ex­pan­sion at Ci­tadel, Boston

VikaNov 6, 2013, 9:02 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Frankfurt

KendraNov 5, 2013, 9:16 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Is the or­thog­o­nal­ity the­sis at odds with moral re­al­ism?

ChrisHallquistNov 5, 2013, 8:47 PM
7 points
118 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] “A Long-run Per­spec­tive on Strate­gic Cause Selec­tion and Philan­thropy” by Nick Beck­stead and Carl Shulman

PabloNov 5, 2013, 6:27 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow, Now 2 Sigma More Awesome

Slava MatyukhinNov 5, 2013, 10:33 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

No Univer­sally Com­pel­ling Ar­gu­ments in Math or Science

ChrisHallquistNov 5, 2013, 3:32 AM
49 points
230 comments5 min readLW link

2013 Cen­sus/​Sur­vey: call for changes and additions

Scott AlexanderNov 5, 2013, 3:10 AM
47 points
155 comments1 min readLW link

New vs. Busi­ness-as-Usual Future

katydeeNov 5, 2013, 2:13 AM
5 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Resched­uled Novem­ber Meetup

Nova_DivisionNov 5, 2013, 1:56 AM
−1 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham NC/​Tri­an­gle Area Meetup: Pro­duc­tive Other-Optimization

curiousepicNov 4, 2013, 11:33 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meetup Bolder CO

yakurbe0112Nov 4, 2013, 5:05 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

From Philos­o­phy to Math to Engineering

lukeprogNov 4, 2013, 3:43 PM
34 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Think­ing Fast and Slow Pages 70-140 Dis­cus­sion Meetup

MestroyerNov 4, 2013, 10:39 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels monthly meetup: mem­ory!

RoxolanNov 4, 2013, 7:05 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Ineffi­ciency of The­o­ret­i­cal Discovery

lukeprogNov 3, 2013, 9:26 PM
30 points
109 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don so­cial meetup, 10/​11/​13

philhNov 3, 2013, 5:27 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Work­flow with Spaced Repetition

EmileNov 3, 2013, 3:58 PM
13 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Saint Peters­burg. Why ra­tio­nal­ity?

efimNov 3, 2013, 1:30 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Witch­ing Hour

Scott AlexanderNov 3, 2013, 7:07 AM
22 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Kid­nap­ping and the game of Chicken

ManfredNov 3, 2013, 6:29 AM
23 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Novem­ber 2013

MalcolmOceanNov 2, 2013, 8:35 PM
10 points
390 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Novem­ber 1 − 7, 2013

witzvoNov 2, 2013, 4:37 PM
7 points
301 comments1 min readLW link

How to choose a coun­try/​city?

joaolkfNov 2, 2013, 1:48 AM
15 points
59 comments5 min readLW link

Hal­loween thread—ra­tio­nal­ist’s hor­rors.

wwaNov 1, 2013, 10:07 PM
35 points
123 comments1 min readLW link

“Sin­gu­lar­ity or Bust” full doc­u­men­tary

TorelloNov 1, 2013, 8:48 PM
2 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Novem­ber 1-15

therufsNov 1, 2013, 8:37 PM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link