Max­i­miz­ing Your Dona­tions via a Job

Alexei5 May 2013 23:19 UTC
177 points
58 comments22 min readLW link

Tran­shu­man­ist Fables

Scott Alexander28 May 2013 1:55 UTC
120 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Post ridicu­lous munchkin ideas!

D_Malik15 May 2013 22:27 UTC
80 points
1,252 comments1 min readLW link

The Power of Pomodoros

elharo14 May 2013 10:36 UTC
75 points
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Pas­cal’s Mug­gle: In­finites­i­mal Pri­ors and Strong Evidence

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 May 2013 0:43 UTC
72 points
402 comments26 min readLW link

The Cen­tre for Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity: a year later from a (some­what) out­side per­spec­tive

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 27 May 2013 18:31 UTC
65 points
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Ro­bust­ness of Cost-Effec­tive­ness Es­ti­mates and Philanthropy

JonahS24 May 2013 20:28 UTC
56 points
37 comments6 min readLW link

Wik­ify­ing the blog list

Scott Alexander10 May 2013 8:18 UTC
50 points
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What do pro­fes­sional philoso­phers be­lieve, and why?

Rob Bensinger1 May 2013 14:40 UTC
49 points
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Pas­cal’s Mug­gle (short ver­sion)

Eliezer Yudkowsky5 May 2013 23:36 UTC
48 points
53 comments11 min readLW link

Prob­lems with Academia and the Ris­ing Sea

JonahS23 May 2013 19:17 UTC
46 points
39 comments4 min readLW link

LW Women- Fe­male privilege

daenerys5 May 2013 1:58 UTC
42 points
236 comments4 min readLW link

Be Nice to Non-Rationalists

wobster1097 May 2013 2:27 UTC
42 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

10-Step Anti-Pro­cras­ti­na­tion Checklist

JesseGalef17 May 2013 1:59 UTC
42 points
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LW Study Hall − 2 Month Update

Lachouette12 May 2013 10:03 UTC
40 points
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The au­topi­lot prob­lem: driv­ing with­out experience

Stuart_Armstrong13 May 2013 12:42 UTC
37 points
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Re­search is polyg­a­mous! The im­por­tance of what you do needn’t be pro­por­tional to your awe­some­ness

diegocaleiro26 May 2013 22:29 UTC
35 points
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A Pro­posed Ad­just­ment to the Astro­nom­i­cal Waste Argument

Nick_Beckstead27 May 2013 3:39 UTC
35 points
38 comments12 min readLW link

Be­ing For­eign and Be­ing Sane

fowlertm25 May 2013 0:58 UTC
35 points
42 comments7 min readLW link

Googling is the first step. Con­sider adding schol­arly searches to your ar­se­nal.

Tenoke7 May 2013 13:30 UTC
30 points
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Col­lect­ing ex­pres­sions of in­ter­est in a ra­tio­nal­ity con­fer­ence in August

purplerabbits25 May 2013 10:58 UTC
30 points
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Prepar­ing for a Ra­tional Fi­nan­cial Plan­ning Sequence

elharo22 May 2013 11:48 UTC
29 points
65 comments3 min readLW link

Kevin Drum’s Ar­ti­cle about AI and Technology

knb15 May 2013 7:38 UTC
29 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Epistemic and In­stru­men­tal Tradeoffs

katydee19 May 2013 7:49 UTC
29 points
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Why is it ra­tio­nal to in­vest in re­tire­ment? I don’t get it.

diegocaleiro16 May 2013 1:28 UTC
28 points
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Catch­ing Up With the Pre­sent From the Devel­op­ing World

diegocaleiro7 May 2013 12:59 UTC
27 points
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Jus­tifi­able Er­ro­neous Scien­tific Pessimism

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 May 2013 20:37 UTC
26 points
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To In­spire Peo­ple to Give, Be Public About Your Giving

Peter Wildeford17 May 2013 6:58 UTC
24 points
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[link] Are All Dic­ta­tor Game Re­sults Ar­ti­facts?

Kaj_Sotala23 May 2013 7:08 UTC
24 points
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Devel­op­men­tal Think­ing Shout-out to CFAR

MarkL3 May 2013 1:46 UTC
24 points
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Or­well and fic­tional ev­i­dence for dic­ta­tor­ship stability

Stuart_Armstrong24 May 2013 12:19 UTC
24 points
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Max­i­miz­ing Fi­nan­cial Utility and Frugality

Petruchio23 May 2013 15:55 UTC
23 points
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Es­ti­mates vs. head-to-head comparisons

paulfchristiano4 May 2013 6:45 UTC
23 points
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Keep­ing Choices Dona­tion Neutral

jefftk11 May 2013 12:58 UTC
23 points
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[Link] More Right launched

mstevens5 May 2013 15:51 UTC
22 points
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[TED Talk] Peter Singer on Effec­tive Altruism

Peter Wildeford21 May 2013 4:06 UTC
21 points
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Mor­tal: A Transpony­ist Fanfiction

ModusPonies1 May 2013 1:23 UTC
21 points
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Ed­u­ca­tion con­trol?

PhilGoetz17 May 2013 16:32 UTC
21 points
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[LINK] Bets do not (nec­es­sar­ily) re­veal beliefs

Cyan27 May 2013 20:13 UTC
20 points
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An­ti­jar­gon Project

jefftk5 May 2013 17:26 UTC
19 points
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How to Build a Community

Peter Wildeford15 May 2013 5:43 UTC
19 points
229 comments8 min readLW link

Seek­ing re­li­able ev­i­dence—claim that clos­ing sweat­shops leads to child prostitution

[deleted]4 May 2013 2:51 UTC
19 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Find­ing in­ter­est­ing communities

Error30 May 2013 15:31 UTC
19 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Un­limited Po­modoro Works: My Schedul­ing System

Intrism13 May 2013 0:36 UTC
18 points
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Us­ing Evolu­tion for Mar­riage or Sex

diegocaleiro6 May 2013 5:34 UTC
17 points
149 comments13 min readLW link

Math­e­mat­i­ci­ans and the Preven­tion of Recessions

JonahS25 May 2013 4:12 UTC
17 points
132 comments5 min readLW link

“dis­fluency” research

Jonathan_Graehl30 May 2013 21:33 UTC
17 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Be a lit­tle bit more trust­ing than most peo­ple think sensible

purplerabbits25 May 2013 10:31 UTC
15 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Gen­eral in­tel­li­gence test: no do­mains of stupidity

Stuart_Armstrong21 May 2013 16:04 UTC
15 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial Im­pacts of Cli­mate Change

JonahS22 May 2013 7:22 UTC
14 points
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