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Why the tails come apart
Thrasymachus
Aug 1, 2014, 10:41 PM
328
points
102
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Tell Culture
LoganStrohl
Jan 18, 2014, 8:13 PM
273
points
229
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Lifestyle interventions to increase longevity
RomeoStevens
Feb 28, 2014, 6:28 AM
266
points
387
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Dark Arts of Rationality
So8res
Jan 19, 2014, 2:47 AM
261
points
193
comments
18
min read
LW
link
On Caring
So8res
Oct 15, 2014, 1:59 AM
247
points
276
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Roles are Martial Arts for Agency
Eneasz
Aug 8, 2014, 3:53 AM
242
points
59
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On saving the world
So8res
Jan 30, 2014, 8:00 PM
230
points
171
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Simulate and Defer To More Rational Selves
LoganStrohl
Sep 17, 2014, 6:11 PM
216
points
114
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The mechanics of my recent productivity
So8res
Jan 9, 2014, 2:30 AM
202
points
47
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Meditations On Moloch
Scott Alexander
Jul 30, 2014, 4:00 AM
196
points
10
comments
47
min read
LW
link
[moderator action] Eugine_Nier is now banned for mass downvote harassment
Kaj_Sotala
Jul 3, 2014, 12:04 PM
160
points
369
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We Haven’t Uploaded Worms
jefftk
Dec 27, 2014, 11:44 AM
156
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimal Exercise
RomeoStevens
Mar 10, 2014, 3:37 AM
151
points
148
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity
gothgirl420666
Jan 16, 2014, 6:35 AM
149
points
94
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You have a set amount of “weirdness points”. Spend them wisely.
Peter Wildeford
Nov 27, 2014, 9:09 PM
125
points
98
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Strategic choice of identity
Vika
Mar 8, 2014, 4:27 PM
124
points
58
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey
Scott Alexander
Oct 26, 2014, 6:05 PM
116
points
728
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2013 Survey Results
Scott Alexander
Jan 19, 2014, 2:51 AM
112
points
560
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Willpower Depletion vs Willpower Distraction
Academian
Jun 15, 2014, 6:29 PM
110
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
First(?) Rationalist elected to state government
Eneasz
Nov 7, 2014, 2:30 AM
108
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationalists Are Less Credulous But Better At Taking Ideas Seriously
Scott Alexander
Jan 21, 2014, 2:18 AM
108
points
287
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Handshakes, Hi, and What’s New: What’s Going On With Small Talk?
Benquo
Jan 2, 2014, 10:08 PM
107
points
79
comments
5
min read
LW
link
On Terminal Goals and Virtue Ethics
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Jun 18, 2014, 4:00 AM
107
points
207
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories
Scott Alexander
Nov 21, 2014, 2:34 PM
105
points
9
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Political Skills which Increase Income
Xodarap
Mar 2, 2014, 5:56 PM
104
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A Dialogue On Doublethink
LoganStrohl
May 11, 2014, 7:38 PM
103
points
108
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Deregulating Distraction, Moving Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping
So8res
Jan 12, 2014, 3:21 AM
102
points
25
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Goal retention discussion with Eliezer
Max Tegmark
Sep 4, 2014, 10:23 PM
98
points
26
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2014 iterated prisoner’s dilemma tournament results
tetronian2
Sep 30, 2014, 9:23 PM
95
points
57
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Sequence announcement] Introduction to Mechanism Design
badger
Apr 30, 2014, 4:21 PM
95
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ethnic Tension And Meaningless Arguments
Scott Alexander
Nov 5, 2014, 3:38 AM
95
points
8
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Six Plausible Meta-Ethical Alternatives
Wei Dai
Aug 6, 2014, 12:04 AM
92
points
39
comments
3
min read
LW
link
CFAR in 2014: Continuing to climb out of the startup pit, heading toward a full prototype
AnnaSalamon
Dec 26, 2014, 3:33 PM
92
points
61
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Is the potential astronomical waste in our universe too small to care about?
Wei Dai
Oct 21, 2014, 8:44 AM
91
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Habitual Productivity
So8res
Jan 9, 2014, 6:44 AM
90
points
36
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Try more things.
whales
Jan 12, 2014, 1:25 AM
88
points
20
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Anthropic signature: strange anti-correlations
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 21, 2014, 4:59 PM
86
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In Favor of Niceness, Community, and Civilization
Scott Alexander
Feb 23, 2014, 10:24 PM
84
points
9
comments
20
min read
LW
link
A discussion of heroic responsibility
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Oct 29, 2014, 4:22 AM
83
points
216
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Newcomblike problems are the norm
So8res
Sep 24, 2014, 6:41 PM
83
points
111
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Siren worlds and the perils of over-optimised search
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2014, 11:00 AM
83
points
418
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Moving on from Cognito Mentoring
VipulNaik
16 May 2014 22:42 UTC
82
points
17
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Bridge Collapse: Reductionism as Engineering Problem
Rob Bensinger
18 Feb 2014 22:03 UTC
81
points
62
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Botworld: a cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents embedded in their environment
So8res
12 Apr 2014 0:56 UTC
80
points
54
comments
7
min read
LW
link
MIRI Research Guide
So8res
7 Nov 2014 19:11 UTC
79
points
63
comments
16
min read
LW
link
The Future of Humanity Institute could make use of your money
danieldewey
26 Sep 2014 22:53 UTC
78
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s sidekick?
RobertWiblin
5 Dec 2014 1:09 UTC
78
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Even Odds
Scott Garrabrant
12 Jan 2014 7:24 UTC
77
points
48
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Harper’s Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum
gwern
12 Dec 2014 20:34 UTC
76
points
154
comments
14
min read
LW
link
The Octopus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale
Stuart_Armstrong
3 Sep 2014 21:37 UTC
76
points
236
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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