The Ar­gu­ment from Cri­sis and Pes­simism Bias

Stefan_Schubert11 Nov 2014 20:25 UTC
32 points
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Cer­tifi­cates of Im­pact [Paul Chris­ti­ano; Link]

RyanCarey11 Nov 2014 16:58 UTC
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

What’s spe­cial about a fan­tas­tic out­come? Sugges­tions wanted.

Stuart_Armstrong11 Nov 2014 11:04 UTC
2 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: TRVTH

Manfred11 Nov 2014 6:07 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Cost- Benefit Anal­y­sis of Im­mu­niz­ing Healthy Adults Against Influenza

Fluttershy11 Nov 2014 4:10 UTC
24 points
82 comments6 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 9: The or­thog­o­nal­ity of in­tel­li­gence and goals

KatjaGrace11 Nov 2014 2:00 UTC
14 points
80 comments7 min readLW link

Should we go all in on ex­is­ten­tial risk? - Con­sid­er­ing Effec­tive Altruism

Capla10 Nov 2014 23:23 UTC
4 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­ploit­ing EDT

Benya_Fallenstein10 Nov 2014 19:59 UTC
21 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The value of do­ing one’s own philan­thropic re­search?

Capla10 Nov 2014 19:15 UTC
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Things to con­sider when op­ti­miz­ing: Com­mut­ing, Transportation

[deleted]10 Nov 2014 17:44 UTC
3 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

My third-of-life crisis

polymathwannabe10 Nov 2014 15:28 UTC
39 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Is­rael Less Wrong Meetup—So­cial, Board Games

DanArmak10 Nov 2014 14:00 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Nov. 10 - Nov. 16, 2014

MrMind10 Nov 2014 8:32 UTC
6 points
194 comments1 min readLW link

Min­erva Pro­ject: the fu­ture of higher ed­u­ca­tion?

Natha10 Nov 2014 5:59 UTC
22 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

A List of Nuances

abramdemski10 Nov 2014 5:02 UTC
64 points
24 comments10 min readLW link

Open Thread: What are your im­por­tant in­sights or aha! mo­ments?

Emile9 Nov 2014 22:56 UTC
26 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Utrecht: Game Theory

immasix9 Nov 2014 15:09 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Get­ting a new med­i­cal di­ag­nos­tic to market

oge9 Nov 2014 3:46 UTC
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : reg­u­lar meetup—Sig­nifi­cant things I have got­ten wrong

Elo8 Nov 2014 10:35 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

more on pre­dict­ing agents

sbenthall8 Nov 2014 6:43 UTC
1 point
11 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI Re­search Guide

So8res7 Nov 2014 19:11 UTC
73 points
63 comments16 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Novem­ber 2014

elharo7 Nov 2014 19:07 UTC
12 points
342 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek7 Nov 2014 17:21 UTC
5 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Unem­ploy­ment explanations

Stuart_Armstrong7 Nov 2014 17:12 UTC
44 points
113 comments7 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: An­ime & Manga Discussion

RobinZ7 Nov 2014 14:07 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Saint Peters­burg meetup—“with prob­a­ble lec­tures”

efim7 Nov 2014 13:11 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA: Blindsight

abramdemski7 Nov 2014 11:54 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

First(?) Ra­tion­al­ist elected to state government

Eneasz7 Nov 2014 2:30 UTC
107 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

The Danger of In­visi­ble Problems

[deleted]6 Nov 2014 22:28 UTC
22 points
55 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Den­ver Area Meetup 2

TheStevenator6 Nov 2014 3:57 UTC
2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity 101 For Beginners

Peter Wildeford5 Nov 2014 23:04 UTC
30 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

Pol­ling Thread—Per­son­al­ity Special

Gunnar_Zarncke5 Nov 2014 22:40 UTC
10 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratislava

Viliam_Bur5 Nov 2014 20:59 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Eth­nic Ten­sion And Mean­ingless Arguments

Scott Alexander5 Nov 2014 3:38 UTC
78 points
8 comments22 min readLW link

Pos­si­ble in­ter­est in Louisi­ana Meetup?

Baisius5 Nov 2014 2:00 UTC
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Writ­ing Prompts

Manfred4 Nov 2014 17:18 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

pre­dic­tion and ca­pac­ity to represent

sbenthall4 Nov 2014 6:09 UTC
−9 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Wel­come!

Benya_Fallenstein4 Nov 2014 3:20 UTC
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels Novem­ber meetup: Hell and ex­is­ten­tial risks

Roxolan4 Nov 2014 3:02 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 8: Cog­ni­tive superpowers

KatjaGrace4 Nov 2014 2:01 UTC
14 points
96 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Frank­furt: New LW apart­ment and guests

Kendra3 Nov 2014 13:02 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Nov. 3 - Nov. 9, 2014

MrMind3 Nov 2014 9:55 UTC
6 points
315 comments1 min readLW link

What are the most com­mon and im­por­tant trade-offs that de­ci­sion mak­ers face?

Andy_McKenzie3 Nov 2014 5:03 UTC
13 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Novem­ber 1-15

therufs3 Nov 2014 3:58 UTC
7 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity through self-loyalty

So8res2 Nov 2014 7:00 UTC
15 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Mus­ings on non-sta­bil­ity of mind-states, etc.

Dorikka2 Nov 2014 2:43 UTC
8 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2014 Monthly Brag­ging Thread

elharo1 Nov 2014 20:49 UTC
20 points
87 comments1 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2014 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsaris1 Nov 2014 15:42 UTC
5 points
155 comments1 min readLW link

A web­site stan­dard that is af­ford­able to the poor­est de­mo­graph­ics in de­vel­op­ing coun­tries?

Ritalin1 Nov 2014 13:43 UTC
17 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

The Truth and In­stru­men­tal Rationality

the-citizen1 Nov 2014 11:05 UTC
15 points
30 comments5 min readLW link