The Ar­gu­ment from Cri­sis and Pes­simism Bias

Stefan_SchubertNov 11, 2014, 8:25 PM
32 points
42 comments2 min readLW link

Cer­tifi­cates of Im­pact [Paul Chris­ti­ano; Link]

RyanCareyNov 11, 2014, 4:58 PM
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

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

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 11, 2014, 11:04 AM
2 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: TRVTH

ManfredNov 11, 2014, 6:07 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Cost- Benefit Anal­y­sis of Im­mu­niz­ing Healthy Adults Against Influenza

FluttershyNov 11, 2014, 4:10 AM
24 points
82 comments6 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 9: The or­thog­o­nal­ity of in­tel­li­gence and goals

KatjaGraceNov 11, 2014, 2:00 AM
14 points
80 comments7 min readLW link

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

CaplaNov 10, 2014, 11:23 PM
4 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­ploit­ing EDT

Benya_FallensteinNov 10, 2014, 7:59 PM
25 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The value of do­ing one’s own philan­thropic re­search?

CaplaNov 10, 2014, 7:15 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Things to con­sider when op­ti­miz­ing: Com­mut­ing, Transportation

[deleted]Nov 10, 2014, 5:44 PM
3 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

My third-of-life crisis

polymathwannabeNov 10, 2014, 3:28 PM
39 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Is­rael Less Wrong Meetup—So­cial, Board Games

DanArmakNov 10, 2014, 2:00 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

MrMindNov 10, 2014, 8:32 AM
6 points
194 comments1 min readLW link

Min­erva Pro­ject: the fu­ture of higher ed­u­ca­tion?

NathaNov 10, 2014, 5:59 AM
23 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

A List of Nuances

abramdemskiNov 10, 2014, 5:02 AM
67 points
24 comments10 min readLW link

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

EmileNov 9, 2014, 10:56 PM
26 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Utrecht: Game Theory

immasixNov 9, 2014, 3:09 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Get­ting a new med­i­cal di­ag­nos­tic to market

ogeNov 9, 2014, 3:46 AM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : reg­u­lar meetup—Sig­nifi­cant things I have got­ten wrong

EloNov 8, 2014, 10:35 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

more on pre­dict­ing agents

sbenthallNov 8, 2014, 6:43 AM
1 point
11 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI Re­search Guide

So8resNov 7, 2014, 7:11 PM
79 points
63 comments16 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Novem­ber 2014

elharoNov 7, 2014, 7:07 PM
12 points
342 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekNov 7, 2014, 5:21 PM
5 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Unem­ploy­ment explanations

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 7, 2014, 5:12 PM
44 points
113 comments7 min readLW link

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

RobinZNov 7, 2014, 2:07 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Saint Peters­burg meetup—“with prob­a­ble lec­tures”

efimNov 7, 2014, 1:11 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA: Blindsight

abramdemskiNov 7, 2014, 11:54 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

First(?) Ra­tion­al­ist elected to state government

EneaszNov 7, 2014, 2:30 AM
108 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

The Danger of In­visi­ble Problems

[deleted]Nov 6, 2014, 10:28 PM
22 points
55 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Den­ver Area Meetup 2

TheStevenatorNov 6, 2014, 3:57 AM
2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity 101 For Beginners

Peter WildefordNov 5, 2014, 11:04 PM
30 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

Pol­ling Thread—Per­son­al­ity Special

Gunnar_ZarnckeNov 5, 2014, 10:40 PM
10 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratislava

Viliam_BurNov 5, 2014, 8:59 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Eth­nic Ten­sion And Mean­ingless Arguments

Scott AlexanderNov 5, 2014, 3:38 AM
95 points
8 comments22 min readLW link

Pos­si­ble in­ter­est in Louisi­ana Meetup?

BaisiusNov 5, 2014, 2:00 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Writ­ing Prompts

ManfredNov 4, 2014, 5:18 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

pre­dic­tion and ca­pac­ity to represent

sbenthallNov 4, 2014, 6:09 AM
−9 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Wel­come!

Benya_FallensteinNov 4, 2014, 3:20 AM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels Novem­ber meetup: Hell and ex­is­ten­tial risks

RoxolanNov 4, 2014, 3:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 8: Cog­ni­tive superpowers

KatjaGraceNov 4, 2014, 2:01 AM
14 points
96 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Frank­furt: New LW apart­ment and guests

KendraNov 3, 2014, 1:02 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

MrMindNov 3, 2014, 9:55 AM
6 points
315 comments1 min readLW link

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

Andy_McKenzieNov 3, 2014, 5:03 AM
13 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Novem­ber 1-15

therufsNov 3, 2014, 3:58 AM
7 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity through self-loyalty

So8resNov 2, 2014, 7:00 AM
17 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

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

DorikkaNov 2, 2014, 2:43 AM
8 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2014 Monthly Brag­ging Thread

elharoNov 1, 2014, 8:49 PM
20 points
87 comments1 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2014 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisNov 1, 2014, 3:42 PM
5 points
155 comments1 min readLW link

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

RitalinNov 1, 2014, 1:43 PM
17 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

The Truth and In­stru­men­tal Rationality

the-citizenNov 1, 2014, 11:05 AM
15 points
30 comments5 min readLW link