Life­hack Ideas De­cem­ber 2014

GondolinianDec 10, 2014, 12:21 AM
11 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

The Limits of My Rationality

JoshuaMyerDec 9, 2014, 9:08 PM
8 points
54 comments6 min readLW link

Feed­back re­quested by In­ten­tional In­sights on work­book con­vey­ing ra­tio­nal think­ing about mean­ing and pur­pose to a broad audience

Gleb_TsipurskyDec 9, 2014, 7:03 PM
9 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Is­rael Less Wrong Meetup—So­cial and Board Games

Anatoly_VorobeyDec 9, 2014, 1:42 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Does util­i­tar­i­anism “re­quire” ex­treme self sac­ri­fice? If not why do peo­ple com­monly say it does?

Princess_StargirlDec 9, 2014, 8:32 AM
12 points
100 comments1 min readLW link

An in­vest­ment anal­ogy for Pas­cal’s Mugging

[deleted]Dec 9, 2014, 7:50 AM
9 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 13: Ca­pa­bil­ity con­trol methods

KatjaGraceDec 9, 2014, 2:00 AM
14 points
48 comments6 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions De­cem­ber 2014

GondolinianDec 8, 2014, 3:39 PM
25 points
342 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] An ex­act map­ping be­tween the Vari­a­tional Renor­mal­iza­tion Group and Deep Learn­ing]

Gunnar_ZarnckeDec 8, 2014, 2:33 PM
11 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Dec. 8 - Dec. 15, 2014

GondolinianDec 8, 2014, 12:06 AM
11 points
293 comments1 min readLW link

PSA: Eug­ine_Nier evad­ing ban?

DahlenDec 7, 2014, 11:23 PM
27 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow so­cial meetup: co­de­name “Order of In­frared Viola”

Alexander230Dec 7, 2014, 10:30 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Story With Zombies

Scott AlexanderDec 7, 2014, 8:11 PM
31 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

A bit of word-dis­solv­ing in poli­ti­cal discussion

[deleted]Dec 7, 2014, 5:05 PM
7 points
40 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels—Hope & Self-improvement

RoxolanDec 7, 2014, 5:04 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Linked de­ci­sions an a “nice” solu­tion for the Fermi paradox

BelugaDec 7, 2014, 2:58 PM
5 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA—DUMP STAT

OpenThreadGuyDec 7, 2014, 5:32 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mov­ing to­wards the goal

So8resDec 7, 2014, 2:00 AM
16 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Meetup : Syd­ney Sum­mer Solstice

luminosityDec 6, 2014, 11:37 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Eric S. Ray­mond—Me and Less Wrong

philhDec 5, 2014, 11:44 PM
36 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 5, 2014, 9:20 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[link] On the abun­dance of ex­trater­res­trial life af­ter the Ke­pler mission

Gunnar_ZarnckeDec 5, 2014, 9:02 PM
11 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Edit­ing meetups

luminosityDec 5, 2014, 9:51 AM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Brains

RobinZDec 5, 2014, 7:56 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s side­kick?

RobertWiblinDec 5, 2014, 1:09 AM
78 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Toronto EA meetup

GilesDec 4, 2014, 8:19 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Copen­hagen: De­cem­ber Meetup

RubyDec 4, 2014, 5:25 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial vs already ex­is­tent peo­ple and aggregation

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 4, 2014, 1:38 PM
6 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Where is the line be­tween be­ing a good child and tak­ing care of one­self?

jkadluboDec 4, 2014, 7:26 AM
21 points
54 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes De­cem­ber 2014

SalemicusDec 3, 2014, 10:33 PM
10 points
447 comments1 min readLW link

The Bay Area Solstice

Alex_AltairDec 3, 2014, 10:33 PM
29 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Good things to have learned....

NancyLebovitzDec 3, 2014, 7:29 PM
23 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Au­ton­omy, util­ity, and de­sire; against con­se­quen­tial­ism in AI design

sbenthallDec 3, 2014, 5:34 PM
7 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Link: LessWrong and AI risk men­tioned in a Busi­ness In­sider Article

James_MillerDec 3, 2014, 5:13 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A hy­po­thet­i­cal ques­tion for in­vestors

bokovDec 3, 2014, 4:39 PM
4 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : De­cem­ber Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—On­line Com­mu­ni­ca­tion: Con­vey­ing Ideas Effectively

MelbourneLWDec 3, 2014, 11:49 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: End of year party

DanielFilanDec 3, 2014, 11:49 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow Meetup: CBT is back

Alexander230Dec 2, 2014, 7:21 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Model-free decisions

paulfchristianoDec 2, 2014, 5:39 PM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Steven Hawk­ing warns of the dan­gers of AI

SalemicusDec 2, 2014, 3:22 PM
15 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Biotech Cor­po­rate Email Hacked

ilzolendeDec 2, 2014, 6:12 AM
−9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[link] The Philos­o­phy of In­tel­li­gence Ex­plo­sions and Ad­vanced Robotics

Kaj_SotalaDec 2, 2014, 3:44 AM
19 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 12: Mal­ig­nant failure modes

KatjaGraceDec 2, 2014, 2:02 AM
15 points
51 comments5 min readLW link

De­cem­ber 2014 Monthly Brag­ging Thread

elharoDec 1, 2014, 11:32 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The new GiveWell recom­men­da­tions are out: here’s a sum­mary of the charities

togDec 1, 2014, 9:20 PM
27 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, De­cem­ber 1-15

therufsDec 1, 2014, 7:44 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The cry­op­reser­va­tion of bad people

polymathwannabeDec 1, 2014, 7:41 PM
−17 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

In­te­gral ver­sus differ­en­tial ethics

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 1, 2014, 6:04 PM
20 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

[Need ad­vice] Likely con­se­quences of dis­clos­ing you have Asperger’s Syn­drome—given you have a 2.5 years gap in your re­sume?

chemotaxis101Dec 1, 2014, 4:56 PM
4 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial Meetup, 07/​12/​2014

TenokeDec 1, 2014, 3:58 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link