How my so­cial skills went from hor­rible to mediocre

JonahSMay 19, 2015, 11:29 PM
50 points
199 comments11 min readLW link

Log-nor­mal Lamentations

ThrasymachusMay 19, 2015, 9:12 PM
20 points
37 comments8 min readLW link

TPP is about as good as it is sup­posed to be

ZviMay 19, 2015, 3:00 PM
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Agents that can pre­dict their New­comb predictor

orthonormalMay 19, 2015, 10:17 AM
1 point
4 comments3 min readLW link

The Best Pop­u­lar Books on Every Subject

iarwain1May 19, 2015, 1:02 AM
23 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

We Should In­tro­duce Our­selves Differently

NancyLebovitzMay 18, 2015, 8:48 PM
76 points
80 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­takes I’ve made part 3: Poor sac­ri­fi­cial accounting

KatjaGraceMay 18, 2015, 7:33 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

The ganch gamble

[deleted]May 18, 2015, 6:43 PM
13 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Strate­gies and tools for get­ting through a break up

lululuMay 18, 2015, 6:01 PM
63 points
45 comments11 min readLW link

Which ideas from LW would you most like to see spread?

NancyLebovitzMay 18, 2015, 2:12 PM
22 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, May 18 - May 24, 2015

GondolinianMay 18, 2015, 12:01 AM
7 points
176 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: Deep Learning

DanielFilanMay 17, 2015, 9:34 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Twelve Virtues of Rationality

ZviMay 17, 2015, 5:47 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

You don’t get to know what you’re fight­ing for

So8resMay 17, 2015, 3:00 AM
20 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Group debugging

rocurleyMay 16, 2015, 6:09 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—September

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:17 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—August

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:16 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—July

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:15 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—June

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:14 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—May

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:13 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZMay 15, 2015, 9:09 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An In­for­mal Con­jec­ture on Proof Length and Log­i­cal Counterfactuals

Scott GarrabrantMay 15, 2015, 8:31 PM
7 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Oslo

FrankAdamekMay 15, 2015, 5:23 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

In a world… of ven­ture capital

ZviMay 15, 2015, 2:02 PM
6 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Los An­ge­les: Growth Mindset

abramdemskiMay 14, 2015, 9:40 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­sum­ing Pur­pose, Part II: Solv­ing the Solution

OrphanWildeMay 14, 2015, 7:25 PM
11 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Trol­ley Prob­lems: Con­ve­niently In­con­ve­nient Wor­lds Considered

ZviMay 14, 2015, 6:51 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : ‘The Most Good Good You Can Do’ (Effec­tive Altru­ism meetup)

SoerenMindMay 14, 2015, 6:32 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­takes I’ve made, part 2: Father Christmas

KatjaGraceMay 14, 2015, 6:31 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don meetup

philhMay 14, 2015, 5:35 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to come to a ra­tio­nal be­lieve about whether some­one has a crush on yo

[deleted]May 14, 2015, 12:10 PM
−11 points
94 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong Pod­cast Queries

CariyagaMay 14, 2015, 11:52 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

LW sur­vey: Effec­tive Altru­ists and donations

gwernMay 14, 2015, 12:44 AM
28 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Bayesian in­fer­ence with prob­a­bil­is­tic pop­u­la­tion codes

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 13, 2015, 9:11 PM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: game the­ory, test for solv­ing mind-body prob­lem, brain­storm on ra­tio­nal­ity exercises

Slava MatyukhinMay 13, 2015, 7:54 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Team New York City

ZviMay 13, 2015, 6:57 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­takes I’ve made, part 1: greedy altruism

KatjaGraceMay 13, 2015, 6:14 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Pro­mot­ing ra­tio­nal­ity in higher ed­u­ca­tion me­dia channels

Gleb_TsipurskyMay 13, 2015, 4:51 PM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : War­saw: New­comb’s Prob­lem & De­ci­sion Theories

mkfMay 13, 2015, 1:52 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

LW should go into main­stream academia ?

MarlonMay 13, 2015, 1:23 PM
7 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Death with Dig­nity by Scott Adams

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 12, 2015, 9:34 PM
7 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

PA+100 can­not always pre­dict modal UDT

jessicataMay 12, 2015, 8:26 PM
3 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

What is stupid?

ZviMay 12, 2015, 3:05 PM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link

Wild Mo­ral Dilemmas

sixes_and_sevensMay 12, 2015, 12:56 PM
30 points
106 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on min­i­miz­ing de­signer baby drama

John_MaxwellMay 12, 2015, 11:22 AM
26 points
195 comments2 min readLW link

A heuris­tic for pre­dict­ing minor de­pres­sion in oth­ers and my­self, and re­lated things

[deleted]May 12, 2015, 8:24 AM
3 points
35 comments5 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal and Causal Coun­ter­fac­tual Worlds

Scott GarrabrantMay 12, 2015, 3:16 AM
14 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

A com­plex­ity the­o­retic ap­proach to log­i­cal un­cer­tainty (Draft)

Vanessa KosoyMay 11, 2015, 8:04 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.overleaf.com)

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup Vienna

AnnaLeptikonMay 11, 2015, 6:26 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : MelbLW So­cial Meetup—May 2015

MaelinMay 11, 2015, 12:49 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link