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Private Firm vs. Public Firm Earnings
Zvi
May 5, 2015, 6:53 PM
1
point
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Saying “Everyone Is Biased” May Create Bias
JQuinton
May 5, 2015, 3:31 PM
22
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv Meetup: Social & Board Games
DanArmak
May 5, 2015, 10:07 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : BYU-I
Bound_up
May 5, 2015, 7:29 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Communal Composition
Bound_up
May 5, 2015, 7:26 AM
−7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Debunking Fallacies in the Theory of AI Motivation
[deleted]
May 5, 2015, 2:46 AM
−5
points
349
comments
22
min read
LW
link
On desiring subjective states (post 3 of 3)
torekp
May 5, 2015, 2:16 AM
11
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Two meetups in Denver/Boulder Colorado
fowlertm
May 5, 2015, 12:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Brussels—The Art of Not Being Right
Roxolan
May 5, 2015, 12:30 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group rationality diary, May 5th − 23rd
philh
May 4, 2015, 11:59 PM
12
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Theological Epistemology
Bound_up
May 4, 2015, 10:06 PM
−1
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Rationalist Taboo
rocurley
May 4, 2015, 5:38 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is Scott Alexander bad at math?
JonahS
May 4, 2015, 5:11 AM
70
points
220
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Is Determinism A Special Case Of Randomness?
[deleted]
May 4, 2015, 1:56 AM
−9
points
88
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Cologne meetup
EGI
May 4, 2015, 12:12 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, May 4 - May 10, 2015
Gondolinian
May 4, 2015, 12:06 AM
5
points
217
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Calling all Nigerian rationalists and effective altruists
oge
May 3, 2015, 10:31 PM
33
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The language of desire (post 2 of 3)
torekp
May 3, 2015, 9:57 PM
5
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gasoline Gal looks under the hood (post 1 of 3)
torekp
May 3, 2015, 8:15 PM
7
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why capitalism?
Algon
May 3, 2015, 6:16 PM
8
points
164
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Communities: A single moderator is often superior to the wisdom of crowds
casebash
May 3, 2015, 9:21 AM
1
point
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You’re allowed to fight for something
So8res
May 3, 2015, 3:00 AM
24
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Sharing Book Excerpts
RobinZ
May 2, 2015, 3:31 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA—R:AZ Part E, Overly Convenient Excuses
OpenThreadGuy
May 1, 2015, 11:20 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Stamp Collector
So8res
May 1, 2015, 11:11 PM
65
points
14
comments
6
min read
LW
link
When does technological enhancement feel natural and acceptable?
Gunnar_Zarncke
May 1, 2015, 9:11 PM
8
points
34
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions May 2015
Gondolinian
May 1, 2015, 5:28 PM
15
points
264
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Nick Bostrom: What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? (TED talk)
Gondolinian
May 1, 2015, 5:21 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London meetup
philh
May 1, 2015, 5:16 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Brigham Young University—Idaho
FrankAdamek
May 1, 2015, 3:11 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread May 2015
Vaniver
May 1, 2015, 2:31 PM
15
points
102
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Carpe Diem: The Problem of Scarcity and Abundance
Zvi
May 1, 2015, 1:54 PM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
May 2015 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
May 1, 2015, 10:13 AM
7
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Online Social Groups?
Regex
May 1, 2015, 4:20 AM
9
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The paperclip maximiser’s perspective
Angela
May 1, 2015, 12:24 AM
50
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gettier walks into a bar, um, barrista
HalMorris
Apr 30, 2015, 9:26 PM
−3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could auto-generated troll scores reduce Twitter and Facebook harassments?
Stefan_Schubert
Apr 30, 2015, 2:05 PM
7
points
42
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Prescriptions, Paradoxes, and Perversities
Scott Alexander
Apr 30, 2015, 4:52 AM
23
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Dublin
Daniel_Molloy
Apr 29, 2015, 5:45 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tim Ferris Experiment
casebash
Apr 29, 2015, 2:27 PM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shawn Mikula on Brain Preservation Protocols and Extensions
oge
Apr 29, 2015, 2:47 AM
9
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program: July 7-26
AnnaSalamon
Apr 28, 2015, 7:04 PM
37
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Canberra: Putting Induction Into Practice
DanielFilan
Apr 28, 2015, 2:40 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
High impact from low impact, continued
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2015, 1:00 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
High impact from low impact, continued
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2015, 12:58 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning a concept using only positive examples
jessicata
Apr 28, 2015, 3:57 AM
8
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Learning Optimization
Bound_up
Apr 28, 2015, 1:26 AM
14
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Null event
MelbourneLW
Apr 27, 2015, 10:48 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Experience of typical mind fallacy.
Elo
Apr 27, 2015, 6:39 PM
6
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Raleigh RTLW Meetup—Predictions Followup, Zendo
curiousepic
Apr 27, 2015, 5:00 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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