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Farm in a Box, permaculte package
morganism
Oct 23, 2016, 10:40 PM
−6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.farmfromabox.com)
Spectral signal in halo stars, ETI suspected.
morganism
Oct 23, 2016, 8:21 PM
−5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Internal Race Conditions
SquirrelInHell
Oct 23, 2016, 1:23 PM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
A Year of Putting a Numonit
Jacob Falkovich
Oct 23, 2016, 7:03 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
What’s the most annoying part of your life/job?
Liron
Oct 23, 2016, 3:37 AM
25
points
126
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore Area / UMBC Weekly Meetup
iarwain1
Oct 23, 2016, 12:26 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Trying to make politics less irrational by cognitive bias-checking the US presidential debates
Gleb_Tsipursky
Oct 22, 2016, 2:32 AM
−2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(theconversation.com)
Conscious Exotica—structure of the space of possible minds
morganism
Oct 21, 2016, 11:45 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(aeon.co)
New LW Meetup: Zurich
FrankAdamek
Oct 21, 2016, 10:47 AM
3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence officially launches.
ignoranceprior
Oct 21, 2016, 1:22 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(lcfi.ac.uk)
Transitive negotiations with counterfactual agents
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 20, 2016, 11:27 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Linked List
wmoore
Oct 20, 2016, 10:56 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(linkedlist.org)
Attacking the grain of truth problem using Bayes-Savage agents
Vanessa Kosoy
Oct 20, 2016, 2:41 PM
11
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
*How* people shut down thought because of high-status respectable halos
NancyLebovitz
Oct 20, 2016, 2:09 PM
21
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Stories
rocurley
Oct 20, 2016, 4:17 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Program good ethics into artificial intelligence
XFrequentist
Oct 19, 2016, 4:28 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.nature.com)
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Technology of Communication
RobinZ
Oct 18, 2016, 11:14 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI-ON is an open community dedicated to advancing Artificial Intelligence
morganism
Oct 18, 2016, 10:17 PM
5
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ai-on.org)
Meetup : Munich Meetup in October
Valeriy
Oct 18, 2016, 10:10 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery
Alexander230
Oct 18, 2016, 9:00 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Stockholm: Mental contrasting
pepe_prime
Oct 18, 2016, 8:24 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Non-identity Problem—Another argument in favour of classical utilitarianism
casebash
Oct 18, 2016, 1:41 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(plato.stanford.edu)
Meetup : NY Solstice 2016 - The Story of Smallpox
Raemon
Oct 18, 2016, 2:50 AM
0
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Moral Of The Story
Scott Alexander
Oct 18, 2016, 2:22 AM
53
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Oct. 17 - Oct. 23, 2016
MrMind
Oct 17, 2016, 7:02 AM
7
points
68
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Astrobiology IV: Photosynthesis and energy
CellBioGuy
Oct 17, 2016, 12:30 AM
18
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd? / Math Education
James_Miller
Oct 17, 2016, 12:12 AM
10
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Animated explainer video promoting EA-themed effective giving ideas and meta-charities
Gleb_Tsipursky
Oct 16, 2016, 10:44 PM
−10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
H+Pedia opens projects and editorial portal
Deku-shrub
Oct 16, 2016, 9:41 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(hpluspedia.org)
Video to induce hallucinations , meme implanter?
morganism
Oct 16, 2016, 8:33 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(sciencebulletin.org)
Meetup : Zürich social Rationality meetup
Marko
Oct 16, 2016, 9:52 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup: October
Maelin
Oct 16, 2016, 5:53 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Control and security
paulfchristiano
Oct 15, 2016, 9:11 PM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Map and Territory: a new rationalist group blog
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Oct 15, 2016, 5:55 PM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Decision Theory
gallabytes
Oct 15, 2016, 2:42 AM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(gallabytes.com)
Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering (S-Risks): A Neglected Global Priority
ignoranceprior
Oct 14, 2016, 7:58 PM
13
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(foundational-research.org)
Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering (S-Risks): A Neglected Global Priority
ignoranceprior
Oct 14, 2016, 7:56 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore Area / UMBC Weekly Meetup
iarwain1
Oct 14, 2016, 4:39 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Oct 14, 2016, 3:56 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
GiveWell: A case study in effective altruism, part 1
philh
Oct 14, 2016, 10:46 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Wikipedia book based on betterhumans’ article on cognitive biases
Mati_Roy
Oct 14, 2016, 1:03 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(en.wikipedia.org)
The map of agents which may create x-risks
turchin
Oct 13, 2016, 11:17 AM
3
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Rationality Diary
rocurley
Oct 13, 2016, 5:18 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Barack Obama’s opinions on near-future AI [Fixed]
scarcegreengrass
Oct 12, 2016, 3:46 PM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.wired.com)
Barack Obama on Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Cars, and the Future of Humanity
Lightwave
Oct 12, 2016, 2:41 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.wired.com)
An attempt in layman’s language to explain the metaethics sequence in a single post.
Bound_up
Oct 12, 2016, 1:57 PM
2
points
93
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(atheistkit.wordpress.com)
Barack Obama’s opinions on near-future AI
scarcegreengrass
Oct 12, 2016, 1:44 PM
1
point
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Oct 12, 2016, 12:02 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MIRI AMA plus updates
Rob Bensinger
Oct 11, 2016, 11:52 PM
18
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Recommendation] Steven Universe & cryonics
tadrinth
Oct 11, 2016, 4:21 PM
13
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
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