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Inverse cryonics: one weird trick to persuade anyone to sign up for cryonics today!

The_Jaded_OneAug 11, 2016, 5:29 PM

7 points

12 votes

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37 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: TED Talks

RobinZAug 11, 2016, 4:52 PM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore Area Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Aug 11, 2016, 4:47 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Mental models—giving people personhood and taking it away

EloAug 11, 2016, 8:32 AM

7 points

4 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

Non-Fiction Book Reviews

SquirrelInHellAug 11, 2016, 5:05 AM

15 points

10 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Meetup : SF Meetup: Group Debugging

maiaAug 11, 2016, 4:59 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Setting up my work environment—Doing the causation backwards

EloAug 11, 2016, 2:36 AM

11 points

6 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Low hanging productivity—improving your workspace

EloAug 9, 2016, 12:14 PM

22 points

12 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

People who lie about how much they eat are jerks

EloAug 8, 2016, 3:45 AM

1 point

19 votes

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40 comments3 min readLW link

Open Thread, Aug. 8 - Aug 14. 2016

EloAug 7, 2016, 11:07 PM

9 points

5 votes

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71 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Australian-ish Online Hangout

CalienAug 7, 2016, 10:40 AM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Advice to new Doctors starting practice

anandjeyaharAug 7, 2016, 8:27 AM

4 points

4 votes

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7 comments3 min readLW link

Now is the time to eliminate mosquitoes

James_MillerAug 6, 2016, 7:10 PM

33 points

21 votes

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89 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Munich Meetup in August

ValeriyAug 6, 2016, 10:19 AM

3 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Darknet Mining for Proactive Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence

morganismAug 6, 2016, 1:19 AM

5 points

4 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: Non-Omniscience, On rationalist communication, ACH training, games

Slava MatyukhinAug 6, 2016, 12:34 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore Area Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Aug 5, 2016, 4:06 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekAug 5, 2016, 3:42 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments2 min readLW link

New Pascal’s Mugging idea for potential solution

kokotajlodAug 4, 2016, 8:38 PM

5 points

5 votes

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19 comments2 min readLW link

Superintelligence and physical law

AnthonyCAug 4, 2016, 6:49 PM

19 points

13 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Projects

maiaAug 4, 2016, 12:44 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Motivated Thinking

Bound_upAug 3, 2016, 11:27 PM

7 points

4 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

[link] MIRI’s 2015 in review

Kaj_SotalaAug 3, 2016, 12:03 PM

17 points

11 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The meta-strategy

EloAug 2, 2016, 11:08 PM

12 points

7 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

The Problem (TM) - Part 2

EloAug 2, 2016, 8:01 AM

16 points

9 votes

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5 comments9 min readLW link

Two Agent Mild Optimization

NormanPerlmutterAug 2, 2016, 1:45 AM

2 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(normanspace.org)

Can we hybridize Absent-Minded Driver with Death in Damascus?

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 1, 2016, 9:43 PM

6 points

4 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

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

RobinZAug 1, 2016, 9:12 PM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Irrationality Quotes August 2016

PhilGoetzAug 1, 2016, 7:12 PM

8 points

6 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Quotes August 2016

SabiolaAug 1, 2016, 9:32 AM

4 points

3 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

August 2016 Media Thread

ArisKatsarisAug 1, 2016, 7:00 AM

3 points

2 votes

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29 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Aug. 1 - Aug 7. 2016

EloAug 1, 2016, 12:12 AM

9 points

5 votes

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83 comments1 min readLW link

A Layman’s Explanation of “Safely Interruptible Agents”

ZachWeemsJul 31, 2016, 11:20 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Clean work gets dirty with time

[deleted]Jul 31, 2016, 7:59 PM

4 points

3 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

Should we enable public binding precommitments?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Jul 31, 2016, 7:47 PM

1 point

1 vote

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19 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Language – The Stuff of Thought (Rationality Dojo—Melbourne)

ChriswaterguyJul 31, 2016, 3:37 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Effective Altruism] Promoting Effective Giving at Conferences via Speed Giving Games

Gleb_TsipurskyJul 30, 2016, 3:16 PM

4 points

5 votes

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3 comments8 min readLW link

The map of p-zombies

turchinJul 30, 2016, 9:12 AM

10 points

11 votes

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15 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJul 29, 2016, 3:45 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Antonio Meetup

Bryan-sanJul 29, 2016, 3:14 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore Area Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Jul 28, 2016, 8:13 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Some algorithmic aspects of AGI

IAFF-User-131Jul 28, 2016, 4:33 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(amacfie.github.io)

Effective altruisms large and small

KatjaGraceJul 28, 2016, 7:42 AM

1 point

0 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Fun and Games

maiaJul 28, 2016, 4:18 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meetup

TukJul 27, 2016, 11:02 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Learning (meta-)preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 27, 2016, 2:43 PM

4 points

2 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

What does an imperfect agent want?

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 27, 2016, 2:03 PM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Visiting Museums

RobinZJul 26, 2016, 6:14 PM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The Problem (TM) - Analyse a conversation

EloJul 26, 2016, 11:03 AM

19 points

16 votes

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30 comments17 min readLW link

How The West Was Won

Scott AlexanderJul 26, 2016, 3:05 AM

42 points

29 votes

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10 comments17 min readLW link

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