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Akrasia Tactics Review 3: The Return of the Akrasia
MalcolmOcean
Apr 10, 2017, 3:05 PM
20
points
46
comments
2
min read
LW
link
“Future of Go” summit with AlphaGo
gjm
Apr 10, 2017, 11:10 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(deepmind.com)
A new Mastodon instance for people interested in Rationality, Computer Science, Technology, and Startups
rayalez
Apr 10, 2017, 4:18 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Explanations of deontological responses to moral dilemmas
Jayson_Virissimo
Apr 10, 2017, 3:43 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(judgmentmisguided.blogspot.com)
You’re Good Enough, You’re Smart Enough, and People Would Like You
Zvi
Apr 9, 2017, 12:49 PM
16
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Net Utility and Planetary Biocide
madhatter
Apr 9, 2017, 3:43 AM
14
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
MIRI: Decisions are for making bad outcomes inconsistent
Rob Bensinger
Apr 9, 2017, 3:42 AM
14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(intelligence.org)
Requesting Questions For A 2017 LessWrong Survey
namespace
Apr 9, 2017, 12:48 AM
8
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What exactly is the “Rationality Community?”
Raemon
Apr 9, 2017, 12:11 AM
64
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Why Rationality?
Zvi
Apr 8, 2017, 12:10 PM
2
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
What conservatives and environmentalists agree on
PhilGoetz
Apr 8, 2017, 12:57 AM
14
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore—SSC Edition
l1n
Apr 7, 2017, 1:14 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Agents that don’t become maximisers
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2017, 12:56 PM
15
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Not all non-maximisers become maximisers
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 6, 2017, 7:27 PM
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Deep Questions
rocurley
Apr 6, 2017, 5:37 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Putanumonit: Contra Noah Smith’s bad argument for a good cause
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 5, 2017, 9:14 PM
1
point
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Ancient God Who Rules High School
lifelonglearner
Apr 5, 2017, 6:55 PM
12
points
113
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Meetup : Chicago SSC Meetup / Rationality Reading Group
mingyuan
Apr 5, 2017, 6:10 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Brief update on the consequences of my “Two arguments for not thinking about ethics” (2014) article
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 5, 2017, 11:25 AM
30
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ginialogy
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 5, 2017, 2:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Meetup : The future of rationality in Melbourne
Chriswaterguy
Apr 5, 2017, 2:32 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Apr 5, 2017, 2:10 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Responses to Tyler Cowen on Rationality
Zvi
Apr 4, 2017, 11:40 PM
11
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Men without work,or prospects
morganism
Apr 3, 2017, 8:14 PM
4
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.mauldineconomics.com)
OpenAI makes humanity less safe
Benquo
Apr 3, 2017, 7:07 PM
72
points
109
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Project Hufflepuff: Planting the Flag
Raemon
Apr 3, 2017, 6:37 PM
72
points
105
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Apr. 03 - Apr. 09, 2017
Elo
Apr 3, 2017, 6:58 AM
3
points
76
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Reading with discipline, reconstruction and mnemonics
pepe_prime
Apr 2, 2017, 8:24 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Framework For Cognitive Biases: What Types Of Cognitive Biases Are Out There?
sleepingthinker
Apr 2, 2017, 7:15 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(gainweightjournal.com)
Meetup : Denver LW April Meetup
PonchoPal
Apr 2, 2017, 3:39 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
G.K. Chesterton On AI Risk
Scott Alexander
Apr 1, 2017, 7:00 PM
20
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
April 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Apr 1, 2017, 4:39 PM
4
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore
l1n
Apr 1, 2017, 4:25 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes April—June 2017
Sabiola
Apr 1, 2017, 9:06 AM
3
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“On the Impossibility of Supersized Machines”
crmflynn
Mar 31, 2017, 11:32 PM
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(philpapers.org)
Plan-Bot: A Simple Planning Tool
lifelonglearner
Mar 31, 2017, 9:45 PM
7
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Against responsibility
Benquo
Mar 31, 2017, 9:12 PM
82
points
21
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices
morganism
Mar 31, 2017, 5:43 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(prospect.org)
‘Crucial Considerations and Wise Philanthropy’, by Nick Bostrom
casebash
Mar 31, 2017, 12:52 PM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.stafforini.com)
Deriving techniques on the fly
Elo
Mar 31, 2017, 10:03 AM
7
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : [Metro Detroit / Ann Arbor], Michigan: LW and SSC meetup where I bring food
excinera
Mar 30, 2017, 5:42 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : April Pub meetup + SlateStarCodex meetup
Elo
Mar 30, 2017, 7:44 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Notes on the book, “Turn the ship around” by L David Marquet
Elo
Mar 30, 2017, 6:32 AM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(bearlamp.com.au)
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Great Filter
RobinZ
Mar 30, 2017, 4:38 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Freezing People is (Not) Easy
J Thomas Moros
Mar 30, 2017, 3:53 AM
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ferocioustruth.com)
Avoiding Emotional Dominance Spirals
Zvi
Mar 30, 2017, 12:43 AM
17
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Madrid—First meetup
Pablo Villalobos
Mar 29, 2017, 8:35 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dominance, care, and social touch
Benquo
29 Mar 2017 17:53 UTC
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
What’s up with Arbital?
Alexei
29 Mar 2017 17:22 UTC
41
points
91
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Rationality Reading Group
mingyuan
29 Mar 2017 13:47 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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