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Pain is not the unit of Effort
alkjash
24 Nov 2020 20:00 UTC
414
points
80
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
100 Tips for a Better Life
Ideopunk
22 Dec 2020 14:30 UTC
371
points
126
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
To listen well, get curious
benkuhn
13 Dec 2020 0:20 UTC
313
points
39
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
(www.benkuhn.net)
Industrial literacy
jasoncrawford
30 Sep 2020 16:39 UTC
276
points
128
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Covid 12/24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over
Zvi
24 Dec 2020 15:10 UTC
276
points
147
comments
31
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Great minds might not think alike
Eric Neyman
26 Dec 2020 19:51 UTC
274
points
43
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)
When Money Is Abundant, Knowledge Is The Real Wealth
johnswentworth
3 Nov 2020 17:34 UTC
269
points
61
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Is Success the Enemy of Freedom? (Full)
alkjash
26 Oct 2020 20:25 UTC
263
points
68
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Are we in an AI overhang?
Andy Jones
27 Jul 2020 12:48 UTC
253
points
106
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What Money Cannot Buy
johnswentworth
1 Feb 2020 20:11 UTC
250
points
45
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
Reality-Revealing and Reality-Masking Puzzles
AnnaSalamon
16 Jan 2020 16:15 UTC
248
points
61
comments
13
min read
LW
link
1
review
Embedded Interactive Predictions on LessWrong
Amandango
20 Nov 2020 18:35 UTC
242
points
91
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
CFAR Participant Handbook now available to all
Duncan_Sabien
3 Jan 2020 15:43 UTC
239
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
A tale from Communist China
Wei_Dai
18 Oct 2020 17:37 UTC
239
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
What cognitive biases feel like from the inside
chaosmage
3 Jan 2020 14:24 UTC
222
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Credibility of the CDC on SARS-CoV-2
Elizabeth
and
jimrandomh
7 Mar 2020 2:00 UTC
221
points
119
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
Coronavirus: Justified Practical Advice Thread
Ben Pace
and
Elizabeth
28 Feb 2020 6:43 UTC
217
points
338
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Hiring engineers and researchers to help align GPT-3
paulfchristiano
1 Oct 2020 18:54 UTC
206
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
We’ve built Connected Papers—a visual tool for researchers to find and explore academic papers
discordy
8 Jun 2020 18:44 UTC
201
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The ground of optimization
Alex Flint
20 Jun 2020 0:38 UTC
199
points
74
comments
27
min read
LW
link
1
review
DARPA Digital Tutor: Four Months to Total Technical Expertise?
JohnBuridan
6 Jul 2020 23:34 UTC
197
points
19
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Have epistemic conditions always been this bad?
Wei_Dai
25 Jan 2020 4:42 UTC
190
points
107
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
Why haven’t we celebrated any major achievements lately?
jasoncrawford
17 Aug 2020 20:34 UTC
188
points
71
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Treacherous Path to Rationality
Jacob Falkovich
9 Oct 2020 15:34 UTC
188
points
116
comments
11
min read
LW
link
1
review
The EMH Aten’t Dead
Richard Meadows
15 May 2020 20:44 UTC
187
points
86
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Six economics misconceptions of mine which I’ve resolved over the last few years
Buck
13 Jul 2020 3:01 UTC
187
points
58
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The LessWrong 2018 Book is Available for Pre-order
Ben Pace
and
jacobjacob
1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC
187
points
120
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Limits of Current US Prediction Markets (PredictIt Case Study)
aphyer
14 Jul 2020 7:24 UTC
186
points
49
comments
7
min read
LW
link
An overview of 11 proposals for building safe advanced AI
evhub
29 May 2020 20:38 UTC
184
points
34
comments
38
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Draft report on AI timelines
Ajeya Cotra
18 Sep 2020 23:47 UTC
184
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Some AI research areas and their relevance to existential safety
Andrew_Critch
19 Nov 2020 3:18 UTC
184
points
39
comments
50
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Seeing the Smoke
Jacob Falkovich
28 Feb 2020 18:26 UTC
182
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
Covid-19: My Current Model
Zvi
31 May 2020 17:40 UTC
182
points
74
comments
19
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Why indoor lighting is hard to get right and how to fix it
Richard Korzekwa
28 Oct 2020 4:46 UTC
181
points
51
comments
15
min read
LW
link
1
review
Coordination as a Scarce Resource
johnswentworth
25 Jan 2020 23:32 UTC
178
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Discontinuous progress in history: an update
KatjaGrace
14 Apr 2020 0:00 UTC
178
points
25
comments
31
min read
LW
link
1
review
(aiimpacts.org)
Growing Independence
jefftk
7 Jun 2020 20:20 UTC
178
points
28
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Notes on “The Anthropology of Childhood”
juliawise
27 Aug 2020 17:11 UTC
177
points
10
comments
45
min read
LW
link
Literature Review For Academic Outsiders: What, How, and Why
namespace
9 May 2020 22:58 UTC
175
points
6
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(www.thelastrationalist.com)
Simulacra Levels and their Interactions
Zvi
15 Jun 2020 13:10 UTC
173
points
48
comments
17
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Inner Alignment: Explain like I’m 12 Edition
Rafael Harth
1 Aug 2020 15:24 UTC
171
points
39
comments
13
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
microCOVID.org: A tool to estimate COVID risk from common activities
catherio
29 Aug 2020 23:01 UTC
169
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
(microcovid.org)
Transportation as a Constraint
johnswentworth
6 Apr 2020 4:58 UTC
168
points
26
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
Thiel on Progress and Stagnation
Richard_Ngo
20 Jul 2020 20:27 UTC
168
points
36
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
Motive Ambiguity
Zvi
15 Dec 2020 18:10 UTC
167
points
59
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Interfaces as a Scarce Resource
johnswentworth
5 Mar 2020 18:20 UTC
165
points
15
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
Choosing the Zero Point
orthonormal
6 Apr 2020 23:44 UTC
163
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
A Personal (Interim) COVID-19 Postmortem
Davidmanheim
25 Jun 2020 18:10 UTC
162
points
41
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
The rationalist community’s location problem
mingyuan
23 Sep 2020 18:39 UTC
161
points
143
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Working With Contracts
johnswentworth
14 Sep 2020 23:22 UTC
159
points
26
comments
11
min read
LW
link
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