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Fix­ing The Good Reg­u­la­tor Theorem

johnswentworthFeb 9, 2021, 8:30 PM
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Book re­view: The Geog­ra­phy of Thought

PeterMcCluskeyFeb 9, 2021, 6:47 PM
73 points

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Still Not in Charge

ZviFeb 9, 2021, 4:00 PM
46 points

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We Need Browsers as Platforms

jefftkFeb 9, 2021, 3:40 PM
15 points

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Episte­mol­ogy of HCH

adamShimiFeb 9, 2021, 11:46 AM
17 points

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How would free pre­dic­tion mar­kets have al­tered the pan­demic?

mike_hawkeFeb 9, 2021, 10:55 AM
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Against but­terfly effect

ForensicOceanographyFeb 9, 2021, 7:46 AM
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Evolu­tion from dis­tinc­tion difference

KatjaGraceFeb 9, 2021, 5:20 AM
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Pro­mot­ing Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets With Mean­ingless In­ter­net-Point Badges

1a3ornFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM
59 points

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Micro­morts vs. Life Expectancy

Young BuckFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM
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[Question] What met­rics should I track when ex­per­i­ment­ing with sleep?

CheerfulWarriorFeb 8, 2021, 5:22 PM
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Were the Great Tragedies of His­tory “Mere Rip­ples”?

philosophytorresFeb 8, 2021, 3:35 PM
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The dis­tinc­tion distance

KatjaGraceFeb 8, 2021, 7:40 AM
24 points

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Quadratic, not logarithmic

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 3:42 AM
84 points

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Sin­gu­lar­ity&phase tran­si­tion-2. A pri­ori prob­a­bil­ity and ways to check.

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 2:21 AM
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Met­ric se­lec­tion bias: why Moore’s law is less im­por­tant than you think

Aaron BergmanFeb 8, 2021, 12:21 AM
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Killing the ants

Joe CarlsmithFeb 7, 2021, 11:17 PM
76 points

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Mak­ing Ex­per­tise Leg­ible: Be­ing right should make you re­spected, not the other way around

ejacobFeb 7, 2021, 11:15 PM
6 points

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Timeline of AI safety

riceissaFeb 7, 2021, 10:29 PM
73 points

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His­tory of the Public Suffix List

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 10:20 PM
11 points

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Book re­view: Sleight of Mind (Matt Cook)

Bob BakerFeb 7, 2021, 9:44 PM
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[Question] How do you op­ti­mize pro­duc­tivity with re­spect to your men­strual cy­cle?

just_browsingFeb 7, 2021, 9:39 PM
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Why I Am Not in Charge

ZviFeb 7, 2021, 6:20 PM
146 points

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#un­clogth­eFDA: a twit­ter storm to ap­prove vaccines

Tim LiptrotFeb 7, 2021, 2:39 PM
45 points

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Short, Ex­treme, For­got­ten Tor­ture vs Death

burritoFeb 7, 2021, 9:31 AM
2 points

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Democ­racy, Bureau­cracy, Cen­tral Banking

Martin SustrikFeb 7, 2021, 8:54 AM
19 points

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Mas­sive consequences

KatjaGraceFeb 7, 2021, 5:30 AM
23 points

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Bring Back Free-Flow Valves

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 3:50 AM
12 points

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O2 Curve Re­view: Well Worth the Money

eapacheFeb 6, 2021, 10:35 PM
14 points

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What it means to be lucky

Amir BolousFeb 6, 2021, 5:40 PM
7 points

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[Question] How could nat­u­ral lan­guage look like if it hadn’t evolved from speech?

newroscientistFeb 6, 2021, 4:31 PM
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Fake Frame­works for Zen Med­i­ta­tion (Sum­mary of Sek­ida’s Zen Train­ing)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 6, 2021, 3:38 PM
54 points

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Cur­rent cry­on­ics impressions

KatjaGraceFeb 6, 2021, 10:00 AM
63 points

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Is the world be­com­ing bet­ter?

invertedpassionFeb 6, 2021, 9:28 AM
34 points

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In­tu­itions about utilities

mingyuanFeb 6, 2021, 12:12 AM
32 points

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The Fear Experiments

Tim LyonsFeb 5, 2021, 10:57 PM
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Learn­ing Nor­ma­tivity: Language

BunthutFeb 5, 2021, 10:26 PM
14 points

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Open & Wel­come Thread – Fe­bru­ary 2021

mingyuanFeb 5, 2021, 9:38 PM
13 points

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Three Sto­ries about not Think­ing too Hard

ejacobFeb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM
25 points

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Evolu­tions Build­ing Evolu­tions: Lay­ers of Gen­er­ate and Test

plexFeb 5, 2021, 6:21 PM
12 points

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Notes on Frugality

David GrossFeb 5, 2021, 4:54 PM
21 points

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[Link] Sarah Con­stantin on RaDVaC

OrbordeFeb 5, 2021, 4:08 PM
38 points

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[Question] What does flow feel like for “men­tal ac­tivi­ties”?

HazardFeb 5, 2021, 2:33 PM
9 points

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Creat­ing AGI Safety Interlocks

Koen.HoltmanFeb 5, 2021, 12:01 PM
7 points

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Meetup: Daniel Koko­taljo on Com­mit­ment Races (Sun­day Feb 7th, 12pm PT)

RaemonFeb 5, 2021, 9:34 AM
17 points

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[Question] Any layper­son-ac­cessible refer­ence posts on how to op­er­a­tional­ize be­liefs ?

Optimization ProcessFeb 5, 2021, 7:26 AM
18 points

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Ways of be­ing with you

KatjaGraceFeb 5, 2021, 7:00 AM
7 points

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The Story of the Reichstag

Martin SustrikFeb 5, 2021, 5:51 AM
95 points

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Net­work­ing and Ex­pert Con­sult­ing As Ra­tion­al­ity Bottlenecks

DirectedEvolutionFeb 5, 2021, 5:41 AM
33 points

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Look­ing at RSS User-Agents

jefftkFeb 5, 2021, 2:10 AM
8 points

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