[Question] What are a ra­tio­nal­ist’s best tools for bet­ter de­ci­sion mak­ing?

acomeyer25 Feb 2021 22:06 UTC
1 point
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[Question] Is there any se­ri­ous at­tempt to cre­ate a sys­tem to figure out the CEV of hu­man­ity and if not, why haven’t we started yet?

Jonas Hallgren25 Feb 2021 22:06 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

My Thoughts on the Ap­per­cep­tion Engine

J Bostock25 Feb 2021 19:43 UTC
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Com­pro­mis­ing with Compulsion

matejsuchy25 Feb 2021 16:43 UTC
4 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Covid 2/​25: Hold­ing Pattern

Zvi25 Feb 2021 14:30 UTC
67 points
16 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Never Go Full Kelly

SimonM25 Feb 2021 12:53 UTC
50 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

The In­ner Work­ings of Resourcefulness

Nora_Ammann25 Feb 2021 9:15 UTC
22 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Against un­stop­pable crypto pre­dic­tion markets

lukehmiles25 Feb 2021 6:02 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Tsuyoku Naritai

Ruby25 Feb 2021 5:40 UTC
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Above the Narrative

Jacob Falkovich25 Feb 2021 4:37 UTC
23 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Texas Freeze Ret­ro­spec­tive & Emer­gency Plan­ning (Non-Tex­ans Wel­come!)

jchan25 Feb 2021 0:05 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Men­tor­ship, Man­age­ment, and Mys­te­ri­ous Old Wizards

Raemon24 Feb 2021 22:00 UTC
81 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Suffer­ing-Fo­cused Ethics in the In­finite Uni­verse. How can we re­deem our­selves if Mul­ti­verse Im­mor­tal­ity is real and sub­jec­tive death is im­pos­si­ble.

Szymon Kucharski24 Feb 2021 21:02 UTC
−2 points
4 comments70 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good ne­go­ti­a­tion classes?

shenkev24 Feb 2021 19:24 UTC
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #139]: How the sim­plic­ity of re­al­ity ex­plains the suc­cess of neu­ral nets

Rohin Shah24 Feb 2021 18:30 UTC
26 points
6 comments12 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

A No-Non­sense Guide to Early Retirement

tryactions24 Feb 2021 16:37 UTC
75 points
46 comments27 min readLW link

[Question] Are mul­ti­ple shorter ex­po­sures less likely to re­duce in in­fec­tions of COVID-19 then one larger ex­po­sure?

ChristianKl24 Feb 2021 13:14 UTC
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Read­ing recom­men­da­tions on so­cial tech­nol­ogy: look­ing for the third way be­tween tech­noc­racy and populism

Quinn24 Feb 2021 11:48 UTC
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Coin­ci­dences are Improbable

Mark Xu24 Feb 2021 9:14 UTC
29 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(markxu.com)

The Gran­d­est Vi­sion for Hu­man­ity (Light)

Ruby24 Feb 2021 7:15 UTC
27 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(hackernoon.com)

Avoid Con­tentious Terms

jefftk24 Feb 2021 3:10 UTC
59 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Yes, words can cause harm

kithpendragon24 Feb 2021 0:18 UTC
−4 points
54 comments4 min readLW link

Sur­vey on cor­ti­cal unifor­mity—an ex­pert am­plifi­ca­tion exercise

23 Feb 2021 22:13 UTC
37 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Fic­tion] Lena (MMAcevedo)

Kaj_Sotala23 Feb 2021 19:46 UTC
46 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(qntm.org)

When you already know the an­swer—Us­ing your In­ner Simulator

Neel Nanda23 Feb 2021 17:58 UTC
44 points
4 comments11 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Judg­ing Our April 2020 Covid-19 Predictions

Zvi23 Feb 2021 17:20 UTC
53 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Kelly isn’t (just) about log­a­r­ith­mic utility

SimonM23 Feb 2021 12:12 UTC
35 points
41 comments4 min readLW link

Sup­port vs Ad­vice & Hold­ing Off Solutions

abramdemski23 Feb 2021 1:12 UTC
29 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

I’m a 19-year-old Ter­mi­nal Pa­tient. Med­i­cal Brain Preser­va­tion Should not be Difficult to Dis­cuss or Adopt

oge23 Feb 2021 0:42 UTC
37 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.brainpreservation.org)

On the na­ture of anxiety

mr_fahrenheit22 Feb 2021 23:56 UTC
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

The Com­pre­hen­sion Curve

DirectedEvolution22 Feb 2021 22:51 UTC
32 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

Aim to get re­jected often

Amir Bolous22 Feb 2021 22:38 UTC
10 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Me­dia Bias

lsusr22 Feb 2021 21:14 UTC
34 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

The slopes to com­mon sense

George3d622 Feb 2021 19:22 UTC
47 points
19 comments8 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

[Question] How can I pro­tect my bank ac­count from large, sur­prise with­drawals?

Maxwell Peterson22 Feb 2021 18:57 UTC
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Calcu­lat­ing Kelly

abramdemski22 Feb 2021 17:32 UTC
36 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Could first doses first be bet­ter for the vac­cine hes­i­tant?

DirectedEvolution22 Feb 2021 16:24 UTC
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing Helplessness

Neel Nanda22 Feb 2021 15:03 UTC
17 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
(neelnanda.io)

[Question] Best way to write a bi­color ar­ti­cle on Less Wrong?

Viliam22 Feb 2021 14:46 UTC
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Science Fiction

lsusr22 Feb 2021 9:35 UTC
48 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your best al­ter­nate his­tory utopia?

Kaj_Sotala22 Feb 2021 8:17 UTC
25 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Two types of deference

Joe Carlsmith22 Feb 2021 3:32 UTC
4 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­po­nen­tial growth is the baseline

jasoncrawford22 Feb 2021 2:08 UTC
27 points
4 comments6 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Chaotic era: avoid or sur­vive?

Just Learning22 Feb 2021 1:34 UTC
3 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Triumph & Hope: How Far Hu­man­ity Has Come

Ruby21 Feb 2021 18:07 UTC
23 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(jesswhittlestone.com)

[Cer­e­mony In­tro + ] Darkness

Ruby21 Feb 2021 18:06 UTC
26 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

In­tro to the Wed­ding Sequence

Ruby21 Feb 2021 18:06 UTC
54 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­gu­men­ta­tive prison cells

Malmesbury21 Feb 2021 17:40 UTC
4 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

Re­marks on moral­ity, shud­der­ing, judg­ing, friend­ship and the law

KatjaGrace21 Feb 2021 8:10 UTC
22 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] How to build com­mon knowl­edge of ra­tio­nal­ity and hon­esty?

MikkW21 Feb 2021 6:07 UTC
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link