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[Question]
Why aren’t we all using Taffix?
ChristianKl
Feb 26, 2021, 11:09 PM
63
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Different kinds of language proficiency
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 26, 2021, 6:20 PM
34
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
RadVac Commercial Antibody Test Results
johnswentworth
Feb 26, 2021, 6:04 PM
243
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
“New EA cause area: voting”; or, “what’s wrong with this calculation?”
Optimization Process
Feb 26, 2021, 4:50 PM
18
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Useless knowledge; why people resist education improvement
Andrew Vlahos
Feb 26, 2021, 3:43 AM
11
points
22
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What is the VIX?
Annapurna
Feb 26, 2021, 1:05 AM
21
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anna and Oliver discuss Children and X-Risk
Raemon
Feb 26, 2021, 12:07 AM
54
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are a rationalist’s best tools for better decision making?
acomeyer
Feb 25, 2021, 10:06 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[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 Hallgren
Feb 25, 2021, 10:06 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Thoughts on the Apperception Engine
J Bostock
Feb 25, 2021, 7:43 PM
5
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Compromising with Compulsion
matejsuchy
Feb 25, 2021, 4:43 PM
4
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
Covid 2/25: Holding Pattern
Zvi
Feb 25, 2021, 2:30 PM
67
points
16
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Never Go Full Kelly
SimonM
Feb 25, 2021, 12:53 PM
51
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Inner Workings of Resourcefulness
Nora_Ammann
Feb 25, 2021, 9:15 AM
22
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Against unstoppable crypto prediction markets
lemonhope
Feb 25, 2021, 6:02 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tsuyoku Naritai
Ruby
Feb 25, 2021, 5:40 AM
21
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Above the Narrative
Jacob Falkovich
Feb 25, 2021, 4:37 AM
23
points
12
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Texas Freeze Retrospective & Emergency Planning (Non-Texans Welcome!)
jchan
Feb 25, 2021, 12:05 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Mentorship, Management, and Mysterious Old Wizards
Raemon
Feb 24, 2021, 10:00 PM
92
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
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 Kucharski
Feb 24, 2021, 9:02 PM
−2
points
4
comments
70
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are there good negotiation classes?
shenkev
Feb 24, 2021, 7:24 PM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #139]: How the simplicity of reality explains the success of neural nets
Rohin Shah
Feb 24, 2021, 6:30 PM
26
points
6
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
A No-Nonsense Guide to Early Retirement
tryactions
Feb 24, 2021, 4:37 PM
75
points
46
comments
28
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are multiple shorter exposures less likely to reduce in infections of COVID-19 then one larger exposure?
ChristianKl
Feb 24, 2021, 1:14 PM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Reading recommendations on social technology: looking for the third way between technocracy and populism
Quinn
Feb 24, 2021, 11:48 AM
5
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Coincidences are Improbable
Mark Xu
Feb 24, 2021, 9:14 AM
30
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(markxu.com)
The Grandest Vision for Humanity (Light)
Ruby
Feb 24, 2021, 7:15 AM
32
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(hackernoon.com)
Avoid Contentious Terms
jefftk
Feb 24, 2021, 3:10 AM
59
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Yes, words can cause harm
kithpendragon
Feb 24, 2021, 12:18 AM
−4
points
54
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Survey on cortical uniformity—an expert amplification exercise
Jsevillamol
and
Pablo Villalobos
Feb 23, 2021, 10:13 PM
37
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Fiction] Lena (MMAcevedo)
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 23, 2021, 7:46 PM
49
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(qntm.org)
When you already know the answer—Using your Inner Simulator
Neel Nanda
Feb 23, 2021, 5:58 PM
44
points
4
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
Judging Our April 2020 Covid-19 Predictions
Zvi
Feb 23, 2021, 5:20 PM
53
points
12
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Kelly isn’t (just) about logarithmic utility
SimonM
Feb 23, 2021, 12:12 PM
35
points
41
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Support vs Advice & Holding Off Solutions
abramdemski
Feb 23, 2021, 1:12 AM
29
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I’m a 19-year-old Terminal Patient. Medical Brain Preservation Should not be Difficult to Discuss or Adopt
oge
Feb 23, 2021, 12:42 AM
37
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.brainpreservation.org)
On the nature of anxiety
mr_fahrenheit
Feb 22, 2021, 11:56 PM
0
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Comprehension Curve
DirectedEvolution
Feb 22, 2021, 10:51 PM
33
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Aim to get rejected often
Amir Bolous
Feb 22, 2021, 10:38 PM
11
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Media Bias
lsusr
Feb 22, 2021, 9:14 PM
35
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The slopes to common sense
George3d6
Feb 22, 2021, 7:22 PM
48
points
19
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(cerebralab.com)
[Question]
How can I protect my bank account from large, surprise withdrawals?
Maxwell Peterson
Feb 22, 2021, 6:57 PM
7
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Calculating Kelly
abramdemski
Feb 22, 2021, 5:32 PM
36
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Could first doses first be better for the vaccine hesitant?
DirectedEvolution
22 Feb 2021 16:24 UTC
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Overcoming Helplessness
Neel Nanda
22 Feb 2021 15:03 UTC
17
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
(neelnanda.io)
[Question]
Best way to write a bicolor article on Less Wrong?
Viliam
22 Feb 2021 14:46 UTC
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Science Fiction
lsusr
22 Feb 2021 9:35 UTC
48
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s your best alternate history utopia?
Kaj_Sotala
22 Feb 2021 8:17 UTC
25
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two types of deference
Joe Carlsmith
22 Feb 2021 3:32 UTC
4
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Exponential growth is the baseline
jasoncrawford
22 Feb 2021 2:08 UTC
27
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
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