Geometric Rationality

Geometric rationality is my name for a cluster of techniques and behaviors that tend to maximize the geometric expectation (or equivalently maximize the expected logarithm) of natural features (of the world or the self). Geometric rationality techniques include Nash bargaining, Kelly betting, Thompson sampling, and (arguably) Bayesian updating. The posts in this sequence are relatively self contained, but draw on common themes.

Utili­tar­i­anism Meets Egalitarianism

Tyranny of the Epistemic Majority

The Geo­met­ric Expectation

Geo­met­ric Ex­plo­ra­tion, Arith­metic Exploitation

The Least Con­tro­ver­sial Ap­pli­ca­tion of Geo­met­ric Rationality

Re­spect­ing your Lo­cal Preferences

Geo­met­ric Ra­tion­al­ity is Not VNM Rational

Lo­cal Memes Against Geo­met­ric Rationality