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Parables & Fables

External links:
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant by Nick Bostrom (animated version by CGP Grey)
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis by Scott Alexander
Kolmogorov Complicity and the Parable of Lightning by Scott Alexander
The Emperor’s New Clothes

Related tags: Fiction, Writing, Narratives (stories)

The Parable of the King and the Ran­dom Process

moridinamael1 Mar 2023 22:18 UTC
313 points
26 comments6 min readLW link3 reviews

The ants and the grasshopper

Richard_Ngo4 Jun 2023 22:00 UTC
469 points
44 comments5 min readLW link4 reviews
(www.narrativeark.xyz)

The Parable of Pre­dict-O-Matic

abramdemski15 Oct 2019 0:49 UTC
360 points
43 comments14 min readLW link2 reviews

The Hid­den Com­plex­ity of Wishes

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Nov 2007 0:12 UTC
180 points
199 comments8 min readLW link

Fea­ture Selection

Zack_M_Davis1 Nov 2021 0:22 UTC
322 points
24 comments16 min readLW link1 review

The Bayesian Tyrant

abramdemski20 Aug 2020 0:08 UTC
143 points
21 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Un­con­trol­lable Su­per-Pow­er­ful Explosives

Sammy Martin2 Apr 2022 20:13 UTC
55 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

The God­dess of Every­thing Else

Scott Alexander17 Aug 2015 20:59 UTC
94 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

A parable in the style of In­visi­ble Cities

Daniel Kokotajlo16 Dec 2019 15:55 UTC
45 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

A Fable of Science and Politics

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Dec 2006 4:50 UTC
361 points
102 comments5 min readLW link

The Parable of the Boy Who Cried 5% Chance of Wolf

KatWoods15 Aug 2022 14:33 UTC
140 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Dis­guised Queries

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Feb 2008 0:05 UTC
188 points
108 comments5 min readLW link

Parable of the Dammed

johnswentworth10 Dec 2020 0:08 UTC
118 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

All I Know is that I Know Nothing

lsusr22 Apr 2022 15:33 UTC
57 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

When Om­nipo­tence is Not Enough

lsusr25 Aug 2023 19:50 UTC
71 points
4 comments2 min readLW link1 review

The True Face of the Enemy

Space L Clottey12 Jan 2021 10:03 UTC
35 points
77 comments10 min readLW link

The King and the Golem—The Animation

Writer8 Nov 2024 18:23 UTC
70 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Failed Utopia #4-2

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Jan 2009 11:04 UTC
137 points
267 comments9 min readLW link

A Parable On Ob­so­lete Ideologies

Scott Alexander13 May 2009 22:51 UTC
186 points
288 comments7 min readLW link

“Ra­tional Agents Win”

Isaac King23 Sep 2021 7:59 UTC
8 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Tran­shu­man­ist Fables

Scott Alexander28 May 2013 1:55 UTC
131 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Self-In­tegrity and the Drown­ing Child

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Oct 2021 20:57 UTC
336 points
91 comments5 min readLW link1 review

The Bro­ken Screw­driver and other parables

bhauth4 Mar 2024 3:34 UTC
49 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Seder: A Story of War

Raemon3 Jun 2017 20:17 UTC
12 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are ex­am­ples of Ra­tion­al­ist fable-like sto­ries?

Mati_Roy28 Sep 2020 16:52 UTC
19 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

The Lo­gi­cian And The God-Emperor

Scott Alexander5 Dec 2013 1:54 UTC
50 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Archimedes’s Chronophone

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Mar 2007 17:43 UTC
58 points
94 comments4 min readLW link

It Was You Who Made My Blue Eyes Blue

Scott Alexander15 Oct 2015 19:46 UTC
47 points
3 comments20 min readLW link

That Alien Mes­sage—The Animation

Writer7 Sep 2024 14:53 UTC
144 points
10 comments8 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

The Parable of the Dagger

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Feb 2008 20:53 UTC
233 points
105 comments1 min readLW link

The Fear [Fic­tion]

Yitz23 Dec 2022 21:21 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The God­dess of Every­thing Else—The Animation

Writer13 Jul 2023 16:26 UTC
142 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

The King and the Golem

Richard_Ngo25 Sep 2023 19:51 UTC
191 points
19 comments5 min readLW link1 review
(narrativeark.substack.com)

Sel­ling Nonapples

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Nov 2008 20:10 UTC
76 points
78 comments7 min readLW link

Where Physics Meets Experience

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Apr 2008 4:58 UTC
76 points
38 comments11 min readLW link

A short story about differ­ing in­tel­li­gence levels

Cryptoyeti15 Sep 2023 14:28 UTC
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

The Parable Of The Fallen Pen­du­lum—Part 1

johnswentworth1 Mar 2024 0:25 UTC
116 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Places of Lov­ing Grace [Story]

ank18 Feb 2025 23:49 UTC
−1 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Where Ex­pe­rience Con­fuses Physicists

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Apr 2008 5:05 UTC
43 points
30 comments8 min readLW link

That Alien Message

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 May 2008 5:55 UTC
409 points
176 comments10 min readLW link

The Parable of the Dag­ger—The Animation

Writer29 Jul 2023 14:03 UTC
20 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

The sailor’s wife

krbouchard27 Feb 2021 0:23 UTC
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

The Balto/​Togo the­ory of sci­en­tific development

Elizabeth9 Oct 2022 18:30 UTC
69 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Aldix and the Book of Life

ville1 Jan 2024 17:23 UTC
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(medium.com)

If Many-Wor­lds Had Come First

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 May 2008 7:43 UTC
96 points
189 comments9 min readLW link

Act of Charity

jessicata17 Nov 2018 5:19 UTC
186 points
49 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Pas­cal’s Mug­ging: The Word Wars

johncrox16 Oct 2023 17:54 UTC
9 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

A few more ants and grasshoppers

c.trout17 Jun 2023 23:38 UTC
16 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Zom­bies: The Movie

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Apr 2008 5:53 UTC
174 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

Give Neo a Chance

ank6 Mar 2025 1:48 UTC
3 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Wolf and Rabbit

Richard Henage22 Mar 2024 17:20 UTC
14 points
4 comments1 min readLW link