rationalnewsletter

Issue #104: Full List

Inducing empathy for those most vulnerable to the virus promotes the motivation to adhere to physical distancing. // psyarxiv.com

# Coronavirus

Near-term planning for secondary impacts of coronavirus lockdowns [assuming things don't blow up] // VipulNaik, 9 min

Covid-19 Points of Leverage, Travel Bans and Eradication // Roko, 6 min

Ubiquitous Far-Ultraviolet Light Could Control the Spread of Covid-19 and Other Pandemics // avturchin, Roko, 8 min

[UPDATED] COVID-19 cabin secondary attack rates on Diamond Princess // Bucky, 4 min

The Hammer and the Dance // Chris_Leong, 1 min

Is the coronavirus the most important thing to be focusing on right now? // adamzerner, 1 min

Reasons why coronavirus mortality of young adults may be underestimated. // avturchin, 1 min

Reasons why coronavirus morality of young adults may be underestimated. // avturchin, 1 min

Meetups in the era of COVID-19 // mingyuan, 2 min

Why Telling People They Don't Need Masks Backfired // Zack_M_Davis, 1 min

How Do You Convince Your Parents To Prep? To Quarantine? // Elizabeth, 1 min

Importing masks from China // lsusr, 1 min

How can we estimate how many people are C19 infected in an area? // Elizabeth, 1 min

Comprehensive COVID-19 Disinfection Protocol for Packages and Envelopes // John_Maxwell, 5 min

March 19th: Daily Coronavirus Links // habryka, Ben Pace, 1 min

mRNA vaccine development for COVID-19 // ChristianKl, 1 min

Could you save lives in your community by buying oxygen concentrators from Alibaba? // abergal, 1 min

Would it be a good idea to do some sort of public outreach right now about xrisks? // adamzerner, 1 min

Why such low detected rates of COVID-19 in children? // Bucky, 1 min

Should we heat our houses to ~78F to reduce coronavirus risk? // jkaufman, 1 min

Sarah Constantin: Oxygen Supplementation 101 // habryka, 1 min

Makeshift face touch warner // rmoehn, 1 min

March 18th: Daily Coronavirus Links // habryka, Ben Pace, 1 min

March 17th: Daily Coronavirus Links // habryka, Ben Pace, 1 min

Forecasting an 80% chance of an effective anti COVID-19 drug (probably Remdesivir) // AllAmericanBreakfast, 1 min

Assorted thoughts on the coronavirus // adamzerner, 4 min

When are the most important times to wash your hands? // elityre, 1 min

Can we use Variolation to deal with the Coronavirus? // FactorialCode, 1 min

North Korea and COVID-19 // jmh, 1 min

Preprint says R0=~5 (!) / infection fatality ratio=~0.1%. Thoughts? // Hauke Hillebrandt, 1 min

Would the ability to take people's temperatures without a thermometer be useful? // T3t, 1 min

What might be learned from the COVID-19 buying patterns? // jmh, 1 min

Frivolous speculation about the long-term effects of coronavirus // skybrian, 1 min

What is the impact of a pandemic on the world economy? Or what is the impact of the economy on the spread of a virus? The limits of human networks // HansNauj, 3 min

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk? // Robin Hanson, 3 min

Coronalinks 3/19/20 // Scott Alexander, 12 min

# Instrumental

How to have a happy quarantine // mingyuan, 3 min

Coronavirus Justified Practical Advice Summary // Elizabeth, habryka, 6 min

What should we do once infected with COVID-19? // Elizabeth, 1 min

What are good ways of convincing someone to rethink an impossible dream? // aarongertler, 2 min

# Ai

Alignment as Translation // johnswentworth, 5 min

What are some exercises for building/generating intuitions about key disagreements in AI alignment? // riceissa, 1 min

Would a tax on AI products be useful? // Mati_Roy, 1 min

What's the present value of the Future? // Mati_Roy, 1 min

What would be the consequences of commoditizing AI? // Mati_Roy, 1 min

# Anthropic

What information, apart from the connectome, is necessary to simulate a brain? // ricraz, 1 min

International Conflict X-Risk in the Era of COVID-19 // Evan Huus, 1 min

# Math and cs

Thinking About Filtered Evidence Is (Very!) Hard // abramdemski, 17 min

SARS-CoV-2 pool-testing algorithm puzzle // steve2152, 1 min

Abstraction = Information at a Distance // johnswentworth, 4 min

Mediation From a Distance // johnswentworth, 1 min

# Books

Book Review: Hoover // Scott Alexander, 46 min Favorite

# Ea

Where can we donate time and money to avert coronavirus deaths? // Elizabeth, 1 min

# Community

LessWrong Coronavirus Agenda // Elizabeth, 5 min

[Meta] Do you want AIS Webinars? // Linda Linsefors, 1 min

Online Fun LW/SSC Meetup, March 24 // JoshuaFox, 1 min

# Culture war

Domestic Cozy: 12 // Venkatesh Rao, 3 min

# Misc

Positive Feedback -> Optimization? // johnswentworth, 1 min

How does one run an organization remotely, effectively? // Raemon, 1 min

Gods! Robots! Aliens! Zombies! // Hivewired, 1 min

Series Singing // jkaufman, 1 min

# Podcasts

#193 — Meditation in an Emergency // Waking up with Sam Harris, 21 min

Emergency episode: Rob & Howie on the menace of COVID-19, and what both governments & individuals might do to help // The 80000 Hours team, 112 min

099: Review of Review the Future // Review the Future, 54 min

#73 - Phil Trammell on patient philanthropy and waiting to do good // The 80000 Hours team, 155 min

#192 — March 17, 2020 // Waking up with Sam Harris, 37 min

# Videos of the week

The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do // Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, 8 min