rational
Issue #105: Full List
29 March, 2020 // View curated list
# Coronavirus
Authorities and Amateurs // jkaufman, 3 min
History's Biggest Natural Experiment // jimrandomh, 1 min
mind viruses about body viruses // nostalgebraist, 12 min
What will the economic effects of a 3 week quarantine be? 3 months? // Elizabeth, 1 min
Loss of sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection // trseeker, 2 min
Coronavirus: the four levels of social distancing, and when and why we might transition between them // VipulNaik, 9 min
Rob Bensinger's COVID-19 overview // habryka, 28 min
Using smart thermometer data to estimate the number of coronavirus cases // Unnamed, 4 min
What is the safe in-person distance for COVID-19? // Raemon, 1 min
COVID-19 transmission: Are we overemphasizing touching rather than breathing? // steve2152, 1 min
Announcement: LessWrong Coronavirus Links Database 2.0 // Ben Pace, 1 min
Using the Quantified Self paradigma for COVID-19 // ChristianKl, 3 min
Breaking quarantine is negligence. Why are democracies acting like we can only ask nicely? // syllogism, 3 min
What will be the economic effects of no restrictions // Yoav Ravid, 1 min
Coronavirus Virology: A Beginner’s Guide // brook, 5 min
The case for C19 being widespread // Hauke Hillebrandt, 6 min
Coronavirus Research Ideas for EAs // habryka, 3 min
Should I buy a gun for home defense in response to COVID-19? // Keegan McNamara, 1 min
Are HEPA filters likely to pull COVID-19 out of the air? // John_Maxwell, 1 min
Advice on reducing other risks during Coronavirus? // Evan Huus, 1 min
March 25: Daily Coronavirus Updates // habryka, Ben Pace, 1 min
March 21st: Daily Coronavirus Links // habryka, Ben Pace, 1 min
Has the effectiveness of fever screening declined? // Ikaxas, 1 min
March 24th: Daily Coronavirus Link Updates // habryka, Ben Pace, 1 min
March 22nd & 23rd: Coronavirus Link Updates // habryka, 3 min
[Petition] We Call for Open Anonymized Medical Data on COVID-19 and Aging-Related Risk Factors // avturchin, 5 min
Virus As A Power Optimisation Process: The Problem Of Next Wave // avturchin, 1 min
Will grocery stores thwart social distancing, and when should I eat my food stockpile? // Patrick Long, 1 min
Alternative mask materials // Dmitry Vaintrob, 3 min
Ideas on estimating personal risk of infection // jmh, 1 min
What software projects would be helpful for different groups? // davelaing, 1 min
Know When To Fold `Em // Robin Hanson, 5 min
Crush Contrarians Time? // Robin Hanson, 1 min
Coronalinks 3/27/20: We’re Number One // Scott Alexander, 24 min
Pandemic Dashboard: 1 // Venkatesh Rao, 3 min
# Instrumental
What are the best online tools for meetups and meetings? // Raemon, 1 min
True Habits // ryqiem, 8 min
Face Masks: Much More Than You Wanted To Know // Scott Alexander, 18 min
# Epistemic
"No evidence" as a Valley of Bad Rationality // adamzerner, 2 min
Adding Up To Normality // orthonormal, 3 min
Are veterans more self-disciplined than non-veterans? // Matthew Barnett, 1 min
Solipsism is Underrated // scasper, 3 min
Occam's Guillotine // Hivewired, 1 min
What can we call the mistaken belief that something can't be measured? // yhoiseth, 1 min
# Ai
What are the most plausible "AI Safety warning shot" scenarios? // Daniel Kokotajlo, 1 min
AGI in a vulnerable world // AI Impacts, abergal, 1 min
Deconfusing Human Values Research Agenda v1 // G Gordon Worley III, 4 min
How important are MDPs for AGI (Safety)? // michaelcohen, 2 min
# Meta-ethics
Against Dog Ownership // Ben Pace, 4 min
# Decision theory
Price Gouging and Speculative Costs // jkaufman, 3 min
How Many Judges? // Robin Hanson, 2 min
# Math and cs
ODE to Joy: Insights from 'A First Course in Ordinary Differential Equations' // TurnTrout, 2 min
Programming: Cascading Failure chains // Donald Hobson, 2 min
3 Interview-like Algorithm Questions for Programmers // lsusr, 2 min
# Ea
When to Donate Masks? // jkaufman, 2 min
Is donating to AMF and malaria interventions the most cost-effective way to save lives from COVID-19? // warrenjordan, 2 min
Charity to help people get US stimulus payments? // skybrian, 1 min
# Community
LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 3/23 // Elizabeth, 2 min
LW Team Updates: Pandemic Edition (March 2020) // Ruby, 5 min
Reflections on a no content January 2020 experiment // Elo, 1 min
Beantown Stomp 2020 Retrospective // jkaufman, 8 min
What are examples of Rationalist posters or Rationalist poster ideas? // Mati_Roy, 1 min
Online Zoom Meetup, April 5th - 10:30 PDT // Bjartur Tómas, 1 min
# Misc
Tales From the Borderlands // Jacobian, 6 min
TikTok Recommendation Algorithm Optimizations // Xodarap, 8 min
Could we use current AI methods to understand dolphins? // Daniel Kokotajlo, 1 min
Bogus Exam Questions // Donald Hobson, 3 min
Pulse Oximetry & the Oxygen–Haemoglobin Dissociation Curve // leggi, 1 min
LW-related iOS Shortcuts? // JasperGeh, 1 min
# Podcasts
107 – Talking to Even More Strangers // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 89 min
#194 — The New Future of Work // Waking up with Sam Harris, 104 min
# Videos of the week
Everybody Can Make DeepFakes Now! // Two Minute Papers, 6 min