rational
Issue #112: Full List
17 May, 2020 // View curated list
A moderate amount of media multitasking is linked to optimal task performance. // drive.google.com
# Coronavirus
Covid-19: Comorbidity // Zvi, 10 min
162 benefits of coronavirus // bfinn, 7 min
Why COVID-19 prevention at the margin is bad for most LWers // Kenoubi, 2 min
Covid 5/21: Limbo Under // Zvi, 2 min
Will the world hit 10 million recorded cases of COVID-19? If so when? // jmh, 1 min
Do nasal decongestants increase risk associated with cardiovascular (and respiratory via second-order effects) symptoms from COVID-19? // Dorikka, 1 min
Avoiding coronavirus spread from family members, roommates, extended family and close friends // nonzerosum, 1 min
COVID-19 estimated test detection windows for IgG, IgM and nasal PCR tests // nonzerosum, 1 min
# Epistemic
Modeling the ‘Unknown’ Label // Robin Hanson, 3 min
# Ai
Multi-agent safety // ricraz, 5 min
AI's shouldn't believe falsehoods about preferences; priors over preferences are not sufficient // Stuart_Armstrong, 2 min
How to choose a PhD with AI Safety in mind // Ariel Kwiatkowski, 1 min
Is AI safety research less parallelizable than AI research? // Mati_Roy, 1 min
Could We Give an AI a Solution? // Liam Goddard, 2 min
# Anthropic
Craving, suffering, and predictive processing (three characteristics series) // Kaj_Sotala, 23 min Favorite
The Greatest Host // trentbrick, 17 min
What are articles on "lifelogging as life extension"? // Mati_Roy, 1 min
What was your reasoning for deciding whether to raise children? // Mati_Roy, 1 min
# Decision theory
Studies On Slack // Scott Alexander, 29 min Favorite
The EMH Aten't Dead // Richard Meadows, 23 min Favorite
Zoom Technologies, Inc. vs. the Efficient Markets Hypothesis // Zack_M_Davis, 4 min
What would flourishing look like in Conway's Game of Life? // sudhanshu_kasewa, 1 min
Settle Investment Trades Only Daily an improvement? True or False // jmh, 1 min
Studies On Slack // Scott Alexander, 29 min
# Math and cs
Distinguishing logistic curves // Stuart_Armstrong, 9 min
Estimating logistic curves // Stuart_Armstrong, 8 min
Small Data // lsusr, 5 min
Distinguishing logistic curves: visual // Stuart_Armstrong, 1 min
# Books
Book report: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (von Neumann & Morgenstern) // Nisan, 6 min
What work of fiction explore increased transparency in the world? // Mati_Roy, 1 min
Lazar’s Dreamland // Robin Hanson, 1 min
# Community
Re: Some Heroes // lsusr, 3 min
Kids and Time // jefftk, 2 min
Conjecture Workshop // johnswentworth, 2 min
What are Michael Vasser's beliefs? // Chris_Leong, 1 min
Running Wired Ethernet // jefftk, 2 min
# Misc
[Repost] Movable Housing for Scalable Cities // Eliezer Yudkowsky, 25 min
The Mind: Board Game Review // Alexei, 2 min
"It's Okay", Instructions, Focusing, Experiencing and Frames // Ouroborus, 8 min
Learning Rhythms // jefftk, 1 min
Dishwasher Filter // jefftk, 1 min
# Podcasts
c03: A Low Amount of Pain for All Eternity // Constellation, 54 min
Currents 001: Simon DeDeo on University Censorship // . , 45 min
The Mind Killer Episode 4 – Are We Committing Collective Suicide? // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 64 min
Article: Ways people trying to do good accidentally make things worse, and how to avoid them // The 80000 Hours team, 26 min
EP53 Hanzi Freinacht on the Nordic Ideology // . , 92 min
110 – Socratic Grilling // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 104 min
# Videos of the week
A Sound Political Economy: Sandrine | Club of Rome, Ruth | WEF, Sam | CSER, Michael | Nanotronics // Foresight Institute, 64 min