rational
Issue #130: Full List
20 September, 2020 // View curated list
The "bias blind spot" passes the replication test with flying colors: People can see the impact of biases on the judgment of others, but fail to see it in themselves. // www.researchgate.net
# Coronavirus
Covid 9/17: It’s Worse // Zvi, 10 min
Link: Vitamin D Can Likely End the COVID-19 Pandemic - Rootclaim Blog // Kenny, 1 min
# Instrumental
Gems from the Wiki: Do The Math, Then Burn The Math and Go With Your Gut // habryka4, 3 min
Taking Social Initiative // neel-nanda-1, 15 min
Noticing Wasted Motion // lynettebye, 4 min
Low hanging fruits (LWCW 2020) // ArthurRainbow, 4 min
On Niceness: Looking for Positive Externalities // neel-nanda-1, 11 min
Have you tried hiIQpro.com's cognitive training or coaching? // BossSleepy, 1 min
Does turning on the shower help reduce wildfire smoke in the air? // cauliflower, 1 min
# Ai
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (4th edition) on the Alignment Problem // Zack_M_Davis, 5 min
Why GPT wants to mesa-optimize & how we might change this // John_Maxwell_IV, 10 min
Expansive translations: considerations and possibilities // ozziegooen, 7 min
The "Backchaining to Local Search" Technique in AI Alignment // adamShimi, 2 min
# Anthropic
My computational framework for the brain // steve2152, 14 min Favorite
Perspective-Based Reasoning Should Favour the Copenhagen Interpretation // dadadarren, 4 min
# Decision theory
Against boots theory // philh, 7 min Favorite
What Does "Signalling" Mean? // abramdemski, 2 min
Gems from the Wiki: Acausal Trade // habryka4, 8 min
The Axiological Treadmill // evan-huus, 2 min
Making the Monte Hall problem weirder but obvious // dynomight, 1 min
Decision Theory is multifaceted // Michele Campolo, 9 min
Applying the Counterfactual Prisoner's Dilemma to Logical Uncertainty // Chris_Leong, 2 min
# Books
Book Review: Working With Contracts // johnswentworth, 13 min Favorite
Notes: The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower // Venkatesh Rao, 1 min
# Relationships
Some thoughts on criticism // Buck, 6 min Favorite
Let the AI teach you how to flirt // AllAmericanBreakfast, 2 min
# Community
EA Relationship Status // jkaufman, 1 min
[Link] Five Years and One Week of Less Wrong // abramdemski, 2 min
How do you celebrate your birthday? // MathieuRoy, 1 min
Effective Altruism and Rationalist Philosophy Discussion Group // Chris_Leong, 1 min
SlateStarCodex online meetup: Integrating evolutionary psychology and behaviorism // Joshua_Fox, 1 min
# Culture war
Against Victimhood // Jacobian, 8 min
# Misc
What happens if you drink acetone? // dynomight, 2 min Favorite
Rationality for Kids? // goose000, 1 min
Memorizing a Deck of Cards // Tofly, 2 min
A case study in simulacra levels and the Four Children of the Seder // AllAmericanBreakfast, 5 min
Progress: Fluke or trend? // jasoncrawford, 2 min
Free Money at PredictIt: 2020 General Election // Zvi, 12 min
If Starship works, how much would it cost to create a system of rotable space mirrors that reduces temperatures on earth by 1° C? // ChristianKl, 1 min
Gems from the Wiki: Paranoid Debating // habryka4, 3 min
Objective Dog Ratings: The Shiba Inu // Callmesalticidae, 1 min
Egan's Theorem? // johnswentworth, 1 min
Livestreaming monetisation models aka What do camgirls have in common with Twitch streamers? // characteristics, 8 min
Are there non-AI projects focused on defeating Moloch globally? // evan-huus, 1 min
For what X would you be indifferent between living X days, but forgetting your day at the end of everyday, or living 10 days? (terminally) // MathieuRoy, 1 min
A Brief Chat on World Government // evan-huus, 3 min
What are examples of simpler universes that have been described in order to explain a concept from our more complex universe? // MathieuRoy, 1 min
Honest Putdowns // Robin Hanson, 3 min
# Podcasts
c14: How to Commit a Murder in the Constellation // Constellation, 83 min
EP77 Kamal Sinclair on Science, Storytelling & VR // The Jim Rutt Show, 95 min
# Videos of the week
Why specializing early doesn't always mean career success | David Epstein // TED, 14 min