rationalnewsletter

Issue #134

Daily emotional well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic: How to spend your time // bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

# Coronavirus

Covid 10/15: Playtime is Over // Zvi, 21 min

Have the lockdowns been worth it? // Benito, 1 min

# Instrumental

What is your electronic drawing set up? // pktechgirl, 1 min

# Epistemic

What should experienced rationalists know? // deluks917, 2 min

Evaluating expertise: a clear box model // JustinShovelain, 6 min

How do I get rid of the ungrounded assumption that evidence exists? // Bob Jacobs, 1 min

# Ai

A prior for technological discontinuities // Radamantis, 7 min

The Colliding Exponentials of AI // VermillionStuka, 6 min

Toy Problem: Detective Story Alignment // johnswentworth, 2 min

Reviews of TV show NeXt (about AI safety) // MathieuRoy

The Achilles Heel Hypothesis for AI // scasper, 1 min

# Decision theory

A full explanation to Newcomb's paradox. // solomon-alon, 3 min

Legalize Blackmail: An Example // rockthecasbah, 1 min

# Math and cs

The Solomonoff Prior is Malign // mark-xu, 20 min

Moloch games // chrisvm, 5 min

A Toy Model for Media Sharing // zachary-robertson, 3 min

# Books

All of Yudkowsky's Lesswrong Posts in one .epub // sone3d, 1 min

Reviews of the book 'The Alignment Problem' // MathieuRoy, 1 min

Socialism: A Gift You’d Exchange? // Robin Hanson, 9 min

# Community

Why Boston? // jkaufman, 2 min

[Link] "Where are all the successful rationalists?" // ioannes_shade, 1 min

Babble challenge: 50 ways of hiding Einstein's pen for fifty years // jacobjacob, 3 min

Has Eliezer ever retracted his statements about weight loss? // CheerfulWarrior, 1 min

# Culture war

Everything I Know About Elite America I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’ // Wei_Dai, 1 min

Journal article: "The Mythical Taboo on Race and Intelligence" // CronoDAS, 1 min

Election Preparation // jkaufman, 1 min

How much to worry about the US election unrest? // AspiringRationalist, 1 min

Libertarianism, Neoliberalism and Medicare for All? // logan-zoellner, 1 min

# Art

What are some beautiful, rationalist artworks? // jacobjacob, 1 min Favorite

# Misc

Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses. // David_Gross, 5 min Favorite

Things are allowed to be good and bad at the same time // Kaj_Sotala, 2 min

Msg Len // Zack_M_Davis, 1 min

The Sun Room // 4thWayWastrel, 1 min

A study on depression // vlad.proex, 11 min

# Podcasts

Currents 014: Steve LeVine on COVID-19 Futures // The Jim Rutt Show, 47 min

EP84 William Perry & Tom Collina on The Nuclear Button // The Jim Rutt Show, 72 min

# Videos of the week

Can we create the "perfect" farm? - Brent Loken // TED-Ed, 7 min