rational
Issue #134: Full List
18 October, 2020 // View curated list
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
GPT-3 + GAN // stick109, 1 min
Does anyone worry about A.I. forums like this where they reinforce each other’s biases/ are led by big tech? // misabella16, 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
Sydney Rationality Dojo - February 2021 // Next, 1 min
Sydney Rationality Dojo - March 2021 // Next, 1 min
Sydney Rationality Dojo - April 2021 // Next, 1 min
Sydney Rationality Dojo - May 2021 // Next, 1 min
Sydney Rationality Dojo - // Next
# 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
Police violence: The veil of darkness // dynomight, 1 min
What Do Workers Want? // Robin Hanson, 2 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
Technology and its side effects // jasoncrawford, 3 min
Is frequentism compatible with the principle of indifference in any meaningful sense? // Milton
What features would you like a prediction platform to have? // MathieuRoy
# 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