rational
Issue #141: Full List
6 December, 2020 // View curated list
# Coronavirus
Covid 12/3: Land of Confusion // Zvi, 29 min
How We Failed COVID-19 // LukeOnline, 8 min
From behind the vale of ignorance, would you prefer focused protection or the current Covid policy in the US // rockthecasbah, 1 min
Is it safe to spend time with people who already recovered from COVID? // TurnTrout, 1 min
# Instrumental
In Addition to Ragebait and Doomscrolling // mike_hawke, 1 min
My Fear Heuristic // lsusr, 1 min
How I Write // Jacobian, 5 min
Gifts as free exploration // willbradshaw, 7 min
12 Rules for Life // lsusr, 4 min
Why Recent Protein Folding Advancements Should Change Your Personal Health Strategy // lisperati, 2 min
Aphorisms on motivation // toonalfrink, 1 min
# Epistemic
Real-Life Examples of Prediction Systems Interfering with the Real World (Predict-O-Matic Problems) // Radamantis, 10 min
Pascal’s Market // Mike Elias, 1 min
# Ai
[Linkpost] AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology // adamShimi, 1 min Favorite
What is “protein folding”? A brief explanation // jasoncrawford, 4 min
Commitment and credibility in multipolar AI scenarios // anni_leskela, 22 min
Recursive Quantilizers II // abramdemski, 16 min
AI Winter Is Coming - How to profit from it? // maximkazhenkov, 1 min
Values Form a Shifting Landscape (and why you might care) // VojtaKovarik, 4 min
In a multipolar scenario, how do people expect systems to be trained to interact with systems developed by other labs? // JesseClifton, 1 min
AI Problems Shared by Non-AI Systems // VojtaKovarik, 4 min
Evolution and fitness vs self-awareness and memetics // FractalParrot, 3 min
Beyond 175 billion parameters: Can we anticipate future GPT-X Capabilities? // bakztfuture, 2 min
Deep Mind Knows how Proteins Fold // Josh Mitteldorf, 5 min
# Meta-ethics
Philosophical Justifications for Torture // ike, 2 min
Notes on Humility // David_Gross, 8 min
Notes on Integrity // David_Gross, 7 min
Notes on Simplicity // David_Gross, 8 min
Notes on Sincerity and such // David_Gross, 14 min
Notes on Care // David_Gross, 8 min
# Anthropic
Should I take glucosamine? // gilch, 1 min
Searching For Eden // Robin Hanson, 5 min
Try-Try or Try-Once Great Filter? // Robin Hanson, 8 min
# Decision theory
Anti-EMH Evidence (and a plea for help) // Wei_Dai, 6 min
Are index funds still a good investment? // Kaj_Sotala, 1 min
Non-Book Review: Patterns of Conflict // johnswentworth, 8 min
Eth2 Staking explained as a Financial Instrument // jorge-velez, 3 min
Keep Govt Officials Out of Life Details // Robin Hanson, 3 min
# Math and cs
The Mutant Game - Rounds 91 to 247 // lsusr, 1 min
# Books
The LessWrong 2018 Book is Available for Pre-order // Benito, 7 min
Book review: WEIRDest People // PeterMcCluskey, 10 min
Finance - accessibility (asking for textbook recommendations) // max-he, 1 min
Map and Territory: Summary and Thoughts // adamzerner, 33 min
Book Review: 'History Has Begun: The Birth of a New America' by Bruno Maçães // tonyoconnor, 12 min
# Ea
Giving Tuesday 2020 // jkaufman, 1 min
How a billionaire could spend their money to help the disadvantaged: 7 ideas from the top of my head // yitz, 8 min
# Community
The LessWrong 2019 Review // habryka4, 10 min
The Darwin Game - Conclusion // lsusr, 1 min
Prizes for Last Year's 2018 Review // Raemon, 1 min
Meetup Organizers, Our Virtual Garden is at Your Disposal // Ruby, 1 min
Postmortem on my Comment Challenge // adamShimi, 2 min
SETI Predictions // hippke, 1 min
Teacher's Password: The LessWrong Mystery Hunt Team // Scott Garrabrant, 2 min
Logistics for the 2020 online Secular Solstice celebration // Alex_Altair, 2 min
Online Meetup for the Meetup Organizers (Sun, 20th December) // Ruby, 1 min
Before rationality- a snapshot // jospus321, 5 min
# Fun
D&D.Sci // abstractapplic, 1 min
The AI Safety Game (UPDATED) // daniel-kokotajlo, 3 min
The AI Safety Game // daniel-kokotajlo, 3 min
# Misc
The Hard Problem of Magic // enaumov, 1 min
Forecasting is a responsibility // AllAmericanBreakfast, 2 min
Can preference falsification be reduced with Ring Signatures? // mike_hawke, 1 min
[RXN#7] Russian x-risks newsletter fall 2020 // avturchin, 3 min
Three Gods with a twist // ipike, 1 min
Follow Up: Predictions as a Substitute For Reviews // pktechgirl, 1 min
Why We Fight Over Fiction // Robin Hanson, 4 min
# Podcasts
#88 – Tristan Harris on the need to change the incentives of social media companies // The 80000 Hours team, 155 min
125 – Hacking Away at Careers // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 134 min
EP96 Forrest Landry on Immanent Metaphysics: Part 1 // The Jim Rutt Show, 84 min
# Rational fiction
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets - Part 3 // lsusr, 2 min
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets - Part 2 // lsusr, 4 min
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets - Part 5 // lsusr, 3 min
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets - Part 4 // lsusr, 4 min
Thomas Anderson // lsusr, 2 min
# Videos of the week
AlphaFold: The making of a scientific breakthrough // DeepMind, 7 min