rational
Issue #148: Full List
24 January, 2021 // View curated list
People evaluate political opponents as more rational & worthy of respect when they appeal to personal experiences rather than facts. // www.pnas.org
# Coronavirus
Covid 1/21: Turning the Corner // Zvi, 33 min
Covid: The Question of Immunity From Infection // Zvi, 3 min
(USA) N95 masks are available on Amazon // Wei_Dai, 1 min
What if we all just stayed at home and didn’t get covid for two weeks? // KatjaGrace, 4 min
Contra StatNews: How Long to Herd Immunity? // kohaku-none, 13 min
Prediction: Astra Zeneca approval date // rockthecasbah, 3 min
# Instrumental
Lessons I've Learned from Self-Teaching // TurnTrout, 11 min Favorite
The Multi-Tower Study Strategy // AllAmericanBreakfast, 9 min
How can I find trustworthy dietary advice? // daniel-kokotajlo, 1 min
Public selves // KatjaGrace, 1 min
Would most people benefit from being less coercive to themselves? // mr-hire, 5 min
A ghost // joekc, 6 min
How do I improve at being strategic? // conor, 1 min
# Epistemic
Everything Okay // Zvi, 9 min
On the nature of purpose // Nora_Ammann, 11 min
Deutsch and Yudkowsky on scientific explanation // ricraz, 7 min
Three types of Evidence // sil-ver, 1 min
Bayesian Charity // wfenza, 1 min
Conviction ⚖️ Skepticism // lsusr, 1 min
# Ai
Birds, Brains, Planes, and AI: Against Appeals to the Complexity/Mysteriousness/Efficiency of the Brain // daniel-kokotajlo, 17 min
Literature Review on Goal-Directedness // adamShimi, 37 min
Poll: Which variables are most strategically relevant? // daniel-kokotajlo, 1 min
Some thoughts on risks from narrow, non-agentic AI // ricraz, 20 min
Against the Backward Approach to Goal-Directedness // adamShimi, 4 min
Short summary of mAIry's room // Stuart_Armstrong, 4 min
Infra-Bayesianism Unwrapped // adamShimi, 29 min
Excerpt from Arbital Solomonoff induction dialogue // ricraz, 6 min
DALL-E does symbol grounding // p.b., 1 min
# Meta-ethics
Exercise: Taboo "Should" // johnswentworth, 11 min
A Simple Ethics Model // Ideopunk, 2 min
Notes on Optimism, Hope, and Trust // David_Gross, 20 min
# Longevity
#3: Choosing a cryonics provider // mingyuan, 22 min
#4: Introduction to life insurance for cryonics // mingyuan, 7 min
Appendices to cryonics signup sequence // mingyuan, 2 min
Benefits of "micro-tracking" for personal health measurements? // VipulNaik, 2 min
# Anthropic
What is going on in the world? // KatjaGrace, 3 min Favorite
Technological stagnation: Why I came around // jasoncrawford, 9 min
# Decision theory
Matt Levine on "Fraud is no fun without friends." // Raemon, 4 min
Help your rivals when they are numerous // lsusr, 1 min
Why do stocks go up? // tryactions, 2 min
Is there an academic consensus around Rent Control? // edoarad, 1 min
A Democratic Currency // mikkel-wilson, 3 min
# Math and cs
Recognizing Numbers // johnswentworth, 8 min
Discovery fiction for the Pythagorean theorem // riceissa, 5 min
Use conditional probabilities to clear up error rate confusion // maxwell-peterson, 3 min
# Books
A few thought on the inner ring // KatjaGrace, 4 min
[Book Review] The Chrysanthemum and the Sword // lsusr, 1 min
Sunzi's《Methods of War》- The Army's Form // lsusr, 1 min
# Community
[Link] Still Alive - Astral Codex Ten // jimrandomh, 1 min
For Better Commenting, Avoid PONDS // AllAmericanBreakfast, 1 min
Praying to God // lsusr, 2 min
Lifelong investments // jkaufman, 4 min
CollAction history and lessons learned // [email protected], 8 min
Introducing Astral Codex Ten // Scott Alexander, 1 min
# Culture war
Moral basis for regulating social platforms // solus, 4 min
# Art
Reflections on "Psycho-Pass" // lsusr, 1 min
# Fun
Rationality and Geoguessr // Cullen_OKeefe, 2 min
# Misc
Actually possible: thoughts on Utopia // joekc, 16 min
Who should you expect to spend your life with? // KatjaGrace, 1 min
The Ecological Perspective // Chris_Leong, 1 min
On fundamental solitude // KatjaGrace, 1 min
Wuwei // lsusr, 1 min
How do you measure conformity? // lsusr, 1 min
The Teleological Mechanism // gworley, 2 min
Are the consequences of groups usually highly contingent on their details? // KatjaGrace, 1 min
How much does it cost to design an app? // kjz, 1 min
# Videos of the week
The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit | Christine Carter // TED, 11 min