rational
Issue #151
14 February, 2021 // View full list
Study shows that videogame play is positively correlated with well-being. Although the effect is too small to be relevant for clinical treatments, it raises a challenge towards the conversation surrounding videogame addiction. // royalsocietypublishing.org
# Coronavirus
Covid 2/11: As Expected // Zvi, 26 min
Quadratic, not logarithmic // Just Learning, 1 min
We got what's needed for COVID-19 vaccination completely wrong // ChristianKl, 4 min
#unclogtheFDA: a twitter storm to approve vaccines // rockthecasbah, 3 min
Participating in a Covid-19 Vaccination Trial // ejacob, 8 min
# Instrumental
How do you optimize productivity with respect to your menstrual cycle? // just_browsing, 1 min
The art of caring what people think // KatjaGrace, 4 min
some random parenting ideas // mike_hawke, 7 min
What metrics should I track when experimenting with sleep? // CheerfulWarrior, 1 min
# Epistemic
Against butterfly effect // ForensicOceanography, 1 min
# Ai
Timeline of AI safety // riceissa, 2 min
Tournesol, YouTube and AI Risk // adamShimi, 5 min
Epistemology of HCH // adamShimi, 12 min
Mapping the Conceptual Territory in AI Existential Safety and Alignment // jbkjr, 32 min
Institute for Assured Autonomy (IAA) newsletter // alenglander, 1 min
# Meta-ethics
Killing the ants // joekc, 9 min
Short, Extreme, Forgotten Torture vs Death // jacob-friedman, 1 min
# Longevity
Micromorts vs. Life Expectancy // young-buck, 1 min
# Decision theory
Your Cheerful Price // Eliezer_Yudkowsky, 20 min Favorite
Promoting Prediction Markets With Meaningless Internet-Point Badges // 1a3orn, 2 min
Democracy, Bureaucracy, Central Banking // sustrik, 2 min
Massive consequences // KatjaGrace, 1 min
# Math and cs
Fixing The Good Regulator Theorem // johnswentworth, 11 min
Time to Count or Count to Time? // zachary-robertson, 5 min
# Books
Book review: The Geography of Thought // PeterMcCluskey, 6 min
Potential factors in Bell Labs' intellectual progress, Pt. 1 // Ruby, 9 min
Notes on Schelling's "Strategy of Conflict" (1960) // MichaelA, 9 min
Book review: Sleight of Mind (Matt Cook) // Bob Baker, 2 min
# Ea
Apply to Effective Altruism Funds now // Jonas Vollmer, 2 min
# Community
Why I Am Not in Charge // Zvi, 31 min
A great hard day // KatjaGrace, 2 min
Still Not in Charge // Zvi, 10 min
How Should We Respond to Cade Metz? // AllAmericanBreakfast, 1 min
Speedrunning my Morning Makes the Coffee Taste Weird // kithpendragon, 2 min
# Misc
Unwitting cult leaders // Kaj_Sotala, 4 min
The distinction distance // KatjaGrace, 1 min
Metric selection bias: why Moore's law is less important than you think // aaronb50, 7 min
The Economics of Media // lsusr, 3 min
Were the Great Tragedies of History “Mere Ripples”? // philosophytorres, 1 min
# Rational fiction
The Singularity War - Part 1 // lsusr, 3 min
The Singularity War - Part 2 // lsusr, 3 min
# Videos of the week
These Neural Networks Have Superpowers! ? // Two Minute Papers, 7 min