rational
Issue #168
13 June, 2021 // View full list
# Coronavirus
Covid 6/10: Somebody Else’s Problem // Zvi, 30 min
Comment on the lab leak hypothesis // jeff-ladish, 5 min
A systematic error that lead to a bad policy response to COVID-19 // ChristianKl, 3 min
Am I anti-social if I get vaccinated now? // florian-habermacher, 1 min
Looking for reasoned discussion on Geert Vanden Bossche's ideas? // megabranflake, 1 min
# Instrumental
We need a standard set of community advice for how to financially prepare for AGI // GeneSmith, 6 min
Changing my life in 2021, halfway through // Borasko, 8 min
What to optimize for in life? // henrik-karlsson, 1 min
Self-study ideas for micro-projects in "abstract" subjects? // AllAmericanBreakfast, 1 min
What are the best ways to improve resiliency? // nicole-ross, 1 min
# Epistemic
Reply to Nate Soares on Dolphins // Zack_M_Davis, 6 min
Some people just won't get it // amir-gamil, 2 min
# Ai
Survey on AI existential risk scenarios // Sam Clarke, 8 min
ML is now automating parts of chip R&D. How big a deal is this? // daniel-kokotajlo, 1 min
Big picture of phasic dopamine // steve2152, 43 min
"Decision Transformer" (Tool AIs are secret Agent AIs) // gwern
A naive alignment strategy and optimism about generalization // paulfchristiano, 4 min
# Meta-ethics
Why do patients in mental institutions get so little attention in the public discourse? // ChristianKl, 1 min
I Will Not Eat The Bugs // Scott Alexander, 6 min
# Longevity
What are good resources for gears models of joint health? // BossSleepy, 1 min
What are the gears of gluten sensitivity? // gworley, 1 min
Should we vaccinate against PGBD5 which codes for a transposase? // ChristianKl, 1 min
Paean to NAC // Josh Mitteldorf, 5 min
# Anthropic
Overview of Rethink Priorities’ work on risks from nuclear weapons // MichaelA, 3 min
Anthropic Paradoxes and Self Reference // dadadarren, 2 min
Skirting UFO Taboos // Robin Hanson, 3 min
On UFOs-As-Aliens Priors // Robin Hanson, 5 min
# Decision theory
Maximizing Yield on US Dollar Pegged Coins // jorge-velez, 2 min
“Necessary Claims”: A technique to structure complex decisions // [email protected], 7 min
# Math and cs
Bad names make you open the box // adamzerner, 12 min Favorite
Finite Factored Sets: Orthogonality and Time // Scott Garrabrant, 7 min
# Books
Book review: "Feeling Great" by David Burns // steve2152, 10 min
[Book Review] Blueprint for Revolution // lsusr, 3 min
Your Book Review: How Children Fail // Scott Alexander, 18 min
Your Book Review: Down And Out In Paris And London // Scott Alexander, 55 min
# Community
The Apprentice Experiment // johnswentworth, 5 min
Would you like me to debug your math? // Gurkenglas, 1 min
Holidaying and purpose // KatjaGrace, 1 min
Unrefined thoughts on some things rationalism is missing vs religions // srdjan-miletic, 4 min
# Culture war
Will outlets like the NYT be captured by Chinese influence and if so, when? // ChristianKl, 1 min
# Misc
How hard is it to disguise my gait? // just_browsing, 1 min
Drug Users Use A Lot Of Drugs // Scott Alexander, 4 min
Instead Of Pledging To Change The World, Pledge To Change Prediction Markets // Scott Alexander, 3 min
# Podcasts
The Inside View #3: Evan Hubinger— homogeneity in takeoff speeds, learned optimization and interpretability // mtrazzi, 68 min
AXRP Episode 8 - Assistance Games with Dylan Hadfield-Menell // DanielFilan, 88 min
How to be a data detective (Tim Harford) // Rationally Speaking, 62 min
EP130 Ken Stanley on Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned // The Jim Rutt Show, 88 min
# Rational fiction
Oh No My AI (Filk) // gworley, 1 min
Bayeswatch 6: Mechwarrior // lsusr, 3 min
The dumbest kid in the world (joke) // CronoDAS, 1 min
Internal Memo from Bleggs Universal // kithpendragon, 3 min
Tracey Davis and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Part 2 // lsusr, 4 min
# Videos of the week
Balaji Srinivasan - Bitcoin and Ethereum, Crypto Oracles, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show // Tim Ferriss, 223 min