rational
Issue #176: Full List
8 August, 2021 // View curated list
"Why is everything liberal": A response essay on social class and power in the US by Scott Alexander. // astralcodexten.substack.com
# Coronavirus
Covid 8/5: Much Ado About Nothing // Zvi, 39 min
What was my mistake evaluating risk in this situation? // andrew-vlahos, 1 min
What's the status of third vaccine doses? // Alex_Altair, 1 min
Delta, Deaths, and Vaccinations // jkaufman, 1 min
How to get mRNA after J&J // jkaufman, 1 min
What made the UK COVID-19 case count drop? // ChristianKl, 1 min
Scoring My AstraZeneca Predictions // Erich_Grunewald, 9 min
What do we know about vaccinating children? // Gunnar_Zarncke, 1 min
What Should We Make Of Sasha Chapin's Claim That Taking LSD Restored His Sense Of Smell After COVID? // Scott Alexander, 14 min
# Instrumental
Decision-Making Training for Software Engineering // Alex Hollow, 1 min
Beating Akrasia (Month 1) // teja-prabhu-1, 4 min
Destroying Insecurity and Boosting Confidence Through Your Interests and Values // Olitness, 5 min
# Epistemic
The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius // rogersbacon, 11 min
Traps of Formalization in Deconfusion // adamShimi, 7 min
Forecasting Newsletter: July 2021 // Radamantis, 10 min
What psychology studies are most important to the rationalist worldview? // cogitoprime, 1 min
Referential Information // Jack Ryan, 1 min
# Ai
What 2026 looks like (Daniel's Median Future) // daniel-kokotajlo, 19 min
Two AI-risk-related game design ideas // daniel-kokotajlo, 6 min
Rage Against The MOOChine // Borasko, 8 min
Research agenda update // steve2152, 8 min
Value loading in the human brain: a worked example // steve2152, 9 min
Is iterated amplification really more powerful than imitation? // Chantiel, 1 min
How many parameters do self-driving-car neural nets have? // daniel-kokotajlo, 1 min
Highlights From The Comments On Acemoglu And AI // Scott Alexander, 21 min
# Meta-ethics
Curing insanity with malaria // Swimmer963, 4 min Favorite
# Anthropic
A map: "Global Catastrophic Risks of Scientific Experiments" // avturchin, 1 min
Envisioning Artificial Life // Robin Hanson, 3 min
# Decision theory
Who decides what should be worked on? // aglaya-ivanovna, 4 min
LCDT, A Myopic Decision Theory // adamShimi, 18 min
Adumbrations Of Aducanumab // Scott Alexander, 20 min
# Math and cs
Do Bayesians like Bayesian model Averaging? // haziq-muhammad, 1 min
# Books
What are some good pieces on civilizational decay / civilizational collapse / weakening of societal fabric? // elityre, 1 min
Sunzi's《Methods of War》- Potential // lsusr, 1 min
Book Review: Scientific Freedom by Don Braben // willbobaggins, 9 min
# Community
Why not more small, intense research teams? // eg, 1 min
# Culture war
Thoughts on the Recent Haitian Assassination // rockthecasbah, 5 min
How High Our Elite Tax? // Robin Hanson, 3 min
# Art
What are some beautiful, rationalist sounds? // AllAmericanBreakfast, 1 min
# Misc
Analysis of World Records in Speedrunning [LINKPOST] // Jsevillamol, 1 min
Training Better Rationalists? // Davis_Kingsley, 1 min
Should doctors be neutral? // Swimmer963, 5 min
Details Of The Infant Fish Oil Story // Scott Alexander, 14 min
Neglecting Hard-To-Judge Abilities // Robin Hanson, 1 min
Status Madness Starves Religion // Robin Hanson, 2 min
Model City Monday 8/2/21 // Scott Alexander, 10 min
# Podcasts
#107 - Chris Olah on what the hell is going on inside neural networks // , 189 min
Transcript: QAnon and Conspiratorial Narratives //
Currents 040: Jim Rutt Show Changes & Reflections // The Jim Rutt Show, 49 min
# Videos of the week
OpenAI Codex Live Demo // OpenAI, 29 min