rationalnewsletter

Issue #211

An unprecedented case of anterograde amnesia, the complete loss of the ability to memorize new information, has retained the ability to function by using the smartphone as a cognitive prosthesis. // psyarxiv.com

# Instrumental

Obscure Pregnancy Interventions: Much More Than You Wanted To Know // Scott Alexander, 41 min Favorite

How I use Anki: expanding the scope of SRS // TheMcDouglas, 22 min

Useful Vices for Wicked Problems // HoldenKarnofsky, 20 min

Time-Time Tradeoffs // akash-wasil, 3 min

US Taxes: Adjust Withholding When Donating? // jkaufman, 1 min

# Epistemic

Epistemic Slipperiness // Raemon, 8 min

The Cage of the Language // sustrik, 2 min

Features that make a report especially helpful to me // lukeprog, 3 min

Summary: "How to Do Research" by OSP's Red // pablo-repetto-1, 3 min

Is there an equivalent of the CDF for grading predictions? // Optimization Process, 1 min

# Ai

Convince me that humanity is as doomed by AGI as Yudkowsky et al., seems to believe // yitz, 2 min

A Quick Guide to Confronting Doom // Ruby, 3 min

Takeoff speeds have a huge effect on what it means to work on AI x-risk // Buck, 2 min

Finally Entering Alignment // ulisse-mini, 1 min

The Regulatory Option: A response to near 0% survival odds // Matthew Lowenstein, 7 min

# Longevity

Is partial iPSC reprogramming to rejuvenate human cells a big deal? // blackstampede, 1 min

# Anthropic

Genetic Enhancement: a Strategy for Long(ish) AGI Timeline Worlds // kman, 3 min

What is the most efficient way to create more worlds in the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics? // seank, 1 min

What do you think will most probably happen to our consciousness when our simulation ends? // richard-ford, 1 min

Hello Alien Polls // Robin Hanson, 1 min

# Decision theory

The Efficient LessWrong Hypothesis - Stock Investing Competition // ViktorThink, 2 min

# Books

The Amish // PeterMcCluskey, 8 min

Review: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs // LRudL, 10 min

# Community

Editing Advice for LessWrong Users // JustisMills, 7 min

Does the rationalist community have a membership funnel? // Alex_Altair, 1 min

# Culture war

Ukraine Post #10: Next Phase // Zvi, 17 min

# Misc

Emotionally Confronting a Probably-Doomed World: Against Motivation Via Dignity Points // TurnTrout, 10 min

A Brief Excursion Into Molecular Neuroscience // jan-2, 21 min

Rambling thoughts on having multiple selves // cranberry_bear, 3 min

The Accuracy of Authorities // Robin Hanson, 3 min

# Rational fiction

Lies Told To Children // Eliezer_Yudkowsky, 8 min

How dath ilan coordinates around solving alignment // thomas-kwa, 6 min

Make a Movie Showing Alignment Failures // elriggs, 2 min

Post-history is written by the martyrs // Veedrac, 22 min

The Platonist’s Dilemma: A Remix on the Prisoner's. // james-camacho, 6 min

# Videos of the week

Grimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #281 // Lex Fridman, 124 min