rationalnewsletter

Issue #222

The key to reducing poverty? Cross-class friendships — what the researchers called economic connectedness — had a stronger impact than school quality, family structure, job availability, or a community’s racial composition. // www.nature.com

# Instrumental

Changing the world through slack & hobbies // steve2152, 12 min

On Akrasia, Habits and Reward Maximization // Aiyen, 7 min

YouTubeTV and Spoilers // Zvi, 9 min

# Epistemic

Curating "The Epistemic Sequences" (list v.0.1) // Andrew_Critch, 7 min

Internal Double Crux // CFAR 2017, 14 min

Criticism Of Criticism Of Criticism // Scott Alexander, 11 min

# Ai

Without specific countermeasures, the easiest path to transformative AI likely leads to AI takeover // ajeya-cotra, 101 min

Connor Leahy on Dying with Dignity, EleutherAI and Conjecture // mtrazzi, 17 min

Examples of AI Increasing AI Progress // ThomasWoodside, 1 min

Which values are stable under ontology shifts? // ricraz, 3 min

How to Diversify Conceptual Alignment: the Model Behind Refine // adamShimi, 9 min

# Longevity

Cognitive Risks of Adolescent Binge Drinking // pktechgirl, 12 min

What is in E5? Harold Katcher’s patent // Josh Mitteldorf, 3 min

# Decision theory

Don't take the organizational chart literally // lc, 5 min

# Books

Wyclif's Dust: the missing chapter // david-hugh-jones, 4 min

Your Book Review: The Society Of The Spectacle // Scott Alexander, 38 min

# Ea

A Bias Against Altruism // conor-sullivan, 2 min

Spending Update 2022 // jkaufman, 3 min

# Relationships

For What Do We Want To Be Wanted? // Robin Hanson, 4 min

# Community

Personal forecasting retrospective: 2020-2022 // elifland, 9 min

Easy guide for running a local Rationality meetup // nikita-sokolsky, 7 min

# Culture war

Culture wars in riddle format // Elmer of Malmesbury, 3 min

Is Gas Green? // ChristianKl, 1 min

Why are politicians polarized? // ErnestScribbler, 9 min

Objectification As Emotional Labor // Robin Hanson, 1 min

# Misc

Sexual Abuse attitudes might be infohazardous // Pseudonymous Otter, 1 min

Addendum: A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein // lc, 12 min

Eating Boogers // George3d6, 7 min

How the ---- did Feynman Get Here !? // George3d6, 4 min

What are the simplest questions in applied rationality where you don't know the answer to? // ChristianKl, 1 min

# Podcasts

#134 - Ian Morris on what big picture history teaches us // , 221 min

Currents 066: Matthew Pirkowski on Emergence in Possibility Space // The Jim Rutt Show, 67 min

c40: Script Draft, beats 10-13 // Constellation, 41 min

EP 161 Greg Thomas on Untangling the Gordian Knot of Race // The Jim Rutt Show, 81 min

# Videos of the week

Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse? // Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, 11 min