rational
Issue #232
2 October, 2022 // View full list
# Instrumental
How I buy things when Lightcone wants them fast // jacobjacob, 9 min
Prioritizing Parental Sleep // jkaufman, 3 min
Self-Control Secrets of the Puritan Masters // david-hugh-jones, 6 min
What sorts of preparations ought I do in case of further escalation in Ukraine? // tailcalled, 1 min
Enriching Youtube content recommendations // martinsq, 1 min
# Epistemic
The Onion Test for Personal and Institutional Honesty // cmessinger, 3 min
How To Observe Abstract Objects // BrienneYudkowsky, 26 min
[Link] "Improper Nouns" by siderea // Kenny, 1 min
"Agency" needs nuance // evie.cottrell, 15 min
Truth-Seeking: Reason vs. Intuition // sakraf, 4 min
# Ai
Why I think strong general AI is coming soon // porby, 44 min
7 traps that (we think) new alignment researchers often fall into // akash-wasil, 4 min
Why we're not founding a human-data-for-alignment org // LRudL, 35 min
Where I currently disagree with Ryan Greenblatt’s version of the ELK approach // So8res, 5 min
My Thoughts on the ML Safety Course // zeshen, 20 min
# Meta-ethics
existential self-determination // carado-1, 2 min
Do insects' lives matter? // Carn, 2 min
# Longevity
Are c-sections underrated? // braces, 7 min
Review of Examine.com’s vitamin write-ups // pktechgirl, 5 min
Don’t mess with the Genetic Code // Josh Mitteldorf, 9 min
# Anthropic
Do anthropic considerations undercut the evolution anchor from the Bio Anchors report? // ege-erdil, 2 min
# Decision theory
Threat-Resistant Bargaining Megapost: Introducing the ROSE Value // Diffractor, 71 min
Ambiguity in Prediction Market Resolution is Harmful // aphyer, 5 min
Georgism in Space // harsimony, 4 min
Company leadership and tactical decisions // Dentin, 1 min
Beware Mob War Strategy // Robin Hanson, 4 min
# Books
Book review: “The Heart of the Brain: The Hypothalamus and Its Hormones” // steve2152, 21 min
# Community
Petrov Day Retrospective: 2022 // Ruby, 4 min
Soft skills for meetups // mingyuan, 5 min
# Culture war
A Few Terrifying Facts About The Russo-Ukrainian War // DonyChristie, 2 min
# Art
Prioritizing the Arts in response to AI automation // Casey, 2 min
# Misc
UI/UX From the Dark Ages // shminux, 2 min
Double Asteroid Redirection Test succeeds // sanxiyn, 1 min
History of the theory of well-being // david-hartsough
Ark Head // Venkatesh Rao, 6 min
From Nostradamus To Fukuyama // Scott Alexander, 14 min
# Podcasts
#138 – Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on why pleasure and pain are the only things that intrinsically matter // , 144 min
EP 166 Lene Rachel Andersen Part 2: Libertism // The Jim Rutt Show, 102 min
# Rational fiction
Triangle Opportunity // alexbeyman, 64 min
Bruce Wayne and the Cost of Inaction // TurnTrout, 26 min
Be Not Afraid // alexbeyman, 6 min
Brainchild // alexbeyman, 54 min
The Time Traveler's Muse // alexbeyman, 11 min
# Videos of the week
Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED // TED, 3 min