rationalnewsletter

Issue #25

The power of intense selection in large populations: Weber's fruit-fly flying speed experiment was able to increase peak flying speed in a wind tunnel by >85x over 100 generations. // web.archive.org

# Instrumental

What To Do If Nuclear War Seems Imminent // Ben_LandauTaylor, 2 min

How to use a microphone r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ during public speaking // ChristianKl, 1 min

Communication: A Simple Multi-Stage Model // lifelonglearner, 4 min

# Ai

Petrov corrigibility // Stuart_Armstrong, 1 min

AI safety reading group in Madrid // pvs, 1 min

# Anthropic

Are you in a Boltzmann simulation? // Stuart_Armstrong, 4 min

[Paper]: Islands as refuges for surviving global catastrophes // avturchin, 1 min

# Decision theory

Comment on decision theory // Rob Bensinger, 2 min

Boltzmann brain decision theory // Stuart_Armstrong, 5 min

# Math and cs

(A -> B) -> A // Scott Garrabrant, 2 min

# Ea

Apply for Emergent Ventures // Zvi, 4 min

# Fun

In The Balance // Scott Alexander, 6 min Favorite

# Misc

The Omnigenic Model As Metaphor For Life // Scott Alexander, 7 min Favorite

Advances in Baby Formula // Laura B, 3 min

Iterative Arguments: Alternative to Adversarial Collaboration // matsn, 1 min

Think Entangled, Act Spooky // Venkatesh Rao, 5 min

News Accuracy Bonds // Robin Hanson, 6 min

# Podcasts

#42 - Dr Amanda Askell on moral empathy, the value of information & the ethics of infinity // The 80,000 Hours team, 166 min

67 – Freestyle Community Talk with Matt Freeman // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 96 min

#137 — Safe Space // Waking up with Sam Harris, 96 min

# Videos of the week

How to gain control of your free time | Laura Vanderkam // TED, 11 min