rational
Issue #29
14 October, 2018 // View full list
Genes have little impact on political attitudes before around 20 years of age, but a substantial impact later on. // pdfs.semanticscholar.org
# Instrumental
Things I Learned From Working With A Marketing Advisor // sarahconstantin, 5 min
Why don’t we treat geniuses like professional athletes? // ryan_b, 2 min
Kavanaugh: A Probability Poll // Scott Alexander, 4 min
# Epistemic
Public Positions and Private Guts // Vaniver, 9 min
# Ai
Some cruxes on impactful alternatives to AI policy work // ricraz, 14 min
Alignment Newsletter #27 // rohinmshah, 12 min
Differential Progress and a Personal Commitment // DragonGod, 1 min
# Longevity
Coordination Problems in Evolution: Eigen's Paradox // Martin Sustrik, 10 min Favorite
Genomic Prediction is now offering embryo selection // gwern, 1 min
# Anthropic
The funnel of human experience // eukaryote, 4 min Favorite
Pack Experience // Venkatesh Rao, 14 min
Dominance Hides in Prestige Clothing // Robin Hanson, 2 min
# Decision theory
A Rationality Condition for CDT Is That It Equal EDT (Part 2) // abramdemski, 9 min
Decision Theory Anti-realism // TruePath, 7 min
# Math and cs
Standard ML Oracles vs Counterfactual ones // Stuart_Armstrong, 7 min
Stop buttons and causal graphs // Donald Hobson, 3 min
# Books
Maps of Meaning: Abridged and Translated // Vaniver, 12 min
# Community
We can all be high status // toonalfrink, 6 min
# Fun
A compendium of conundrums // ricraz, 12 min
One-person Universe // Martin Sustrik, 1 min
# Misc
Nyoom // Alicorn, 6 min
Two Kinds of Technology Change // johnswentworth, 3 min
Bay Area: vibes // KatjaGrace, 1 min
On insecurity as a friend // Kaj_Sotala, 2 min
Additional arguments for NIMBY // Zvi, 16 min
# Podcasts
69 – Culture War 2.0 // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 124 min
# Videos of the week
How AI could compose a personalized soundtrack to your life | Pierre Barreau // TED, 8 min