rational
Issue #79: Full List
29 September, 2019 // View curated list
Study suggests that even if we stopped ocean plastic waste by 2020, macroplastics would persist in our surface waters for many more decades. // ourworldindata.org
# Instrumental
How good is the case for retraining yourself to sleep on your back? // ChristianKl, 1 min
What things should everyone websearch? // Rudi C, 1 min
# Epistemic
Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists // Zack_M_Davis, 10 min
The Power to Teach Concepts Better // Liron, 10 min Favorite
Reframing System 1 and 2; or, Type 2 reasoning as working-memory augmented collaboration of subagents // Kaj_Sotala, 19 min
# Ai
A simple environment for showing mesa misalignment // Matthew Barnett, 2 min
Partial Agency // abramdemski, 10 min
Deducing Impact // TurnTrout, 1 min
Towards an empirical investigation of inner alignment // evhub, 7 min
Value Impact // TurnTrout, 1 min
Attainable Utility Theory: Why Things Matter // TurnTrout, 1 min
# Anthropic
On Becoming Clueless // Martin Sustrik, 1 min
# Decision theory
Free Money at PredictIt? // Zvi, 6 min
Timer Toxicities // Zvi, 19 min
Taxing investment income is complicated // paulfchristiano, 2 min
The MA Estate Tax is Broken // jkaufman, 1 min
Build a Causal Decision Theorist // michaelcohen, 5 min
# Books
Book 1: 1-37 (The Inadequacy of Current Science) // Francis Bacon, 11 min
Idols of the Mind Pt. 2 (Novum Organum Book 1: 53-68) // Francis Bacon, 19 min
Idols of the Mind Pt. 1 (Novum Organum Book 1: 38–52) // Francis Bacon, 10 min
Book 1: 38–52 (Idols of the Mind Pt. 1) // Francis Bacon, 10 min
What are your recommendations on books to listen to when doing, e.g., chores? // Rudi C, 1 min
# Ea
Long-term Donation Bunching? // jkaufman, 2 min
# Relationships
Tips for crying // TekhneMakre, 10 min
Emotions are actions, not goals or messages // TekhneMakre, 2 min
Give to get, not guilt // TekhneMakre, 4 min
# Community
Honoring Petrov Day on LessWrong, in 2019 // Ben Pace, 4 min
Follow-Up to Petrov Day, 2019 // Ben Pace, 3 min
Happy Petrov Day! // Martin Sustrik, 2 min
# Culture war
Dreamtime Games // Robin Hanson, 4 min
Status Apps Are Coming // Robin Hanson, 2 min
Domestic Cozy: 8 // Venkatesh Rao, 3 min
# Misc
What is operations? // Swimmer963, 8 min
Rationality and Levels of Intervention // Geoff_Anders, 9 min
Running the Stack // lionhearted, 2 min
Resetting Somebody Will v2 // jkaufman, 4 min
Therapy vs emotional support // squidious, 5 min
How can I reframe my study motivation? // DivineMango, 1 min
Five Minute Beans // jkaufman, 1 min
# Podcasts
Rob Wiblin on plastic straws, nicotine, doping, & whether changing the long-term is really possible // The 80000 Hours team, 194 min
94 – The Problem At Yale Isn’t Free Speech, It’s Lack of Batmans // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 86 min
# Videos of the week
[Talk] Paul Christiano on his alignment taxonomy // jp, 1 min
A climate change solution that's right under our feet | Asmeret Asefaw Berhe: // TED, 13 min