rationalnewsletter

Issue #83

Men hold more positive attitudes towards their female ex-partners than women do towards their male ex-partners. // journals.sagepub.com

# Instrumental

Invisible Choices, Made by Default // lsusr, 2 min

# Epistemic

What Comes After Epistemic Spot Checks? // Elizabeth, 3 min Favorite

We tend to forget complicated things // sil ver, 1 min

Testing the Efficacy of Disagreement Resolution Techniques (and a Proposal for Testing Double Crux) // Brangus, 18 min

# Ai

Human-AI Collaboration // rohinmshah, 2 min

Two explanations for variation in human abilities // Matthew Barnett, 7 min

The problem/solution matrix: Calculating the probability of AI safety "on the back of an envelope" // John_Maxwell, 2 min

Deliberation as a method to find the "actual preferences" of humans // riceissa, 11 min

# Anthropic

Indian Economic Reform: Much More Than You Wanted To Know // Scott Alexander, 8 min

# Decision theory

Decisions with Non-Logical Counterfactuals: request for input // reavowed, 3 min

# Math and cs

Why "Referer"? // jkaufman, 2 min

All I know is Goodhart // Stuart_Armstrong, 4 min

The Effect pattern: Transparent updates in Elm // philh, 16 min

# Books

Turning air into bread // jasoncrawford, 7 min Favorite

Nature's Hidden Processes and Structures (Novum Organum Book 2: 1-9) // Francis Bacon, 14 min

# Community

Healthy Competition // Raemon, 2 min

Why Are So Many Rationalists Polyamorous? // wfenza, 4 min

Jester's Court - Mini Group Exercises // hamnox, 1 min

CPH meetup 11/04/19 // Sønderjye, 1 min

What video games are more famous in our community than in the general public? // Rudi C, 1 min

# Culture war

Let People Move to Jobs // jkaufman, 3 min

What are some unpopular (non-normative) opinions that you hold? // defilippis, 1 min

Current Law Proposed to allow competition in Social Media // jmh, 1 min

Rules of Public Evidence? // Robin Hanson, 3 min

Predictable Identities: 19 – Labels // Jacob Falkovich, 1 min

# Misc

Mediums Overpower Messages // lsusr, 1 min

Iron: From mythical to mundane // jasoncrawford, 1 min

Climate technology primer (1/3): basics // amarbles, 72 min

Effect heterogeneity and external validity in medicine // Anders_H, 8 min

Multi-belled Brass // jkaufman, 1 min

# Podcasts

#64 - Bruce Schneier on surveillance without tyranny, secrets, & the big risks in computer security // The 80000 Hours team, 132 min

96 – Do Words Mean Things, Also Sex Science! // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 98 min

#172 — Among the Deplorables // Waking up with Sam Harris, 121 min

# Rational fiction

The Pit // alkjash, 10 min

Joker is Creepy // Robin Hanson, 3 min

# Videos of the week

AIs Are Getting Too Smart - Time For A New "IQ Test” ? // Two Minute Papers, 4 min