rational
Issue #92
29 December, 2019 // View full list
Psychology: Even meta-analyses are biased. Meta-analytic effect sizes are on average almost three times as large as replication effect sizes. // www.gwern.net
# Instrumental
Annual review and daily tracker template files (in google doc/sheets) // peterslattery, 1 min Favorite
The Towel Census: A Methodology for Identifying Orphaned Objects in Your Home // mingyuan, 1 min
Should I floss? // willbradshaw, 3 min
Autoexperiments // Ideopunk, 1 min
What Resources on Journal Analysis are Available? // Zachary Robertson, 1 min
# Epistemic
Firming Up Not-Lying Around Its Edge-Cases Is Less Broadly Useful Than One Might Initially Think // Zack_M_Davis, 10 min
Can fear of the dark bias us more generally? // TurnTrout, 1 min
ESC Process Notes: Claim Evaluation vs. Syntheses // Elizabeth, 2 min
Stupidity and Dishonesty Explain Each Other Away // Zack_M_Davis, 1 min
Defining "Antimeme" // lsusr, 1 min
# Ai
Humans Are Embedded Agents Too // johnswentworth, 6 min
Another AI Winter? // PeterMcCluskey, 5 min
New paper: (When) is Truth-telling Favored in AI debate? // VojtaKovarik, 6 min
Section 7: Foundations of Rational Agency // JesseClifton, 10 min
Some Comments on "Goodhart Taxonomy" // Grue_Slinky, 4 min
# Anthropic
Might humans not be the most intelligent animals? // Matthew Barnett, 3 min
12020: a fine future for these holidays // Stuart_Armstrong, 1 min
Has there been a "memetic collapse"? // elityre, 1 min
If Antarctic became hospitable to humans, and consequently received a mass migration, what are likely ways the Antarctic legal system could evolve? // Mati_Roy, 1 min
[ACC] Will Automation Lead To Economic Crisis? // Scott Alexander, 15 min
# Decision theory
Moloch Hasn’t Won // Zvi, 8 min Favorite
Funk-tunul's Legacy; Or, The Legend of the Extortion War // Zack_M_Davis, 4 min
Decission Theory and Quantum Self-Measurement // Alan Givré, 1 min
Governance By Jury // Robin Hanson, 2 min
# Math and cs
Understanding Machine Learning (II) // sil ver, 14 min
Understanding Machine Learning (III) // sil ver, 15 min
# Books
What are you reading? // eigen, 1 min
Injustice For All // Robin Hanson, 4 min
# Ea
Offset Norms // jkaufman, 2 min
A Maximally Lazy Guide To Giving To Charity In 2019 // Scott Alexander, 4 min
# Community
Meditation Retreat: Immoral Mazes Sequence Introduction // Zvi, 4 min
What spiritual experiences have you had? // G Gordon Worley III, 1 min
Values Assimilation Premortem // wolverdude, 5 min
How was your decade? // namespace, 1 min
# Culture war
Capitalism Uses Hate; That’s Good // Robin Hanson, 1 min
# Misc
Naming Rooms // jkaufman, 1 min
Talking Through A Fear of Death // jesseduffield, 7 min
[ACC] How Much Significance Should We Ascribe To Spiritual Experiences? // Scott Alexander, 69 min
Predictable Identities: 23 – The Self // Jacob Falkovich, 1 min
[ACC] Should You Have A Merry Christmas? // Scott Alexander, 2 min
# Podcasts
#46 Classic episode - Hilary Greaves on moral cluelessness & tackling crucial questions in academia // The 80000 Hours team, 169 min
# Videos of the week
The incredible chemistry powering your smartphone | Cathy Mulzer // TED, 13 min