rationalnewsletter

Issue #93

People really do become more conservative as they grow older, with the clearest demarcation line at age 45. // papers.ssrn.com

# Instrumental

CFAR Participant Handbook now available to all // Duncan_Sabien, 1 min Favorite

100 Ways To Live Better // Jacobian, 16 min

Folding Couch Monitor // jkaufman, 1 min

Is cardio enough for longevity benefits of exercise? // Rudi C, 1 min

Has anyone used TAPs to combat BFRBs? // Fauna M., 1 min

# Epistemic

What cognitive biases feel like from the inside // chaosmage, 2 min Favorite

Becoming Unusually Truth-Oriented // abramdemski, 11 min

Theories That Can Explain Everything // Chris_Leong, 1 min

# Ai

human psycholinguists: a critical appraisal // nostalgebraist, 20 min

Since figuring out human values is hard, what about, say, monkey values? // shminux, 1 min

Does GPT-2 Understand Anything? // Douglas Summers-Stay, 5 min

Excitement vs childishness // sil ver, 1 min

Plausible A.I. Takeoff Scenario Short Story // HunterJay, 5 min

# Meta-ethics

Introduction to moral uncertainty // MichaelA, 18 min

What to do when both morally and empirically uncertain // MichaelA, 24 min

# Anthropic

Characterising utopia // ricraz, 25 min

Phage therapy in a post-antibiotics world // ChristianKl, 2 min

# Decision theory

Perfect Competition // Zvi, 7 min Favorite

Don't Double-Crux With Suicide Rock // Zack_M_Davis, 2 min

Speaking Truth to Power Is a Schelling Point // Zack_M_Davis, 2 min

Underappreciated points about utility functions (of both sorts) // Sniffnoy, 17 min

Stubborn Stupidity Vs Hidden Motives // Robin Hanson, 2 min

# Math and cs

UML (IV): Linear Predictors // sil ver, 12 min

# Books

ESC Process Notes: Detail-Focused Books // Elizabeth, 3 min

Judgment Day: Insights from 'Judgment in Managerial Decision Making' // TurnTrout, 8 min

What are the best self-help book summaries you've read? // willbradshaw, 1 min

# Ea

CFAR's 2019 Fundraiser // Timothy Telleen-Lawton, 1 min

# Community

Dominic Cummings: "we’re hiring data scientists, project managers, policy experts, assorted weirdos" // ESRogs, 5 min

Meta-discussion from "Circling as Cousin to Rationality" // Raemon, 1 min

Illness anxiety disorder: how to become more rational? // completely_irrational, 3 min

Good goals for leveling up? // wolverdude, 1 min

Running and Optimizing // jkaufman, 1 min

# Misc

Circling as Cousin to Rationality // Vaniver, 7 min

Programmers Should Plan For Lower Pay // jkaufman, 2 min

Normalization of Deviance // G Gordon Worley III, 2 min

Self and No-Self // Vaniver, 2 min

Why is the mail so much better than the DMV? // Logan Zoellner, 2 min

# Podcasts

101 – The Live Episode (pt2) // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 63 min

#17 Classic episode - Prof Will MacAskill on moral uncertainty, utilitarianism & how to avoid being a moral monster // The 80000 Hours team, 112 min

#180 — Sex & Power // Waking up with Sam Harris, 47 min

# Videos of the week

3 ways to be a more effective fundraiser | Kara Logan Berlin // TED, 16 min