rational
Issue #93: Full List
5 January, 2020 // View curated list
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
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# 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
AI Alignment, Constraints, Control, Incentives or Partnership? // jmh, 1 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
Imperfect Competition // Zvi, 12 min
Does Big Business Hate Your Family? // Zvi, 6 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
Slate Star Codex Meetup // robirahman, 1 min
Please Take The 2020 SSC Survey! // Scott Alexander, 2 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
Predictive coding & depression // steve2152, 8 min
What will quantum computers be used for? // maximkazhenkov, 1 min
PlanAlyzer: assessing threats to the validity of online experiments // Three-Monkey Mind, 1 min
A reductio ad absurdum for naive Functional/Computational Theory-of-Mind (FCToM). // capybaralet, 1 min
Why Doctors Think They’re The Best // Scott Alexander, 5 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