SENS and Givewell: Con­ver­sa­tion be­tween Holden Karnofsky and Aubrey de Grey

curiousepic5 Mar 2013 19:24 UTC
30 points
12 comments12 min readLW link

Me­taMed: Ev­i­dence-Based Healthcare

Eliezer Yudkowsky5 Mar 2013 13:16 UTC
112 points
193 comments6 min readLW link

Daimons

Douglas_Reay5 Mar 2013 11:58 UTC
−5 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Against Maturity

MinibearRex5 Mar 2013 6:06 UTC
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: In­finity, prob­a­bil­ity and disagreement

Alejandro15 Mar 2013 4:36 UTC
3 points
52 comments2 min readLW link

Meta De­ci­sion The­ory and New­comb’s Problem

wdmacaskill5 Mar 2013 1:29 UTC
10 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

March 2013 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsaris4 Mar 2013 22:35 UTC
7 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moun­tain View: Rough Numbers

fiddlemath4 Mar 2013 18:51 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The more priv­ileged lover

[deleted]4 Mar 2013 16:20 UTC
−26 points
112 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Good Ideal­is­tic Books are Rare

MinibearRex4 Mar 2013 5:08 UTC
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sur­plus split­ting strategy

KatjaGrace4 Mar 2013 1:08 UTC
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

In­duc­tion; or, the rules and eti­quette of refer­ence class tennis

paulfchristiano3 Mar 2013 23:27 UTC
11 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

Giv­ing in to small vices

[deleted]3 Mar 2013 20:46 UTC
10 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

Risks of Ge­netic Publicy

jefftk3 Mar 2013 17:30 UTC
10 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Berlin

blob3 Mar 2013 10:08 UTC
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley: Dun­geons & Discourse

Nisan3 Mar 2013 6:13 UTC
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Cyn­i­cal About Cynicism

MinibearRex3 Mar 2013 3:28 UTC
4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The VNM in­de­pen­dence ax­iom ig­nores the value of information

kilobug2 Mar 2013 14:36 UTC
15 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Well-writ­ten ar­ti­cle on the Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute and Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

ESRogs2 Mar 2013 12:36 UTC
25 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Video] Brain­washed—A Nor­we­gian doc­u­men­tary se­ries on na­ture and nurture

GLaDOS2 Mar 2013 12:34 UTC
18 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes March 2013

Jayson_Virissimo2 Mar 2013 10:45 UTC
12 points
343 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge First-Sun­day Meetup

jimrandomh1 Mar 2013 17:28 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Ber­lin, Cam­bridge UK, Durham, Frank­furt, Lon­don, NYC, Van­cou­ver, Wash­ing­ton DC

FrankAdamek1 Mar 2013 16:34 UTC
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive In­for­ma­tion Diet, Take the Challenge

diegocaleiro1 Mar 2013 14:51 UTC
4 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Pader­born Meetup March 6th

Just_existing1 Mar 2013 14:10 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Open Thread, March 1-15, 2013

Jayson_Virissimo1 Mar 2013 12:00 UTC
7 points
239 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge, UK LW Meetup [Read­ing Group, HAEFB-04]

Sohum1 Mar 2013 9:08 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On the good­ness of Beeminder

KatjaGrace1 Mar 2013 2:31 UTC
2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don Meetup, 10th March

philh1 Mar 2013 0:32 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­struc­tive math­e­math­ics and its dual

MrMind28 Feb 2013 17:21 UTC
18 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­ory FAQ

lukeprog28 Feb 2013 14:15 UTC
119 points
487 comments58 min readLW link

Seize the Max­i­mal Prob­a­bil­ity Moment

diegocaleiro28 Feb 2013 11:22 UTC
41 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] An Afri­can Folktale

MinibearRex28 Feb 2013 5:43 UTC
4 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Risk-aver­sion and in­vest­ment (for al­tru­ists)

paulfchristiano28 Feb 2013 3:44 UTC
27 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Fea­ture re­quest: Green glow for “con­tinue this thread”

NancyLebovitz27 Feb 2013 18:00 UTC
17 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Need some psy­chol­ogy advice

Kenoubi27 Feb 2013 17:03 UTC
10 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

[VIDEO] Harm re­duc­tion, hacker psychology

NancyLebovitz27 Feb 2013 15:50 UTC
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Idea: Self-Im­prov­ing Task Man­age­ment Software

rlp1027 Feb 2013 13:04 UTC
19 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Need help with an MLP fan­fic­tion with a tran­shu­man­ist theme.

Salivanth27 Feb 2013 11:57 UTC
15 points
74 comments4 min readLW link

Why might the fu­ture be good?

paulfchristiano27 Feb 2013 7:22 UTC
11 points
14 comments9 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] An Espe­cially Ele­gant Evpsych Experiment

MinibearRex27 Feb 2013 6:33 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—Nootropics

[deleted]27 Feb 2013 5:06 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

When should you give to mul­ti­ple char­i­ties?

jefftk27 Feb 2013 2:56 UTC
13 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Grace-Han­son Podcast

KatjaGrace27 Feb 2013 2:26 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Is the En­dow­ment Effect Real?

Matt_Simpson26 Feb 2013 22:47 UTC
14 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­po­nent of Desire

Shmi26 Feb 2013 18:01 UTC
12 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

How much do you value your cur­rent iden­tity vs. your life?

pinyaka26 Feb 2013 17:59 UTC
5 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Givewell Sur­vey—Op­por­tu­nity to in­fluence their research

Raemon26 Feb 2013 17:20 UTC
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Self-as­sess­ment in ex­pert AI predictions

Stuart_Armstrong26 Feb 2013 16:30 UTC
22 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : RTLW Thurs­day Meetup

therufs26 Feb 2013 16:23 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link