Max­i­miz­ing Your Dona­tions via a Job

AlexeiMay 5, 2013, 11:19 PM
177 points
58 comments22 min readLW link

Tran­shu­man­ist Fables

Scott AlexanderMay 28, 2013, 1:55 AM
129 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Post ridicu­lous munchkin ideas!

D_MalikMay 15, 2013, 10:27 PM
81 points
1,252 comments1 min readLW link

The Power of Pomodoros

elharoMay 14, 2013, 10:36 AM
75 points
46 comments3 min readLW link

Pas­cal’s Mug­gle: In­finites­i­mal Pri­ors and Strong Evidence

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 8, 2013, 12:43 AM
73 points
402 comments26 min readLW link

The Cen­tre for Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity: a year later from a (some­what) out­side per­spec­tive

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) May 27, 2013, 6:31 PM
65 points
102 comments5 min readLW link

Ro­bust­ness of Cost-Effec­tive­ness Es­ti­mates and Philanthropy

JonahSMay 24, 2013, 8:28 PM
56 points
37 comments6 min readLW link

Wik­ify­ing the blog list

Scott AlexanderMay 10, 2013, 8:18 AM
50 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

What do pro­fes­sional philoso­phers be­lieve, and why?

Rob BensingerMay 1, 2013, 2:40 PM
49 points
249 comments5 min readLW link

Pas­cal’s Mug­gle (short ver­sion)

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 5, 2013, 11:36 PM
48 points
53 comments11 min readLW link

Prob­lems with Academia and the Ris­ing Sea

JonahSMay 23, 2013, 7:17 PM
46 points
39 comments4 min readLW link

LW Women- Fe­male privilege

daenerysMay 5, 2013, 1:58 AM
43 points
236 comments4 min readLW link

Be Nice to Non-Rationalists

wobster109May 7, 2013, 2:27 AM
43 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

10-Step Anti-Pro­cras­ti­na­tion Checklist

JesseGalefMay 17, 2013, 1:59 AM
42 points
55 comments2 min readLW link

LW Study Hall − 2 Month Update

LachouetteMay 12, 2013, 10:03 AM
40 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

The au­topi­lot prob­lem: driv­ing with­out experience

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 13, 2013, 12:42 PM
37 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Be­ing For­eign and Be­ing Sane

fowlertmMay 25, 2013, 12:58 AM
35 points
42 comments7 min readLW link

Re­search is polyg­a­mous! The im­por­tance of what you do needn’t be pro­por­tional to your awe­some­ness

diegocaleiroMay 26, 2013, 10:29 PM
35 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

A Pro­posed Ad­just­ment to the Astro­nom­i­cal Waste Argument

Nick_BecksteadMay 27, 2013, 3:39 AM
35 points
38 comments12 min readLW link

Googling is the first step. Con­sider adding schol­arly searches to your ar­se­nal.

TenokeMay 7, 2013, 1:30 PM
31 points
46 comments4 min readLW link

Prepar­ing for a Ra­tional Fi­nan­cial Plan­ning Sequence

elharoMay 22, 2013, 11:48 AM
30 points
65 comments3 min readLW link

Col­lect­ing ex­pres­sions of in­ter­est in a ra­tio­nal­ity con­fer­ence in August

purplerabbitsMay 25, 2013, 10:58 AM
30 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Kevin Drum’s Ar­ti­cle about AI and Technology

knbMay 15, 2013, 7:38 AM
29 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Epistemic and In­stru­men­tal Tradeoffs

katydeeMay 19, 2013, 7:49 AM
29 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Why is it ra­tio­nal to in­vest in re­tire­ment? I don’t get it.

diegocaleiroMay 16, 2013, 1:28 AM
28 points
114 comments1 min readLW link

Catch­ing Up With the Pre­sent From the Devel­op­ing World

diegocaleiroMay 7, 2013, 12:59 PM
27 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Jus­tifi­able Er­ro­neous Scien­tific Pessimism

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 8, 2013, 8:37 PM
26 points
114 comments1 min readLW link

To In­spire Peo­ple to Give, Be Public About Your Giving

Peter WildefordMay 17, 2013, 6:58 AM
24 points
15 comments6 min readLW link

[link] Are All Dic­ta­tor Game Re­sults Ar­ti­facts?

Kaj_SotalaMay 23, 2013, 7:08 AM
24 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Devel­op­men­tal Think­ing Shout-out to CFAR

MarkLMay 3, 2013, 1:46 AM
24 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Or­well and fic­tional ev­i­dence for dic­ta­tor­ship stability

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2013, 12:19 PM
24 points
77 comments2 min readLW link

Max­i­miz­ing Fi­nan­cial Utility and Frugality

PetruchioMay 23, 2013, 3:55 PM
23 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Es­ti­mates vs. head-to-head comparisons

paulfchristianoMay 4, 2013, 6:45 AM
23 points
30 comments6 min readLW link

Keep­ing Choices Dona­tion Neutral

jefftkMay 11, 2013, 12:58 PM
23 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] More Right launched

mstevensMay 5, 2013, 3:51 PM
22 points
105 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing Evolu­tion for Mar­riage or Sex

diegocaleiroMay 6, 2013, 5:34 AM
21 points
149 comments13 min readLW link

[TED Talk] Peter Singer on Effec­tive Altruism

Peter WildefordMay 21, 2013, 4:06 AM
21 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Mor­tal: A Transpony­ist Fanfiction

ModusPoniesMay 1, 2013, 1:23 AM
21 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tion con­trol?

PhilGoetzMay 17, 2013, 4:32 PM
21 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] Bets do not (nec­es­sar­ily) re­veal beliefs

CyanMay 27, 2013, 8:13 PM
20 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Un­limited Po­modoro Works: My Schedul­ing System

IntrismMay 13, 2013, 12:36 AM
19 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

An­ti­jar­gon Project

jefftkMay 5, 2013, 5:26 PM
19 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

How to Build a Community

Peter WildefordMay 15, 2013, 5:43 AM
19 points
229 comments8 min readLW link

Seek­ing re­li­able ev­i­dence—claim that clos­ing sweat­shops leads to child prostitution

[deleted]May 4, 2013, 2:51 AM
19 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Find­ing in­ter­est­ing communities

ErrorMay 30, 2013, 3:31 PM
19 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Math­e­mat­i­ci­ans and the Preven­tion of Recessions

JonahSMay 25, 2013, 4:12 AM
17 points
132 comments5 min readLW link

“dis­fluency” research

Jonathan_GraehlMay 30, 2013, 9:33 PM
17 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Be a lit­tle bit more trust­ing than most peo­ple think sensible

purplerabbitsMay 25, 2013, 10:31 AM
15 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Gen­eral in­tel­li­gence test: no do­mains of stupidity

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 21, 2013, 4:04 PM
15 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial Im­pacts of Cli­mate Change

JonahSMay 22, 2013, 7:22 AM
14 points
44 comments4 min readLW link