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Maximizing Your Donations via a Job
Alexei
May 5, 2013, 11:19 PM
177
points
58
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Transhumanist Fables
Scott Alexander
May 28, 2013, 1:55 AM
129
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Post ridiculous munchkin ideas!
D_Malik
May 15, 2013, 10:27 PM
81
points
1,252
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Power of Pomodoros
elharo
May 14, 2013, 10:36 AM
75
points
46
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Muggle: Infinitesimal Priors and Strong Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 8, 2013, 12:43 AM
73
points
402
comments
26
min read
LW
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
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Robustness of Cost-Effectiveness Estimates and Philanthropy
JonahS
May 24, 2013, 8:28 PM
56
points
37
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Wikifying the blog list
Scott Alexander
May 10, 2013, 8:18 AM
50
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What do professional philosophers believe, and why?
Rob Bensinger
May 1, 2013, 2:40 PM
49
points
249
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Muggle (short version)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 5, 2013, 11:36 PM
48
points
53
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Problems with Academia and the Rising Sea
JonahS
May 23, 2013, 7:17 PM
46
points
39
comments
4
min read
LW
link
LW Women- Female privilege
daenerys
May 5, 2013, 1:58 AM
43
points
236
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Be Nice to Non-Rationalists
wobster109
May 7, 2013, 2:27 AM
43
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
10-Step Anti-Procrastination Checklist
JesseGalef
May 17, 2013, 1:59 AM
42
points
55
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LW Study Hall − 2 Month Update
Lachouette
May 12, 2013, 10:03 AM
40
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The autopilot problem: driving without experience
Stuart_Armstrong
May 13, 2013, 12:42 PM
37
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Being Foreign and Being Sane
fowlertm
May 25, 2013, 12:58 AM
35
points
42
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Research is polygamous! The importance of what you do needn’t be proportional to your awesomeness
diegocaleiro
May 26, 2013, 10:29 PM
35
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Proposed Adjustment to the Astronomical Waste Argument
Nick_Beckstead
May 27, 2013, 3:39 AM
35
points
38
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Googling is the first step. Consider adding scholarly searches to your arsenal.
Tenoke
May 7, 2013, 1:30 PM
31
points
46
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Preparing for a Rational Financial Planning Sequence
elharo
May 22, 2013, 11:48 AM
30
points
65
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Collecting expressions of interest in a rationality conference in August
purplerabbits
May 25, 2013, 10:58 AM
30
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Kevin Drum’s Article about AI and Technology
knb
May 15, 2013, 7:38 AM
29
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Epistemic and Instrumental Tradeoffs
katydee
May 19, 2013, 7:49 AM
29
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why is it rational to invest in retirement? I don’t get it.
diegocaleiro
May 16, 2013, 1:28 AM
28
points
114
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Catching Up With the Present From the Developing World
diegocaleiro
May 7, 2013, 12:59 PM
27
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Justifiable Erroneous Scientific Pessimism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 8, 2013, 8:37 PM
26
points
114
comments
1
min read
LW
link
To Inspire People to Give, Be Public About Your Giving
Peter Wildeford
May 17, 2013, 6:58 AM
24
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[link] Are All Dictator Game Results Artifacts?
Kaj_Sotala
May 23, 2013, 7:08 AM
24
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Developmental Thinking Shout-out to CFAR
MarkL
May 3, 2013, 1:46 AM
24
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Orwell and fictional evidence for dictatorship stability
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2013, 12:19 PM
24
points
77
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Maximizing Financial Utility and Frugality
Petruchio
May 23, 2013, 3:55 PM
23
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Estimates vs. head-to-head comparisons
paulfchristiano
May 4, 2013, 6:45 AM
23
points
30
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Keeping Choices Donation Neutral
jefftk
May 11, 2013, 12:58 PM
23
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] More Right launched
mstevens
May 5, 2013, 3:51 PM
22
points
105
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using Evolution for Marriage or Sex
diegocaleiro
May 6, 2013, 5:34 AM
21
points
149
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[TED Talk] Peter Singer on Effective Altruism
Peter Wildeford
May 21, 2013, 4:06 AM
21
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mortal: A Transponyist Fanfiction
ModusPonies
May 1, 2013, 1:23 AM
21
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Education control?
PhilGoetz
May 17, 2013, 4:32 PM
21
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Bets do not (necessarily) reveal beliefs
Cyan
May 27, 2013, 8:13 PM
20
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Unlimited Pomodoro Works: My Scheduling System
Intrism
May 13, 2013, 12:36 AM
19
points
26
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Antijargon Project
jefftk
May 5, 2013, 5:26 PM
19
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Build a Community
Peter Wildeford
May 15, 2013, 5:43 AM
19
points
229
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Seeking reliable evidence—claim that closing sweatshops leads to child prostitution
[deleted]
May 4, 2013, 2:51 AM
19
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Finding interesting communities
Error
May 30, 2013, 3:31 PM
19
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mathematicians and the Prevention of Recessions
JonahS
May 25, 2013, 4:12 AM
17
points
132
comments
5
min read
LW
link
“disfluency” research
Jonathan_Graehl
May 30, 2013, 9:33 PM
17
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Be a little bit more trusting than most people think sensible
purplerabbits
May 25, 2013, 10:31 AM
15
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
General intelligence test: no domains of stupidity
Stuart_Armstrong
May 21, 2013, 4:04 PM
15
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Potential Impacts of Climate Change
JonahS
May 22, 2013, 7:22 AM
14
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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