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Maximizing Your Donations via a Job
Alexei
5 May 2013 23:19 UTC
177
points
58
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Transhumanist Fables
Scott Alexander
28 May 2013 1:55 UTC
124
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Post ridiculous munchkin ideas!
D_Malik
15 May 2013 22:27 UTC
80
points
1,252
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Power of Pomodoros
elharo
14 May 2013 10:36 UTC
75
points
46
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Muggle: Infinitesimal Priors and Strong Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 May 2013 0:43 UTC
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)
27 May 2013 18:31 UTC
65
points
102
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Robustness of Cost-Effectiveness Estimates and Philanthropy
JonahS
24 May 2013 20:28 UTC
56
points
37
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Wikifying the blog list
Scott Alexander
10 May 2013 8:18 UTC
50
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What do professional philosophers believe, and why?
Rob Bensinger
1 May 2013 14:40 UTC
49
points
249
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Muggle (short version)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5 May 2013 23:36 UTC
48
points
53
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Problems with Academia and the Rising Sea
JonahS
23 May 2013 19:17 UTC
46
points
39
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Be Nice to Non-Rationalists
wobster109
7 May 2013 2:27 UTC
43
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
10-Step Anti-Procrastination Checklist
JesseGalef
17 May 2013 1:59 UTC
42
points
55
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LW Women- Female privilege
daenerys
5 May 2013 1:58 UTC
42
points
236
comments
4
min read
LW
link
LW Study Hall − 2 Month Update
Lachouette
12 May 2013 10:03 UTC
40
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The autopilot problem: driving without experience
Stuart_Armstrong
13 May 2013 12:42 UTC
37
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Being Foreign and Being Sane
fowlertm
25 May 2013 0:58 UTC
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
26 May 2013 22:29 UTC
35
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Proposed Adjustment to the Astronomical Waste Argument
Nick_Beckstead
27 May 2013 3:39 UTC
35
points
38
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Googling is the first step. Consider adding scholarly searches to your arsenal.
Tenoke
7 May 2013 13:30 UTC
30
points
46
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Collecting expressions of interest in a rationality conference in August
purplerabbits
25 May 2013 10:58 UTC
30
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Preparing for a Rational Financial Planning Sequence
elharo
22 May 2013 11:48 UTC
29
points
65
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Kevin Drum’s Article about AI and Technology
knb
15 May 2013 7:38 UTC
29
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Epistemic and Instrumental Tradeoffs
katydee
19 May 2013 7:49 UTC
29
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why is it rational to invest in retirement? I don’t get it.
diegocaleiro
16 May 2013 1:28 UTC
28
points
114
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Catching Up With the Present From the Developing World
diegocaleiro
7 May 2013 12:59 UTC
27
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Justifiable Erroneous Scientific Pessimism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 May 2013 20:37 UTC
26
points
114
comments
1
min read
LW
link
To Inspire People to Give, Be Public About Your Giving
Peter Wildeford
17 May 2013 6:58 UTC
24
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[link] Are All Dictator Game Results Artifacts?
Kaj_Sotala
23 May 2013 7:08 UTC
24
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Developmental Thinking Shout-out to CFAR
MarkL
3 May 2013 1:46 UTC
24
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Orwell and fictional evidence for dictatorship stability
Stuart_Armstrong
24 May 2013 12:19 UTC
24
points
77
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Maximizing Financial Utility and Frugality
Petruchio
23 May 2013 15:55 UTC
23
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Estimates vs. head-to-head comparisons
paulfchristiano
4 May 2013 6:45 UTC
23
points
30
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Keeping Choices Donation Neutral
jefftk
11 May 2013 12:58 UTC
23
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] More Right launched
mstevens
5 May 2013 15:51 UTC
22
points
105
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using Evolution for Marriage or Sex
diegocaleiro
6 May 2013 5:34 UTC
22
points
149
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[TED Talk] Peter Singer on Effective Altruism
Peter Wildeford
21 May 2013 4:06 UTC
21
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mortal: A Transponyist Fanfiction
ModusPonies
1 May 2013 1:23 UTC
21
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Education control?
PhilGoetz
17 May 2013 16:32 UTC
21
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Bets do not (necessarily) reveal beliefs
Cyan
27 May 2013 20:13 UTC
20
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Unlimited Pomodoro Works: My Scheduling System
Intrism
13 May 2013 0:36 UTC
19
points
26
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Antijargon Project
jefftk
5 May 2013 17:26 UTC
19
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Build a Community
Peter Wildeford
15 May 2013 5:43 UTC
19
points
229
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Seeking reliable evidence—claim that closing sweatshops leads to child prostitution
[deleted]
4 May 2013 2:51 UTC
19
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Finding interesting communities
Error
30 May 2013 15:31 UTC
19
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mathematicians and the Prevention of Recessions
JonahS
25 May 2013 4:12 UTC
17
points
132
comments
5
min read
LW
link
“disfluency” research
Jonathan_Graehl
30 May 2013 21:33 UTC
17
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Be a little bit more trusting than most people think sensible
purplerabbits
25 May 2013 10:31 UTC
15
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
General intelligence test: no domains of stupidity
Stuart_Armstrong
21 May 2013 16:04 UTC
15
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Potential Impacts of Climate Change
JonahS
22 May 2013 7:22 UTC
14
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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