Why the tails come apart

ThrasymachusAug 1, 2014, 10:41 PM
328 points
102 comments7 min readLW link

Tell Culture

LoganStrohlJan 18, 2014, 8:13 PM
268 points
229 comments3 min readLW link

Lifestyle in­ter­ven­tions to in­crease longevity

RomeoStevensFeb 28, 2014, 6:28 AM
266 points
387 comments12 min readLW link

Dark Arts of Rationality

So8resJan 19, 2014, 2:47 AM
261 points
193 comments18 min readLW link

On Caring

So8resOct 15, 2014, 1:59 AM
246 points
276 comments10 min readLW link

Roles are Mar­tial Arts for Agency

EneaszAug 8, 2014, 3:53 AM
241 points
59 comments3 min readLW link

On sav­ing the world

So8resJan 30, 2014, 8:00 PM
230 points
171 comments16 min readLW link

Si­mu­late and Defer To More Ra­tional Selves

LoganStrohlSep 17, 2014, 6:11 PM
216 points
114 comments5 min readLW link

The me­chan­ics of my re­cent productivity

So8resJan 9, 2014, 2:30 AM
202 points
47 comments9 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions On Moloch

Scott AlexanderJul 30, 2014, 4:00 AM
196 points
10 comments47 min readLW link

[mod­er­a­tor ac­tion] Eug­ine_Nier is now banned for mass down­vote harassment

Kaj_SotalaJul 3, 2014, 12:04 PM
160 points
369 comments2 min readLW link

We Haven’t Uploaded Worms

jefftkDec 27, 2014, 11:44 AM
156 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal Exercise

RomeoStevensMar 10, 2014, 3:37 AM
150 points
148 comments9 min readLW link

Dangers of steel­man­ning /​ prin­ci­ple of charity

gothgirl420666Jan 16, 2014, 6:35 AM
149 points
94 comments2 min readLW link

Strate­gic choice of identity

VikaMar 8, 2014, 4:27 PM
124 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

You have a set amount of “weird­ness points”. Spend them wisely.

Peter WildefordNov 27, 2014, 9:09 PM
123 points
98 comments3 min readLW link

2014 Less Wrong Cen­sus/​Survey

Scott AlexanderOct 26, 2014, 6:05 PM
116 points
728 comments1 min readLW link

2013 Sur­vey Results

Scott AlexanderJan 19, 2014, 2:51 AM
112 points
560 comments19 min readLW link

Willpower De­ple­tion vs Willpower Distraction

AcademianJun 15, 2014, 6:29 PM
110 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ists Are Less Cre­d­u­lous But Bet­ter At Tak­ing Ideas Seriously

Scott AlexanderJan 21, 2014, 2:18 AM
108 points
287 comments3 min readLW link

First(?) Ra­tion­al­ist elected to state government

EneaszNov 7, 2014, 2:30 AM
108 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

On Ter­mi­nal Goals and Virtue Ethics

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jun 18, 2014, 4:00 AM
107 points
207 comments4 min readLW link

Hand­shakes, Hi, and What’s New: What’s Go­ing On With Small Talk?

BenquoJan 2, 2014, 10:08 PM
107 points
79 comments5 min readLW link

The Cat­e­gories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories

Scott AlexanderNov 21, 2014, 2:34 PM
104 points
9 comments18 min readLW link

Poli­ti­cal Skills which In­crease Income

XodarapMar 2, 2014, 5:56 PM
103 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

A Dialogue On Doublethink

LoganStrohlMay 11, 2014, 7:38 PM
103 points
108 comments11 min readLW link

Dereg­u­lat­ing Dis­trac­tion, Mov­ing Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping

So8resJan 12, 2014, 3:21 AM
102 points
25 comments8 min readLW link

Goal re­ten­tion dis­cus­sion with Eliezer

Max TegmarkSep 4, 2014, 10:23 PM
98 points
26 comments6 min readLW link

[Se­quence an­nounce­ment] In­tro­duc­tion to Mechanism Design

badgerApr 30, 2014, 4:21 PM
95 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

2014 iter­ated pris­oner’s dilemma tour­na­ment results

tetronian2Sep 30, 2014, 9:23 PM
95 points
57 comments6 min readLW link

Eth­nic Ten­sion And Mean­ingless Arguments

Scott AlexanderNov 5, 2014, 3:38 AM
93 points
8 comments22 min readLW link

Six Plau­si­ble Meta-Eth­i­cal Alternatives

Wei DaiAug 6, 2014, 12:04 AM
92 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

CFAR in 2014: Con­tin­u­ing to climb out of the startup pit, head­ing to­ward a full prototype

AnnaSalamonDec 26, 2014, 3:33 PM
92 points
61 comments15 min readLW link

Is the po­ten­tial as­tro­nom­i­cal waste in our uni­verse too small to care about?

Wei DaiOct 21, 2014, 8:44 AM
91 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Ha­bit­ual Productivity

So8resJan 9, 2014, 6:44 AM
90 points
36 comments6 min readLW link

Try more things.

whalesJan 12, 2014, 1:25 AM
88 points
20 comments7 min readLW link

An­thropic sig­na­ture: strange anti-correlations

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 21, 2014, 4:59 PM
86 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

In Fa­vor of Nice­ness, Com­mu­nity, and Civilization

Scott AlexanderFeb 23, 2014, 10:24 PM
84 points
9 comments20 min readLW link

Siren wor­lds and the per­ils of over-op­ti­mised search

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 7, 2014, 11:00 AM
83 points
418 comments7 min readLW link

New­comblike prob­lems are the norm

So8resSep 24, 2014, 6:41 PM
83 points
111 comments8 min readLW link

A dis­cus­sion of heroic responsibility

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Oct 29, 2014, 4:22 AM
83 points
216 comments7 min readLW link

Mov­ing on from Cog­nito Mentoring

VipulNaikMay 16, 2014, 10:42 PM
82 points
17 comments7 min readLW link

Bridge Col­lapse: Re­duc­tion­ism as Eng­ineer­ing Problem

Rob BensingerFeb 18, 2014, 10:03 PM
81 points
62 comments15 min readLW link

Bot­world: a cel­lu­lar au­toma­ton for study­ing self-mod­ify­ing agents em­bed­ded in their environment

So8resApr 12, 2014, 12:56 AM
80 points
54 comments7 min readLW link

Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s side­kick?

RobertWiblinDec 5, 2014, 1:09 AM
78 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

The Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute could make use of your money

danieldeweySep 26, 2014, 10:53 PM
78 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Even Odds

Scott GarrabrantJan 12, 2014, 7:24 AM
77 points
48 comments3 min readLW link

The Oc­to­pus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 3, 2014, 9:37 PM
76 points
236 comments3 min readLW link

Harper’s Magaz­ine ar­ti­cle on LW/​MIRI/​CFAR and Ethereum

gwernDec 12, 2014, 8:34 PM
76 points
154 comments14 min readLW link

Self-Con­grat­u­la­tory Rationalism

ChrisHallquistMar 1, 2014, 8:52 AM
75 points
395 comments10 min readLW link