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Why the tails come apart
Thrasymachus
1 Aug 2014 22:41 UTC
324
points
102
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Tell Culture
LoganStrohl
18 Jan 2014 20:13 UTC
264
points
229
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Lifestyle interventions to increase longevity
RomeoStevens
28 Feb 2014 6:28 UTC
261
points
386
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Dark Arts of Rationality
So8res
19 Jan 2014 2:47 UTC
258
points
193
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Roles are Martial Arts for Agency
Eneasz
8 Aug 2014 3:53 UTC
238
points
59
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On Caring
So8res
15 Oct 2014 1:59 UTC
238
points
276
comments
10
min read
LW
link
On saving the world
So8res
30 Jan 2014 20:00 UTC
230
points
171
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Simulate and Defer To More Rational Selves
LoganStrohl
17 Sep 2014 18:11 UTC
215
points
114
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The mechanics of my recent productivity
So8res
9 Jan 2014 2:30 UTC
200
points
47
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Meditations On Moloch
Scott Alexander
30 Jul 2014 4:00 UTC
187
points
10
comments
47
min read
LW
link
[moderator action] Eugine_Nier is now banned for mass downvote harassment
Kaj_Sotala
3 Jul 2014 12:04 UTC
160
points
369
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We Haven’t Uploaded Worms
jefftk
27 Dec 2014 11:44 UTC
156
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity
gothgirl420666
16 Jan 2014 6:35 UTC
149
points
94
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimal Exercise
RomeoStevens
10 Mar 2014 3:37 UTC
147
points
148
comments
9
min read
LW
link
You have a set amount of “weirdness points”. Spend them wisely.
Peter Wildeford
27 Nov 2014 21:09 UTC
127
points
98
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Strategic choice of identity
Vika
8 Mar 2014 16:27 UTC
124
points
58
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey
Scott Alexander
26 Oct 2014 18:05 UTC
116
points
728
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2013 Survey Results
Scott Alexander
19 Jan 2014 2:51 UTC
112
points
560
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Willpower Depletion vs Willpower Distraction
Academian
15 Jun 2014 18:29 UTC
109
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
On Terminal Goals and Virtue Ethics
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
18 Jun 2014 4:00 UTC
107
points
207
comments
4
min read
LW
link
First(?) Rationalist elected to state government
Eneasz
7 Nov 2014 2:30 UTC
107
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Handshakes, Hi, and What’s New: What’s Going On With Small Talk?
Benquo
2 Jan 2014 22:08 UTC
106
points
79
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Rationalists Are Less Credulous But Better At Taking Ideas Seriously
Scott Alexander
21 Jan 2014 2:18 UTC
104
points
287
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Political Skills which Increase Income
Xodarap
2 Mar 2014 17:56 UTC
103
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A Dialogue On Doublethink
LoganStrohl
11 May 2014 19:38 UTC
103
points
108
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Deregulating Distraction, Moving Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping
So8res
12 Jan 2014 3:21 UTC
102
points
25
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Goal retention discussion with Eliezer
Max Tegmark
4 Sep 2014 22:23 UTC
98
points
26
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories
Scott Alexander
21 Nov 2014 14:34 UTC
97
points
9
comments
18
min read
LW
link
2014 iterated prisoner’s dilemma tournament results
tetronian2
30 Sep 2014 21:23 UTC
95
points
57
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Sequence announcement] Introduction to Mechanism Design
badger
30 Apr 2014 16:21 UTC
95
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
CFAR in 2014: Continuing to climb out of the startup pit, heading toward a full prototype
AnnaSalamon
26 Dec 2014 15:33 UTC
92
points
61
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Six Plausible Meta-Ethical Alternatives
Wei Dai
6 Aug 2014 0:04 UTC
90
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Habitual Productivity
So8res
9 Jan 2014 6:44 UTC
89
points
36
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Try more things.
whales
12 Jan 2014 1:25 UTC
88
points
20
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Is the potential astronomical waste in our universe too small to care about?
Wei Dai
21 Oct 2014 8:44 UTC
88
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ethnic Tension And Meaningless Arguments
Scott Alexander
5 Nov 2014 3:38 UTC
87
points
8
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Anthropic signature: strange anti-correlations
Stuart_Armstrong
21 Oct 2014 16:59 UTC
86
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Newcomblike problems are the norm
So8res
24 Sep 2014 18:41 UTC
84
points
111
comments
8
min read
LW
link
In Favor of Niceness, Community, and Civilization
Scott Alexander
23 Feb 2014 22:24 UTC
84
points
9
comments
20
min read
LW
link
A discussion of heroic responsibility
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
29 Oct 2014 4:22 UTC
83
points
216
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Siren worlds and the perils of over-optimised search
Stuart_Armstrong
7 Apr 2014 11:00 UTC
83
points
418
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Moving on from Cognito Mentoring
VipulNaik
16 May 2014 22:42 UTC
82
points
17
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Bridge Collapse: Reductionism as Engineering Problem
Rob Bensinger
18 Feb 2014 22:03 UTC
81
points
62
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Botworld: a cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents embedded in their environment
So8res
12 Apr 2014 0:56 UTC
80
points
54
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Future of Humanity Institute could make use of your money
danieldewey
26 Sep 2014 22:53 UTC
78
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s sidekick?
RobertWiblin
5 Dec 2014 1:09 UTC
78
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Octopus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale
Stuart_Armstrong
3 Sep 2014 21:37 UTC
76
points
236
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Harper’s Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum
gwern
12 Dec 2014 20:34 UTC
76
points
154
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Even Odds
Scott Garrabrant
12 Jan 2014 7:24 UTC
76
points
47
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self-Congratulatory Rationalism
ChrisHallquist
1 Mar 2014 8:52 UTC
75
points
395
comments
10
min read
LW
link
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