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On Caring
So8res
15 Oct 2014 1:59 UTC
238
points
276
comments
10
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
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
Anthropic signature: strange anti-correlations
Stuart_Armstrong
21 Oct 2014 16:59 UTC
86
points
26
comments
1
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
Maybe you want to maximise paperclips too
dougclow
30 Oct 2014 21:40 UTC
70
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Introducing Corrigibility (an FAI research subfield)
So8res
20 Oct 2014 21:09 UTC
52
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Crossing the History-Lessons Threshold
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
17 Oct 2014 0:17 UTC
50
points
65
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Fixing Moral Hazards In Business Science
DavidLS
18 Oct 2014 21:10 UTC
50
points
97
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Day Without Defaults
katydee
20 Oct 2014 8:07 UTC
49
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to write an academic paper, according to me
Stuart_Armstrong
15 Oct 2014 12:29 UTC
45
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What false beliefs have you held and why were you wrong?
Punoxysm
16 Oct 2014 17:58 UTC
43
points
368
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Solving” selfishness for UDT
Stuart_Armstrong
27 Oct 2014 17:51 UTC
39
points
52
comments
8
min read
LW
link
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war continued by other means
Eneasz
21 Oct 2014 19:39 UTC
39
points
48
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Questions on Theism
Aiyen
8 Oct 2014 21:02 UTC
34
points
192
comments
3
min read
LW
link
European Community Weekend 2015
Lachouette
19 Oct 2014 15:02 UTC
34
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Contrarian LW views and their economic implications
Larks
8 Oct 2014 23:48 UTC
30
points
126
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wikipedia articles from the future
snarles
29 Oct 2014 12:49 UTC
30
points
86
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Applications of logical uncertainty
alex_zag_al
18 Oct 2014 19:26 UTC
30
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Logical uncertainty reading list
alex_zag_al
18 Oct 2014 19:16 UTC
29
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey—Call For Critiques/Questions
Scott Alexander
11 Oct 2014 6:39 UTC
29
points
274
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solstice 2014 - Kickstarter and Megameetup
Raemon
10 Oct 2014 17:55 UTC
29
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Fighting Mosquitos
ChristianKl
16 Oct 2014 11:53 UTC
28
points
74
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Power and difficulty
undermind
22 Oct 2014 5:22 UTC
28
points
50
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Upcoming CFAR events: Lower-cost bay area intro workshop; EU workshops; and others
AnnaSalamon
2 Oct 2014 0:08 UTC
28
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Animated Video—The Useful Idea of Truth (Part 1/3)
Joshua_Blaine
4 Oct 2014 23:05 UTC
27
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introducing Effective Altruist Profiles
tog
3 Oct 2014 23:01 UTC
27
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Happiness Logging: One Year In
jefftk
9 Oct 2014 19:24 UTC
25
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Five Planets In Search Of A Sci-Fi Story
Scott Alexander
12 Oct 2014 6:08 UTC
24
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
What math is essential to the art of rationality?
Capla
15 Oct 2014 2:44 UTC
23
points
63
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Things to consider when optimizing: Sleep
[deleted]
28 Oct 2014 17:26 UTC
23
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] “The Problem With Positive Thinking”
CronoDAS
26 Oct 2014 6:50 UTC
23
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cryonics in Europe?
roland
10 Oct 2014 14:58 UTC
23
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions (10/27/2014)
drethelin
27 Oct 2014 21:27 UTC
22
points
263
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 5: Forms of Superintelligence
KatjaGrace
14 Oct 2014 1:00 UTC
22
points
114
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What supplements do you take, if any?
NancyLebovitz
23 Oct 2014 12:36 UTC
21
points
72
comments
1
min read
LW
link
One Year of Goodsearching
katydee
21 Oct 2014 1:09 UTC
21
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Blackmail, continued: communal blackmail, uncoordinated responses
Stuart_Armstrong
22 Oct 2014 17:53 UTC
20
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 7: Decisive strategic advantage
KatjaGrace
28 Oct 2014 1:01 UTC
19
points
60
comments
6
min read
LW
link
question: the 40 hour work week vs Silicon Valley?
Florian_Dietz
24 Oct 2014 12:09 UTC
18
points
108
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alcoholics Anonymous: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
Scott Alexander
26 Oct 2014 6:15 UTC
18
points
0
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Four things every community should do
Gunnar_Zarncke
20 Oct 2014 17:24 UTC
18
points
46
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What is optimization power, formally?
sbenthall
18 Oct 2014 18:37 UTC
18
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is this paper formally modeling human (ir)rational decision making worth understanding?
rule_and_line
23 Oct 2014 22:11 UTC
17
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Baysian conundrum
Jan_Rzymkowski
13 Oct 2014 0:39 UTC
17
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
3-day Solstice in Leipzig, Germany: small, nice, very low cost, includes accommodation, 19th-21st Dec
chaosmage
9 Oct 2014 16:38 UTC
17
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Link: Elon Musk wants gov’t oversight for AI
polymathwannabe
28 Oct 2014 2:15 UTC
15
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: Exotic disasters are serious
polymathwannabe
6 Oct 2014 18:14 UTC
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Podcasts?
Capla
25 Oct 2014 23:42 UTC
15
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Introducing an EA Donation Registry, covering existential risk donors
tog
21 Oct 2014 14:10 UTC
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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