On Caring

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

2014 Less Wrong Cen­sus/​Survey

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

An­thropic sig­na­ture: strange anti-correlations

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

Maybe you want to max­imise pa­per­clips too

dougclowOct 30, 2014, 9:40 PM
70 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Cor­rigi­bil­ity (an FAI re­search sub­field)

So8resOct 20, 2014, 9:09 PM
52 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

Cross­ing the His­tory-Les­sons Threshold

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Oct 17, 2014, 12:17 AM
50 points
65 comments6 min readLW link

Fix­ing Mo­ral Hazards In Busi­ness Science

DavidLSOct 18, 2014, 9:10 PM
50 points
97 comments2 min readLW link

A Day Without Defaults

katydeeOct 20, 2014, 8:07 AM
49 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

How to write an aca­demic pa­per, ac­cord­ing to me

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 15, 2014, 12:29 PM
45 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

What false be­liefs have you held and why were you wrong?

PunoxysmOct 16, 2014, 5:58 PM
43 points
368 comments1 min readLW link

In the grim dark­ness of the far fu­ture there is only war con­tinued by other means

EneaszOct 21, 2014, 7:39 PM
39 points
48 comments4 min readLW link

“Solv­ing” self­ish­ness for UDT

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 27, 2014, 5:51 PM
39 points
52 comments8 min readLW link

Euro­pean Com­mu­nity Week­end 2015

LachouetteOct 19, 2014, 3:02 PM
34 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Ques­tions on Theism

AiyenOct 8, 2014, 9:02 PM
34 points
193 comments3 min readLW link

Con­trar­ian LW views and their eco­nomic implications

LarksOct 8, 2014, 11:48 PM
30 points
126 comments1 min readLW link

Wikipe­dia ar­ti­cles from the future

snarlesOct 29, 2014, 12:49 PM
30 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­pli­ca­tions of log­i­cal uncertainty

alex_zag_alOct 18, 2014, 7:26 PM
30 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

2014 Less Wrong Cen­sus/​Sur­vey—Call For Cri­tiques/​Questions

Scott AlexanderOct 11, 2014, 6:39 AM
29 points
274 comments1 min readLW link

Log­i­cal un­cer­tainty read­ing list

alex_zag_alOct 18, 2014, 7:16 PM
29 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Sols­tice 2014 - Kick­starter and Megameetup

RaemonOct 10, 2014, 5:55 PM
29 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Power and difficulty

undermindOct 22, 2014, 5:22 AM
28 points
50 comments4 min readLW link

Fight­ing Mosquitos

ChristianKlOct 16, 2014, 11:53 AM
28 points
74 comments1 min readLW link

Up­com­ing CFAR events: Lower-cost bay area in­tro work­shop; EU work­shops; and others

AnnaSalamonOct 2, 2014, 12:08 AM
28 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] An­i­mated Video—The Use­ful Idea of Truth (Part 1/​3)

Joshua_BlaineOct 4, 2014, 11:05 PM
27 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Effec­tive Altru­ist Profiles

togOct 3, 2014, 11:01 PM
27 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Five Planets In Search Of A Sci-Fi Story

Scott AlexanderOct 12, 2014, 6:08 AM
25 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Hap­piness Log­ging: One Year In

jefftkOct 9, 2014, 7:24 PM
25 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 7: De­ci­sive strate­gic advantage

KatjaGraceOct 28, 2014, 1:01 AM
24 points
60 comments6 min readLW link

What math is es­sen­tial to the art of ra­tio­nal­ity?

CaplaOct 15, 2014, 2:44 AM
23 points
63 comments1 min readLW link

Things to con­sider when op­ti­miz­ing: Sleep

[deleted]Oct 28, 2014, 5:26 PM
23 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] “The Prob­lem With Pos­i­tive Think­ing”

CronoDASOct 26, 2014, 6:50 AM
23 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics in Europe?

rolandOct 10, 2014, 2:58 PM
23 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

What sup­ple­ments do you take, if any?

NancyLebovitzOct 23, 2014, 12:36 PM
22 points
72 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions (10/​27/​2014)

drethelinOct 27, 2014, 9:27 PM
22 points
263 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 5: Forms of Superintelligence

KatjaGraceOct 14, 2014, 1:00 AM
22 points
114 comments5 min readLW link

One Year of Goodsearching

katydeeOct 21, 2014, 1:09 AM
21 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Black­mail, con­tinued: com­mu­nal black­mail, un­co­or­di­nated responses

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 22, 2014, 5:53 PM
20 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Al­co­holics Anony­mous: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

Scott AlexanderOct 26, 2014, 6:15 AM
19 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

ques­tion: the 40 hour work week vs Sili­con Valley?

Florian_DietzOct 24, 2014, 12:09 PM
18 points
108 comments1 min readLW link

Four things ev­ery com­mu­nity should do

Gunnar_ZarnckeOct 20, 2014, 5:24 PM
18 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

What is op­ti­miza­tion power, for­mally?

sbenthallOct 18, 2014, 6:37 PM
18 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Is this pa­per for­mally mod­el­ing hu­man (ir)ra­tio­nal de­ci­sion mak­ing worth un­der­stand­ing?

rule_and_lineOct 23, 2014, 10:11 PM
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Baysian conundrum

Jan_RzymkowskiOct 13, 2014, 12:39 AM
17 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

3-day Sols­tice in Leipzig, Ger­many: small, nice, very low cost, in­cludes ac­com­mo­da­tion, 19th-21st Dec

chaosmageOct 9, 2014, 4:38 PM
17 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Link: Elon Musk wants gov’t over­sight for AI

polymathwannabeOct 28, 2014, 2:15 AM
15 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Weird Alliances

sixes_and_sevensOct 24, 2014, 12:33 PM
15 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Ex­otic dis­asters are serious

polymathwannabeOct 6, 2014, 6:14 PM
15 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Pod­casts?

CaplaOct 25, 2014, 11:42 PM
15 points
31 comments2 min readLW link