Euro­pean Com­mu­nity Week­end in Ber­lin Im­pres­sions Thread

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 13, 2014, 8:33 PM
14 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Be­ware tech­nolog­i­cal won­der­land, or, why text will dom­i­nate the fu­ture of com­mu­ni­ca­tion and the Internet

VipulNaikApr 13, 2014, 5:34 PM
20 points
24 comments12 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Aus­tralia Mega-Meetup

RubyApr 13, 2014, 11:23 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesi­anism and Fallibilism

DeeElfApr 13, 2014, 8:05 AM
−15 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Fal­li­bil­ism and Bayesianism

DeeElfApr 13, 2014, 7:06 AM
0 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Buf­falo LW—Thurs­day Meetup

StonesOnCanvasApr 13, 2014, 12:21 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing GiveWell as a startup idea based on Paul Gra­ham’s philosophy

VipulNaikApr 12, 2014, 2:04 PM
25 points
4 comments18 min readLW link

How rele­vant are the les­sons from Megamis­takes to fore­cast­ing to­day?

VipulNaikApr 12, 2014, 4:53 AM
13 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

Quote dump for “megamis­takes”

VipulNaikApr 12, 2014, 4:53 AM
2 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup : Christchurch, NZ Inau­gu­ral Meetup

free_ripApr 12, 2014, 2:37 AM
5 points
9 comments1 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

Sup­ply, de­mand, and tech­nolog­i­cal progress: how might the fu­ture un­fold? Should we be­lieve in run­away ex­po­nen­tial growth?

VipulNaikApr 11, 2014, 7:07 PM
22 points
57 comments15 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekApr 11, 2014, 4:09 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup: Philadelphia, April 12, 1PM

NancyLebovitzApr 11, 2014, 8:24 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Phoenix/​ASU Less Wrong

Danny_HintzeApr 10, 2014, 5:39 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign Scan­tily At­tended Mee­tups Rerun

MestroyerApr 10, 2014, 5:06 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC Games meetup

rocurleyApr 10, 2014, 4:35 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Ot­tawa meetup

amacfieApr 10, 2014, 1:25 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bleg: Read and learn, or be­come an ac­tivist?

VipulNaikApr 9, 2014, 9:39 PM
7 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

The value of the on­line hive mind

VipulNaikApr 9, 2014, 4:52 PM
6 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : So­cial­is­ing in the Sun, Lon­don 13/​04

TenokeApr 9, 2014, 4:22 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

How much does where you go to col­lege af­fect earn­ings?

JonahSApr 9, 2014, 7:50 AM
7 points
45 comments9 min readLW link

Schel­ling Day 2.0

Ben_LandauTaylorApr 9, 2014, 6:58 AM
20 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Recom­men­da­tions for donat­ing to an anti-death cause

fowlertmApr 9, 2014, 2:56 AM
26 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

The failed simu­la­tion effect and its im­pli­ca­tions for the op­ti­miza­tion of ex­tracur­ricu­lar activities

VipulNaikApr 8, 2014, 7:27 PM
18 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Google vs Wikipe­dia, for-profit vs not-for-profit

SchmooApr 8, 2014, 2:42 PM
−3 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

Open Thread April 8 - April 14 2014

TenokeApr 8, 2014, 11:11 AM
6 points
245 comments1 min readLW link

Be com­fortable with hypocrisy

The_DuckApr 8, 2014, 10:03 AM
67 points
80 comments2 min readLW link

Solomonoff in­duc­tion on a ran­dom string

christopherjApr 8, 2014, 5:30 AM
2 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

HPMOR hy­poth­e­sis: Harry will use Time­less De­ci­sion The­ory to re­solve some of the time-turner paradoxes

PunoxysmApr 8, 2014, 3:38 AM
−13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

A sum­mary and broad points of agree­ment and dis­agree­ment with Cal New­port’s book on high school extracurriculars

VipulNaikApr 8, 2014, 1:55 AM
16 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Con­tro­versy—Healthy or Harm­ful?

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 7, 2014, 10:03 PM
4 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes April 2014

elharoApr 7, 2014, 5:25 PM
15 points
659 comments1 min readLW link

Pol­ling Thread

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 7, 2014, 3:13 PM
7 points
67 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Utrecht: Be­havi­oural eco­nomics, game the­ory...

SoerenMindApr 7, 2014, 1:54 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Case For Free Will or Why LessWrong must com­mit to self determination

TroshenApr 7, 2014, 12:07 PM
−32 points
15 comments4 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

AI risk, ex­ec­u­tive summary

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 7, 2014, 10:33 AM
22 points
51 comments5 min readLW link

SHRDLU, un­der­stand­ing, an­thro­po­mor­phi­sa­tion and hind­sight bias

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 7, 2014, 9:59 AM
18 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

LW Aus­tralia Week­end Retreat

RubyApr 7, 2014, 9:45 AM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Stan­ford Salon and LW inau­gu­ral meetup

BraydenMApr 7, 2014, 4:26 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : The Se­cond War­saw Meetup

[deleted]Apr 6, 2014, 9:48 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Stock phrases

KnaveOfAllTradesApr 6, 2014, 7:32 PM
6 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Ob­ser­va­tional learn­ing and the im­por­tance of high qual­ity examples

casebashApr 6, 2014, 7:00 AM
3 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The so­cial value of high school ex­tracur­ricu­lar time

JonahSApr 6, 2014, 6:29 AM
6 points
25 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Next Meetup: Fermi Es­ti­mates and Singing

rocurleyApr 6, 2014, 3:29 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Cold War di­vided Science

Douglas_KnightApr 5, 2014, 11:10 PM
35 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

A puz­zle con­cern­ing CS ma­jor vs. en­g­ineer­ing ma­jor salaries

JonahSApr 5, 2014, 7:13 AM
9 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Com­mu­nity overview and re­sources for mod­ern Less Wrong meetup organisers

BraydenMApr 4, 2014, 8:53 PM
26 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

New LW Mee­tups: Las Ve­gas, Warsaw

FrankAdamekApr 4, 2014, 4:14 PM
4 points
3 comments2 min readLW link