How long will Al­cor be around?

FroolowApr 17, 2014, 3:28 PM
45 points
52 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Plan­ning and Re-planning

ManfredApr 17, 2014, 5:56 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The use­ful­ness of fore­casts and the ra­tio­nal­ity of forecasters

VipulNaikApr 17, 2014, 3:49 AM
1 point
9 comments6 min readLW link

LINK-Cry­on­ics In­sti­tute documentary

polymathwannabeApr 16, 2014, 10:44 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ugh Fields

evandApr 16, 2014, 4:32 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Sto­ries for ex­po­nen­tial growth

VipulNaikApr 16, 2014, 3:15 PM
4 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Open Thread April 16 - April 22, 2014

TenokeApr 16, 2014, 7:05 AM
8 points
192 comments1 min readLW link

Differ­ent time hori­zons for forecasting

VipulNaikApr 16, 2014, 3:30 AM
3 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, April 16-30

therufsApr 16, 2014, 3:04 AM
7 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing the log­a­r­ith­mic timeline to un­der­stand the future

VipulNaikApr 16, 2014, 2:00 AM
18 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

The Cow­pox of Doubt

Scott AlexanderApr 16, 2014, 1:04 AM
66 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

The effect of effec­tive­ness in­for­ma­tion on char­i­ta­ble giving

UnnamedApr 15, 2014, 4:43 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton—Two Parables on Lan­guage and Philosophy

VikaApr 15, 2014, 12:10 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

My Heart­bleed learn­ing ex­pe­rience and al­ter­na­tive to poor qual­ity Heart­bleed in­struc­tions.

aisarkaApr 15, 2014, 8:15 AM
21 points
32 comments9 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow meet up

YuuApr 15, 2014, 5:12 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Un­friendly Nat­u­ral Intelligence

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 15, 2014, 5:05 AM
9 points
21 comments7 min readLW link

Earn­ings of eco­nomics ma­jors: gen­eral considerations

JonahSApr 14, 2014, 10:23 PM
9 points
30 comments11 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup (Note: change of lo­ca­tion!)

MaelinApr 14, 2014, 1:52 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Re­quest­ing ad­vice] Prob­lems with op­ti­miz­ing my life as a high school student

OptimalApr 14, 2014, 1:07 PM
21 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: Life Hacks Part 2

DanielFilanApr 14, 2014, 1:11 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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