100 Tips for a Bet­ter Life

Ideopunk22 Dec 2020 14:30 UTC
446 points
130 comments9 min readLW link1 review

To listen well, get curious

benkuhn13 Dec 2020 0:20 UTC
362 points
37 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(www.benkuhn.net)

Great minds might not think alike

Eric Neyman26 Dec 2020 19:51 UTC
304 points
45 comments11 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Covid 12/​24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over

Zvi24 Dec 2020 15:10 UTC
276 points
135 comments31 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The LessWrong 2018 Book is Available for Pre-order

1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC
187 points
110 comments10 min readLW link

Mo­tive Ambiguity

Zvi15 Dec 2020 18:10 UTC
174 points
58 comments4 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

par­ent­ing rules

Dave Orr21 Dec 2020 19:48 UTC
155 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Give it a google

Adam Zerner29 Dec 2020 5:30 UTC
145 points
28 comments7 min readLW link1 review

How long does it take to be­come Gaus­sian?

Maxwell Peterson8 Dec 2020 7:23 UTC
140 points
40 comments4 min readLW link

Against GDP as a met­ric for timelines and take­off speeds

Daniel Kokotajlo29 Dec 2020 17:42 UTC
140 points
19 comments14 min readLW link1 review

2020 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks21 Dec 2020 15:27 UTC
137 points
14 comments68 min readLW link

De­bate up­date: Obfus­cated ar­gu­ments problem

Beth Barnes23 Dec 2020 3:24 UTC
135 points
24 comments16 min readLW link

The First Sam­ple Gives the Most Information

Mark Xu24 Dec 2020 20:39 UTC
134 points
16 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(markxu.com)

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 3

lsusr1 Dec 2020 12:43 UTC
131 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Real-Life Ex­am­ples of Pre­dic­tion Sys­tems In­terfer­ing with the Real World (Pre­dict-O-Matic Prob­lems)

NunoSempere3 Dec 2020 22:00 UTC
126 points
28 comments9 min readLW link

FHI pa­per pub­lished in Science: in­ter­ven­tions against COVID-19

SoerenMind16 Dec 2020 21:19 UTC
119 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Parable of the Dammed

johnswentworth10 Dec 2020 0:08 UTC
118 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How Hard Would It Be To Make A COVID Vac­cine For One­self?

johnswentworth21 Dec 2020 16:19 UTC
117 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

The LessWrong 2019 Review

habryka2 Dec 2020 11:21 UTC
113 points
47 comments9 min readLW link

My Fear Heuristic

lsusr1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC
112 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Why quan­ti­ta­tive meth­ods are heartwarming

KatjaGrace12 Dec 2020 21:50 UTC
110 points
15 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ex­trap­o­lat­ing GPT-N performance

Lukas Finnveden18 Dec 2020 21:41 UTC
110 points
31 comments22 min readLW link1 review

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 5

lsusr5 Dec 2020 1:23 UTC
109 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Ho­mo­gene­ity vs. het­ero­gene­ity in AI take­off scenarios

evhub16 Dec 2020 1:37 UTC
97 points
48 comments4 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Conclusion

lsusr4 Dec 2020 8:06 UTC
94 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Anti-EMH Ev­i­dence (and a plea for help)

Wei Dai5 Dec 2020 18:29 UTC
93 points
44 comments5 min readLW link

Cul­tural accumulation

KatjaGrace6 Dec 2020 6:20 UTC
93 points
53 comments3 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 9

lsusr20 Dec 2020 9:22 UTC
89 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 4

lsusr3 Dec 2020 23:42 UTC
87 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 6

lsusr9 Dec 2020 8:14 UTC
87 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Quick Thoughts on Im­moral Mazes

abramdemski9 Dec 2020 1:21 UTC
86 points
47 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What ev­i­dence will tell us about the new strain? How are you up­dat­ing?

Zvi25 Dec 2020 21:37 UTC
83 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Sec­u­lar Sols­tice 2020

jefftk20 Dec 2020 23:20 UTC
81 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

My fa­vorite es­says of life advice

benkuhn23 Dec 2020 23:00 UTC
81 points
17 comments7 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

D&D.Sci

abstractapplic5 Dec 2020 23:26 UTC
81 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 12/​3: Land of Confusion

Zvi3 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC
79 points
34 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What trade should we make if we’re all get­ting the new COVID strain?

Jacob Falkovich25 Dec 2020 7:09 UTC
79 points
73 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI: 2020 Up­dates and Strategy

Rob Bensinger23 Dec 2020 21:27 UTC
77 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(intelligence.org)

TAI Safety Biblio­graphic Database

JessRiedel22 Dec 2020 17:42 UTC
76 points
12 comments17 min readLW link

Covid 12/​17: The First Dose

Zvi17 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC
76 points
29 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mo­ral­ity as “Co­or­di­na­tion”, vs “Do-Good­ing”

Raemon29 Dec 2020 2:37 UTC
75 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Why Neu­ral Net­works Gen­er­al­ise, and Why They Are (Kind of) Bayesian

Joar Skalse29 Dec 2020 13:33 UTC
75 points
58 comments1 min readLW link1 review

What is “pro­tein fold­ing”? A brief explanation

jasoncrawford1 Dec 2020 2:46 UTC
74 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

In Ad­di­tion to Rage­bait and Doomscrolling

mike_hawke3 Dec 2020 18:26 UTC
73 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Prizes for Last Year’s 2018 Review

Raemon2 Dec 2020 11:21 UTC
72 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 8

lsusr17 Dec 2020 22:29 UTC
72 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on notes on virtues

David Gross30 Dec 2020 17:47 UTC
71 points
11 comments11 min readLW link

Dario Amodei leaves OpenAI

Daniel Kokotajlo29 Dec 2020 19:31 UTC
69 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

How I Write

Jacob Falkovich2 Dec 2020 23:17 UTC
68 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

[LIVE!!] LW/​EA New Year’s Ul­tra Party

Ruby18 Dec 2020 4:49 UTC
67 points
18 comments1 min readLW link