How I Write

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

Notes on Simplicity

David Gross2 Dec 2020 23:14 UTC
9 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Is it safe to spend time with peo­ple who already re­cov­ered from COVID?

TurnTrout2 Dec 2020 22:06 UTC
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are in­dex funds still a good in­vest­ment?

Kaj_Sotala2 Dec 2020 21:31 UTC
38 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

How We Failed COVID-19

LukeOnline2 Dec 2020 21:29 UTC
16 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Fol­low Up: Pre­dic­tions as a Sub­sti­tute For Reviews

Elizabeth2 Dec 2020 19:40 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

[AN #127]: Re­think­ing agency: Carte­sian frames as a for­mal­iza­tion of ways to carve up the world into an agent and its environment

Rohin Shah2 Dec 2020 18:20 UTC
53 points
0 comments13 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Re­cur­sive Quan­tiliz­ers II

abramdemski2 Dec 2020 15:26 UTC
30 points
15 comments13 min readLW link

Prizes for Last Year’s 2018 Review

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

The LessWrong 2019 Review

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

[Question] Should I take glu­cosamine?

gilch2 Dec 2020 5:20 UTC
26 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Eth2 Stak­ing ex­plained as a Fi­nan­cial Instrument

Annapurna2 Dec 2020 3:33 UTC
18 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Poll: Any in­ter­est in an edit­ing buddy sys­tem?

dynomight2 Dec 2020 2:18 UTC
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] In a mul­ti­po­lar sce­nario, how do peo­ple ex­pect sys­tems to be trained to in­ter­act with sys­tems de­vel­oped by other labs?

JesseClifton1 Dec 2020 20:04 UTC
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—De­cem­ber 2020

Pattern1 Dec 2020 17:03 UTC
9 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Novem­ber 2020

NunoSempere1 Dec 2020 17:00 UTC
29 points
5 comments12 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 3

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

Book Re­view: ‘His­tory Has Be­gun: The Birth of a New Amer­ica’ by Bruno Maçães

tonyoconnor1 Dec 2020 11:47 UTC
3 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

My Fear Heuristic

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

The LessWrong 2018 Book is Available for Pre-order

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

Notes on Sincer­ity and such

David Gross1 Dec 2020 5:09 UTC
9 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

What is “pro­tein fold­ing”? A brief explanation

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

Links for Nov 2020

ike1 Dec 2020 1:31 UTC
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.facebook.com)

Giv­ing Tues­day 2020

jefftk30 Nov 2020 22:30 UTC
28 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Non-Book Re­view: Pat­terns of Conflict

johnswentworth30 Nov 2020 21:05 UTC
38 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

SETI Predictions

hippke30 Nov 2020 20:09 UTC
23 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ideal­ized Fac­tored Cognition

Rafael Harth30 Nov 2020 18:49 UTC
34 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Pre­face to the Se­quence on Fac­tored Cognition

Rafael Harth30 Nov 2020 18:49 UTC
35 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] AlphaFold: a solu­tion to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

adamShimi30 Nov 2020 17:33 UTC
54 points
22 comments1 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

[Question] Why did the Ming trea­sure voy­ages end in 1433?

ChristianKl30 Nov 2020 13:30 UTC
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Vienna On­line Meetup (Spe­cial Guest: Jo­hannes Jaeger)

AnnaLeptikon30 Nov 2020 13:14 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Mu­tant Game—Rounds 91 to 247

lsusr30 Nov 2020 9:25 UTC
20 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 2

lsusr30 Nov 2020 8:12 UTC
96 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Book re­view: WEIRDest People

PeterMcCluskey30 Nov 2020 3:33 UTC
105 points
57 comments9 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] A short talk on SB and friends

Jon Zero29 Nov 2020 21:07 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Be­fore ra­tio­nal­ity- a snapshot

jospus32129 Nov 2020 21:07 UTC
3 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on Humility

David Gross29 Nov 2020 19:50 UTC
18 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

DIY Beater­less Drum Pedals

jefftk29 Nov 2020 1:20 UTC
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Prize: In­ter­est­ing Ex­am­ples of Evaluations

28 Nov 2020 21:11 UTC
43 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Does a site ex­ist for keep­ing track of ca­sual wa­gers with oth­ers?

Liface28 Nov 2020 16:22 UTC
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can we get peo­ple to shut up on pub­lic trans­porta­tion?

ChristianKl28 Nov 2020 15:30 UTC
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is this a good way to bet on short timelines?

Daniel Kokotajlo28 Nov 2020 12:51 UTC
18 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

The­ory Of Change As A Hy­poth­e­sis: Choos­ing A High-Im­pact Path When You’re Uncertain

lynettebye28 Nov 2020 4:38 UTC
19 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Over­com­ing Para­dox of Choice Through Ran­dom Selection

vernamcipher28 Nov 2020 4:27 UTC
13 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

The Mu­tant Game—Rounds 31 to 90

lsusr27 Nov 2020 21:05 UTC
18 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Notes on Good Temper

David Gross27 Nov 2020 16:21 UTC
32 points
7 comments11 min readLW link

Fi­nal Ver­sion Perfected: An Un­derused Ex­e­cu­tion Algorithm

willbradshaw27 Nov 2020 10:43 UTC
102 points
34 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #126]: Avoid­ing wire­head­ing by de­cou­pling ac­tion feed­back from ac­tion effects

Rohin Shah26 Nov 2020 23:20 UTC
24 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Sun­day Novem­ber 29th, 12:00PM (PT) — An­dreas Stuh­lmüller on Com­bin­ing GPT-3 and Forecasting

habryka26 Nov 2020 22:14 UTC
22 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Nash Score for Vot­ing Techniques

abramdemski26 Nov 2020 19:29 UTC
20 points
12 comments6 min readLW link