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Short essays on various things I’ve watched

philhJun 12, 2020, 10:50 PM

9 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

[Link] “Will He Go?” book review (Scott Aaronson)

ioannesJun 12, 2020, 10:16 PM

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Why do all out attacks actually work?

lcJun 12, 2020, 8:33 PM

44 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] For moderately well-resourced people in the US, how quickly will things go from “uncomfortable” to “too late to exit”?

DagonJun 12, 2020, 4:59 PM

76 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Pragmatism and Completeness

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 12, 2020, 4:34 PM

16 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Down with Solomonoff Induction, up with the Presumptuous Philosopher

Charlie SteinerJun 12, 2020, 9:44 AM

13 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

An online prediction market with reputation points

kickboxerJun 12, 2020, 9:29 AM

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

What gripes do you have with Mustachianism?

Adam ZernerJun 11, 2020, 11:42 PM

12 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Turns Out Interruptions Are Bad, Who Knew?

ElizabethJun 11, 2020, 11:10 PM

74 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Covid-19 6/11: Bracing For a Second Wave

ZviJun 11, 2020, 9:30 PM

61 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

2020 LessWrong Demographics Survey

B JacobsJun 11, 2020, 8:05 PM

20 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Cartesian Boundary as Abstraction Boundary

johnswentworthJun 11, 2020, 5:38 PM

35 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Two Kinds of Mistake Theorists

DirectedEvolutionJun 11, 2020, 2:49 PM

8 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is there something like a “meta-encyclopedia”?

PabloJun 11, 2020, 12:16 PM

19 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Does equanimity prevent negative utility?

Chris_LeongJun 11, 2020, 7:00 AM

14 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Ideology/narrative stabilizes path-dependent equilibria

Eli TyreJun 11, 2020, 2:50 AM

22 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

Good and bad ways to think about downside risks

MichaelA and JustinShovelain

Jun 11, 2020, 1:38 AM

19 points

12 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Karma fluctuations?

eapacheJun 11, 2020, 12:33 AM

7 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Keep: Move checked items to bottom

jefftkJun 11, 2020, 12:30 AM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Self-Predicting Markets

eapacheJun 10, 2020, 10:39 PM

26 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Can Covid-19 spread by surface transmission?

RaemonJun 10, 2020, 10:09 PM

65 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #103]: ARCHES: an agenda for existential safety, and combining natural language with deep RL

Rohin ShahJun 10, 2020, 5:20 PM

29 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Maximizing impact at startup with high EA potential?

kniteJun 10, 2020, 6:25 AM

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What past highly-upvoted posts are overrated today?

Thomas KwaJun 9, 2020, 9:25 PM

14 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

BBE W1: HMCM and Notetaking Systems

SpiracularJun 9, 2020, 7:20 PM

26 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

BBE W1: Personal Notetaking Desiderata Walkthrough

SpiracularJun 9, 2020, 7:19 PM

17 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

Build a Better Exobrain: Week 0 Overview

SpiracularJun 9, 2020, 7:09 PM

20 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Public Static: What is Abstraction?

johnswentworthJun 9, 2020, 6:36 PM

97 points

18 comments11 min readLW link

More on disambiguating “discontinuity”

Aryeh EnglanderJun 9, 2020, 3:16 PM

16 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good ways to find expert reviews of popular science books?

Kaj_SotalaJun 9, 2020, 2:54 PM

22 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

A Practical Guide to Conflict Resolution: Communication

eapacheJun 9, 2020, 1:04 AM

12 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Goal-directedness is behavioral, not structural

adamShimiJun 8, 2020, 11:05 PM

6 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What does “torture vs. dust specks” imply for insect suffering?

Tejas SubramaniamJun 8, 2020, 8:37 PM

10 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

GAN Discriminators Don’t Generalize?

tryactionsJun 8, 2020, 8:36 PM

18 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

The “hard” problem of consciousness is the least interesting problem of consciousness

HazardJun 8, 2020, 7:00 PM

17 points

45 comments5 min readLW link

COVID-19: The Illusion of Stability

PeterMcCluskeyJun 8, 2020, 6:46 PM

32 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

We’ve built Connected Papers—a visual tool for researchers to find and explore academic papers

discordyJun 8, 2020, 6:44 PM

209 points

39 comments2 min readLW link

Legibility: Notes on “Man as a Rationalist Animal”

HazardJun 8, 2020, 2:18 AM

13 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

An Illustrated Proof of the No Free Lunch Theorem

lifelonglearnerJun 8, 2020, 1:54 AM

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(mlu.red)

Growing Independence

jefftkJun 7, 2020, 8:20 PM

186 points

27 comments10 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Quarantine Bubbles Require Directness, and Tolerance of Rudeness

RaemonJun 7, 2020, 7:52 PM

37 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Consciousness as Metaphor: What Jaynes Has to Offer

HazardJun 7, 2020, 6:41 PM

15 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

Estimating COVID-19 Mortality Rates

BenquoJun 7, 2020, 3:45 PM

8 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Self-help, hard and soft

technicalitiesJun 7, 2020, 3:39 PM

16 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Wireless is a trap

benkuhnJun 7, 2020, 3:30 PM

158 points

13 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

(www.benkuhn.net)

Philosophy in the Darkest Timeline: Basics of the Evolution of Meaning

Zack_M_DavisJun 7, 2020, 7:52 AM

132 points

16 comments14 min readLW link

Everyday Lessons from High-Dimensional Optimization

johnswentworthJun 6, 2020, 8:57 PM

165 points

44 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Most reliable news sources?

Eli TyreJun 6, 2020, 8:24 PM

37 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Your best future self

RaemonJun 6, 2020, 7:10 PM

37 points

24 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Consequentialism and Accidents

Rodrigo FernandesJun 6, 2020, 6:29 PM

0 points

9 comments1 min readLW link