You can send peo­ple KN95s

jefftkJan 24, 2021, 11:40 PM
18 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

On clinging

Joe CarlsmithJan 24, 2021, 11:25 PM
61 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

FC fi­nal: Can Fac­tored Cog­ni­tion schemes scale?

Rafael HarthJan 24, 2021, 10:18 PM
17 points
0 comments17 min readLW link

Policy re­stric­tions and Se­cret keep­ing AI

Donald HobsonJan 24, 2021, 8:59 PM
6 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Rea­sons against anti-aging

Mark MiroJan 24, 2021, 8:33 PM
−8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Con­fir­ma­tion Bias in Action

Jacob FalkovichJan 24, 2021, 5:38 PM
37 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Li’l pots

KatjaGraceJan 24, 2021, 12:40 PM
39 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Dis­solv­ing Sleep­ing Beauty

Chris_LeongJan 24, 2021, 8:10 AM
13 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Co­or­di­na­tion at­tempt: Fa­cil­i­tat­ing con­ver­sa­tional splin­ters in Gathertown

femtogrammarJan 24, 2021, 7:35 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Tech­nolog­i­cal stag­na­tion: Why I came around

jasoncrawfordJan 23, 2021, 10:05 PM
193 points
79 comments8 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

Mo­ral ba­sis for reg­u­lat­ing so­cial platforms

solusJan 23, 2021, 8:39 PM
0 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Les­sons I’ve Learned from Self-Teaching

TurnTroutJan 23, 2021, 7:00 PM
356 points
76 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Every­thing Okay

ZviJan 23, 2021, 2:50 PM
62 points
13 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Who should you ex­pect to spend your life with?

KatjaGraceJan 23, 2021, 9:00 AM
38 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Sunzi’s《Meth­ods of War》- The Army’s Form

lsusrJan 23, 2021, 6:47 AM
27 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Lifelong investments

jefftkJan 23, 2021, 3:40 AM
36 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ex­er­cise: Ta­boo “Should”

johnswentworthJan 22, 2021, 9:02 PM
96 points
28 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

#4: In­tro­duc­tion to life in­surance for cryonics

mingyuanJan 22, 2021, 8:58 PM
48 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

Help your ri­vals when they are numerous

lsusrJan 22, 2021, 8:51 PM
36 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How good are our mouse mod­els (psy­chol­ogy, biol­ogy, medicine, etc.), ig­nor­ing trans­la­tion into hu­mans, just in terms of un­der­stand­ing mice? (Same ques­tion for drosophila.)

RubyJan 22, 2021, 8:45 PM
60 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Poll: Which vari­ables are most strate­gi­cally rele­vant?

Jan 22, 2021, 5:17 PM
32 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there an aca­demic con­sen­sus around Rent Con­trol?

edoaradJan 22, 2021, 4:18 PM
3 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian Charity

Wes FJan 22, 2021, 2:49 PM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on “Psy­cho-Pass”

lsusrJan 22, 2021, 9:41 AM
20 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

What if we all just stayed at home and didn’t get covid for two weeks?

KatjaGraceJan 22, 2021, 9:10 AM
37 points
12 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

On the na­ture of pur­pose

Nora_AmmannJan 22, 2021, 8:30 AM
29 points
15 comments9 min readLW link

Ap­pen­dices to cry­on­ics signup sequence

mingyuanJan 22, 2021, 6:40 AM
32 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] The Chrysan­the­mum and the Sword

lsusrJan 22, 2021, 6:29 AM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Sim­ple Ethics Model

IdeopunkJan 22, 2021, 2:56 AM
9 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] Still Alive—As­tral Codex Ten

jimrandomhJan 21, 2021, 11:20 PM
169 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)

[AN #134]: Un­der­speci­fi­ca­tion as a cause of frag­ility to dis­tri­bu­tion shift

Rohin ShahJan 21, 2021, 6:10 PM
13 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Coun­ter­fac­tual con­trol incentives

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 21, 2021, 4:54 PM
21 points
10 comments9 min readLW link

Covid 1/​21: Turn­ing the Corner

ZviJan 21, 2021, 4:40 PM
136 points
41 comments26 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Prob­lem of the Criterion

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 21, 2021, 3:05 PM
63 points
63 comments10 min readLW link

Would most peo­ple benefit from be­ing less co­er­cive to them­selves?

Matt GoldenbergJan 21, 2021, 2:24 PM
28 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

The Multi-Tower Study Strategy

DirectedEvolutionJan 21, 2021, 8:42 AM
58 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

A ghost

Joe CarlsmithJan 21, 2021, 7:14 AM
16 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

A few thought on the in­ner ring

KatjaGraceJan 21, 2021, 3:40 AM
90 points
23 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Notes on Op­ti­mism, Hope, and Trust

David GrossJan 20, 2021, 11:00 PM
13 points
1 comment20 min readLW link

Con­tra StatNews: How Long to Herd Im­mu­nity?

AppliedDivinityStudiesJan 20, 2021, 10:06 PM
24 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

A highly abu­sive LW mod­er­a­tor en­dan­gered dozens of peo­ple with COVID dishonesty

JoymuffinJan 20, 2021, 9:13 PM
−59 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Rec­og­niz­ing Numbers

johnswentworthJan 20, 2021, 7:50 PM
29 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How much does it cost to de­sign an app?

kjzJan 20, 2021, 5:40 PM
2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Covid: The Ques­tion of Im­mu­nity From Infection

ZviJan 20, 2021, 3:50 PM
68 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In­fra-Bayesi­anism Unwrapped

adamShimiJan 20, 2021, 1:35 PM
58 points
0 comments24 min readLW link

On fun­da­men­tal solitude

KatjaGraceJan 20, 2021, 10:10 AM
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Austin LW/​SSC Movie Dis­cus­sion: Star Trek Voy­ager, “Neme­sis”

SilasBartaJan 20, 2021, 1:59 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

#3: Choos­ing a cry­on­ics provider

mingyuanJan 20, 2021, 1:47 AM
95 points
21 comments18 min readLW link

For Bet­ter Com­ment­ing, Avoid PONDS

DirectedEvolutionJan 20, 2021, 1:11 AM
77 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Deutsch and Yud­kowsky on sci­en­tific explanation

Richard_NgoJan 20, 2021, 1:00 AM
27 points
19 comments6 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)