Qualia Re­search In­sti­tute: His­tory & 2021 Strategy

andzuckJan 25, 2021, 9:46 PM
39 points
10 comments11 min readLW link

Define Your Learn­ing Goal: Com­pe­tence Or Broad Knowledge

DirectedEvolutionJan 25, 2021, 8:47 PM
35 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

A per­spec­tive on co­vari­ate ad­just­ment and con­found­ing in ran­dom­ized ex­per­i­ments.

DarrenJan 25, 2021, 8:22 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

State, Art, Identity

musqJan 25, 2021, 8:22 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

When Hope Fails

resurgamJan 25, 2021, 8:22 PM
5 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

[Question] How likely is it that SARS-CoV-2 origi­nated in a lab­o­ra­tory?

CTVKenneyJan 25, 2021, 8:22 PM
38 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Is Im­mor­tal­ity Eth­i­cal?

harsimonyJan 25, 2021, 4:55 PM
−6 points
7 comments3 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

[Link] Philoso­phers’ Non-Profit Offers Free On­line Crit­i­cal Think­ing Course

David GrossJan 25, 2021, 3:16 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Reve­la­tion and mathematics

George3d6Jan 25, 2021, 12:26 PM
5 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

[Question] How do you build re­silient per­sonal sys­tems?

Raj ThimmiahJan 25, 2021, 9:56 AM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ten­ta­tive covid sur­face risk estimates

KatjaGraceJan 25, 2021, 9:40 AM
92 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

What is a VNM sta­ble set, re­ally?

NisanJan 25, 2021, 5:43 AM
14 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Leaky Del­e­ga­tion: You are not a Commodity

DarmaniJan 25, 2021, 2:04 AM
307 points
38 comments15 min readLW link1 review

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