Catch­ing the Spark

LoganStrohl30 Jan 2021 23:23 UTC
117 points
21 comments36 min readLW link1 review

Notes on Judg­ment and Righ­teous Anger

David Gross30 Jan 2021 19:31 UTC
13 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Fight Akra­sia and De­ci­sion Fa­tigue with DIY Pro­duc­tivity Software

DanB30 Jan 2021 18:38 UTC
25 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

AISU 2021

Linda Linsefors30 Jan 2021 17:40 UTC
28 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Limit­ing Causal­ity by Com­plex­ity Class

Bunthut30 Jan 2021 12:18 UTC
18 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Cal­ibrated es­ti­ma­tion of workload

kerspoon30 Jan 2021 12:15 UTC
12 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Play with neu­ral net

KatjaGrace30 Jan 2021 10:50 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Against Sam Har­ris’s per­sonal claim of at­ten­tional agency

mike_hawke30 Jan 2021 9:08 UTC
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong Poetry Corner: Coven­try Pat­more’s “Magna Est Ver­i­tas”

Zack_M_Davis30 Jan 2021 5:16 UTC
15 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AMA on EA Fo­rum: Ajeya Co­tra, re­searcher at Open Phil

Ajeya Cotra29 Jan 2021 23:05 UTC
23 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

The GameS­top Si­tu­a­tion: Sim­plified

Annapurna29 Jan 2021 17:55 UTC
55 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What are some real life Inad­e­quate Equil­ibria?

Eli Tyre29 Jan 2021 12:17 UTC
50 points
63 comments3 min readLW link

Top li’l pots

KatjaGrace29 Jan 2021 7:30 UTC
12 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Dumb Di­chotomies in Ethics, Part 1: In­ten­tions vs Consequences

Aaron Bergman29 Jan 2021 3:49 UTC
26 points
11 comments3 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Where num­bers come from

Eigil Rischel28 Jan 2021 21:33 UTC
27 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­tract­ing Money from Causal De­ci­sion Theorists

Caspar Oesterheld28 Jan 2021 17:58 UTC
27 points
34 comments1 min readLW link
(doi.org)

[Question] Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Sys­tems for In­tu­itions?

A Ray28 Jan 2021 17:23 UTC
19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 1/​28: Mud­dling Through

Zvi28 Jan 2021 16:50 UTC
97 points
18 comments35 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid: Bill Gates and Vac­cine Production

Zvi28 Jan 2021 15:00 UTC
38 points
18 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Tak­ing money seriously

dominicq28 Jan 2021 12:53 UTC
85 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Un­pop­u­lar­ity of efficiency

KatjaGrace28 Jan 2021 8:30 UTC
64 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Thoughts on the $GME situation

Pranav Sharma28 Jan 2021 5:15 UTC
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

#4.4: The in­surance un­der­writ­ing process

mingyuan28 Jan 2021 2:33 UTC
29 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Round­about Strategy

Nicholas / Heather Kross28 Jan 2021 0:44 UTC
7 points
1 comment8 min readLW link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Sun­day Event: Con­nor Leahy on Moloch Reigns at SSC On­line Meetup

Ruby27 Jan 2021 22:31 UTC
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

#4.3: Cry­on­ics-friendly in­surance agents

mingyuan27 Jan 2021 21:13 UTC
37 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

#4.2: Cry­on­ics-friendly life in­surance carriers

mingyuan27 Jan 2021 21:05 UTC
33 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Build Your Num­ber Sense

DirectedEvolution27 Jan 2021 21:01 UTC
21 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

A study on air puri­fiers and birth weight

braces27 Jan 2021 20:36 UTC
21 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #135]: Five prop­er­ties of goal-di­rected systems

Rohin Shah27 Jan 2021 18:10 UTC
33 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Has any­one on LW writ­ten about ma­te­rial bot­tle­necks be­ing the main fac­tor in mak­ing any tech­nolog­i­cal progress?

George3d627 Jan 2021 14:14 UTC
11 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

The Up­per Limit of Value

Davidmanheim27 Jan 2021 14:13 UTC
40 points
25 comments3 min readLW link1 review

[Question] How is Cryo differ­ent from Pas­cal’s Mug­ging?

eapache27 Jan 2021 13:51 UTC
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal play in hu­man-judged De­bate usu­ally won’t an­swer your question

Joe Collman27 Jan 2021 7:34 UTC
33 points
12 comments12 min readLW link

What is up with spiritu­al­ity?

KatjaGrace27 Jan 2021 6:20 UTC
20 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] Did con­va­les­cent plasma ther­apy drive the evolu­tion of more in­fec­tious covid strains?

Angela Pretorius27 Jan 2021 6:16 UTC
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Se­nior quote ideas

LeeR_Sync26 Jan 2021 20:16 UTC
3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

#4.1: Types of life insurance

mingyuan26 Jan 2021 19:55 UTC
40 points
13 comments11 min readLW link

Si­mu­lacrum 3 As Stag-Hunt Strategy

johnswentworth26 Jan 2021 19:40 UTC
183 points
37 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews

Non-Co­er­cive Perfectionism

Matt Goldenberg26 Jan 2021 16:53 UTC
25 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

Covid Canada Jan25: low & slow

MalcolmOcean26 Jan 2021 11:48 UTC
26 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Word­tune review

KatjaGrace26 Jan 2021 9:40 UTC
52 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] What’s the big deal about Bayes’ The­o­rem?

AVoropaev26 Jan 2021 6:08 UTC
21 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

New Empty Units

jefftk26 Jan 2021 3:00 UTC
31 points
27 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Notes on Forgiveness

David Gross26 Jan 2021 2:05 UTC
11 points
4 comments25 min readLW link

Last day of vot­ing for the 2019 re­view!

habryka26 Jan 2021 0:46 UTC
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Fi­nal Vot­ing Cowork­ing Tonight 7:30 PT

Raemon26 Jan 2021 0:31 UTC
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Qualia Re­search In­sti­tute: His­tory & 2021 Strategy

andzuck25 Jan 2021 21:46 UTC
39 points
10 comments11 min readLW link

Define Your Learn­ing Goal: Com­pe­tence Or Broad Knowledge

DirectedEvolution25 Jan 2021 20:47 UTC
35 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

A per­spec­tive on co­vari­ate ad­just­ment and con­found­ing in ran­dom­ized ex­per­i­ments.

Darren25 Jan 2021 20:22 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link