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What books are for: a response to “Why books don’t work.”

Aaron Bergman21 Apr 2021 23:18 UTC

35 points

16 comments6 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Faerie Rings

hamnox21 Apr 2021 21:47 UTC

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

In Defence of Spock

Zac Hatfield-Dodds21 Apr 2021 21:34 UTC

37 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

A Crackpot Physics: Time, Special Relativity, and Why Bother?

ACrackedPot21 Apr 2021 20:17 UTC

−3 points

5 comments12 min readLW link

[AN #147]: An overview of the interpretability landscape

Rohin Shah21 Apr 2021 17:10 UTC

14 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Where are intentions to be found?

Alex Flint21 Apr 2021 0:51 UTC

44 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t we vaccinate people against smallpox any more?

maximkazhenkov21 Apr 2021 0:08 UTC

14 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

What am I fighting for?

Quinn20 Apr 2021 23:27 UTC

12 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

Gradations of Inner Alignment Obstacles

abramdemski20 Apr 2021 22:18 UTC

81 points

22 comments9 min readLW link

Thiel on secrets and indefiniteness

Rob Bensinger20 Apr 2021 21:59 UTC

58 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

Why “put down your phone and go outside” is Bad Advice.

madilynHex20 Apr 2021 19:05 UTC

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Hard vs Soft in fields as attitudes towards model collision

J Bostock20 Apr 2021 18:57 UTC

13 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Young kids catching COVID: how much to worry?

Steven Byrnes20 Apr 2021 18:03 UTC

55 points

22 comments6 min readLW link

SMBC about Eliezer

IrenicTruth20 Apr 2021 17:28 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A Crackpot Physics: Issues

ACrackedPot20 Apr 2021 17:07 UTC

−1 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Types of generalism

Nora_Ammann20 Apr 2021 8:22 UTC

24 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Does an app/group for personal forecasting exist?

DirectedEvolution20 Apr 2021 5:04 UTC

19 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Letter] Advice for High School #1

lsusr20 Apr 2021 4:09 UTC

93 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

Iterated Trust Kickstarters

Raemon20 Apr 2021 3:18 UTC

74 points

19 comments10 min readLW link

Quick examination of miles per micromort for US drivers, with adjustments for safety-increasing behavior

Josh Jacobson19 Apr 2021 23:19 UTC

44 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

How can we increase the frequency of rare insights?

MichaelDickens19 Apr 2021 22:54 UTC

19 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Wanted: Research Assistant for The Roots of Progress

jasoncrawford19 Apr 2021 19:03 UTC

31 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

You Can Now Embed Flashcard Quizzes in Your LessWrong posts!

spencerg19 Apr 2021 13:44 UTC

57 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

D&D.Sci April 2021 Evaluation and Ruleset

abstractapplic19 Apr 2021 13:26 UTC

48 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Parameter count of ML systems through time?

Jsevillamol19 Apr 2021 12:54 UTC

31 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Problems of evil

Joe Carlsmith19 Apr 2021 8:06 UTC

29 points

16 comments17 min readLW link

the fat baker principle

faint reminder19 Apr 2021 7:58 UTC

−6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Bellman’s Curse on Advice

nibnalin19 Apr 2021 2:30 UTC

2 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good classes (or just articles) on blog writing?

Brendan Long19 Apr 2021 1:10 UTC

14 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Updating the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis

johnswentworth18 Apr 2021 21:45 UTC

73 points

41 comments2 min readLW link

Anger

lsusr18 Apr 2021 16:14 UTC

35 points

23 comments2 min readLW link

Rising rents and appropriate responses

dominicq18 Apr 2021 14:05 UTC

10 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

The hour I first alieved

matejsuchy17 Apr 2021 17:02 UTC

5 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(matejsuchy.substack.com)

Defining “optimizer”

Chantiel17 Apr 2021 15:38 UTC

9 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Book review and policy discussion: diversity and complexity

victorsintnicolaas17 Apr 2021 11:36 UTC

11 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How long should I delay my second shot?

purge17 Apr 2021 8:51 UTC

8 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Networks of Meaning

Erich_Grunewald17 Apr 2021 7:30 UTC

21 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

[Question] Are there any good ways to place a bet on RadicalXChange and/or related ideas/mechanisms taking off in a big way? e.g. is there something to invest $$$ in?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)17 Apr 2021 6:58 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Alex Flint on “A software engineer’s perspective on logical induction”

Raemon17 Apr 2021 6:56 UTC

21 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

All is fair in love and war, on Zero-sum games in life

Ratios17 Apr 2021 2:11 UTC

−6 points

22 comments4 min readLW link

On Sleep Procrastination: Going To Bed At A Reasonable Hour

emily.fan17 Apr 2021 2:10 UTC

22 points

22 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What does vaccine effectiveness as a function of time look like?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)17 Apr 2021 0:36 UTC

18 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could degoogling be a practice run for something more important?

Quinn17 Apr 2021 0:03 UTC

15 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Superrational Agents Kelly Bet Influence!

abramdemski16 Apr 2021 22:08 UTC

47 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Most Analogies Are Wrong

J Bostock16 Apr 2021 19:53 UTC

8 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

The Scout Mindset—read-along

weft16 Apr 2021 19:43 UTC

42 points

44 comments1 min readLW link

Why has nuclear power been a flop?

jasoncrawford16 Apr 2021 16:49 UTC

148 points

50 comments15 min readLW link 2 reviews

(rootsofprogress.org)

Prophetic Hazard

onur16 Apr 2021 10:09 UTC

−1 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some interesting examples of risks measured in micromorts?

skybrian16 Apr 2021 5:25 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does anyone know this webpage about Machine Learning?

mukashi16 Apr 2021 1:03 UTC

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link