Yeah, lots, but I don’t know which ones to post here. The Ferrett is an honorary rationalist as far as I’m concerned, but I don’t want to go through a huge blog archive right now.
This post (unfortunately fairly badly formatted on his new website) probably won’t be new to you but is another that I refer back to from time to time.
(rereading it, upon reflection I’m not actually sure if I agree with the primary thesis of the post exactly, but the framing resonates)
Also, a cool feature of his posts is that they all come with notes like this at the top:
(NOTE: Based on time elapsed since the posting of this entry, the BS-o-meter calculates this is 8.442% likely to be something that Ferrett now regrets.)
Does the Ferret have other wisdom you’d particularly promote to attention? I haven’t encountered their content before.
Some of his work that I’ve liked and happened to have saved:
Rationality
Why your friends are probably lying to themselves about what they’re good at, and how to work around it
On reasonable efforts
The vaccination problem is the military problem is the regulation problem
How we help breed charming sociopaths, or: the Con-Bayashi Maru
Relationships
It’s that breakup season
Harnessing NRE
How learning to make small talk can give you better, more enduring sexual relationships
Writing advice
Learning from the Empire
Short stories
“Run,” Bakri says
The Cultist’s Son
iTime
There are a few I’ve linked to on LessWrong before.
When Having Friends Is More Alluring than Being Right
The Day I Realized My Uncle Hung Around With Gay Guys
How a Lamp Took Away My Reading and a Box Brought It Back
Yeah, lots, but I don’t know which ones to post here. The Ferrett is an honorary rationalist as far as I’m concerned, but I don’t want to go through a huge blog archive right now.
This post (unfortunately fairly badly formatted on his new website) probably won’t be new to you but is another that I refer back to from time to time.
(rereading it, upon reflection I’m not actually sure if I agree with the primary thesis of the post exactly, but the framing resonates)
https://www.theferrett.com/2014/09/04/the-answer-that-destroys-all-our-futures/
I like this one: https://www.theferrett.com/2015/06/22/i-never-said-no/
Also, a cool feature of his posts is that they all come with notes like this at the top: