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Tsuyoku Nar­i­tai! (I Want To Be­come Stronger)

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 27, 2007, 5:49 PM
330 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

The Yud­kowsky Am­bi­tion Scale

loup-vaillantSep 12, 2012, 3:08 PM
64 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Ambition

David GrossNov 22, 2020, 7:53 PM
19 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Make an Ex­traor­di­nary Effort

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 7, 2008, 3:15 PM
147 points
49 comments5 min readLW link

Shut up and do the im­pos­si­ble!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 8, 2008, 9:24 PM
115 points
165 comments12 min readLW link

The Gran­d­est Vi­sion for Hu­man­ity (Light)

RubyFeb 24, 2021, 7:15 AM
27 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(hackernoon.com)

How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jan 23, 2012, 11:50 PM
255 points
240 comments10 min readLW link

The Level Above Mine

Eliezer YudkowskySep 26, 2008, 9:18 AM
138 points
358 comments4 min readLW link

How I Be­came More Ambitious

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jul 4, 2013, 11:34 PM
132 points
48 comments8 min readLW link

Tsuyoku vs. the Egal­i­tar­ian Instinct

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 28, 2007, 5:49 PM
88 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

Dear Self; we need to talk about ambition

ElizabethAug 27, 2023, 11:10 PM
268 points
28 comments8 min readLW link2 reviews
(acesounderglass.com)

Men­tor­ship, Man­age­ment, and Mys­te­ri­ous Old Wizards

RaemonFeb 24, 2021, 10:00 PM
92 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Go Try Things

atuckerMar 3, 2011, 1:51 AM
14 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

To Lead, You Must Stand Up

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 29, 2007, 6:38 AM
48 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Prepar­ing for ambition

Adam ZernerJul 19, 2021, 6:13 AM
19 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

What’s Stop­ping You?

Neel NandaOct 21, 2021, 4:20 PM
40 points
2 comments19 min readLW link1 review
(www.neelnanda.io)

Don’t Fear Failure

atuckerApr 3, 2011, 10:52 PM
40 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Unstriving

Jacob FalkovichAug 19, 2019, 2:31 PM
38 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Ex­ten­u­at­ing Circumstances

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 6, 2009, 10:57 PM
56 points
42 comments4 min readLW link

Beyond a bet­ter world

DavidmanheimDec 14, 2022, 10:18 AM
14 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(progressforum.org)

On Do­ing the Impossible

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 6, 2008, 3:13 PM
118 points
40 comments7 min readLW link

Notes on Industriousness

David GrossNov 3, 2020, 1:55 AM
12 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

“Win First” vs “Chill First”

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Sep 28, 2020, 6:48 AM
101 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Seven ways to be­come un­stop­pably agentic

Evie CottrellJun 26, 2022, 5:39 PM
64 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

De­sign­ing for a sin­gle purpose

Itay DreyfusMay 7, 2024, 2:11 PM
48 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(productidentity.co)

Stop try­ing to have “in­ter­est­ing” friends

eqApr 19, 2023, 11:39 PM
42 points
15 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How do peo­ple be­come am­bi­tious?

RaemonApr 4, 2019, 7:12 PM
59 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Ein­stein’s Superpowers

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 30, 2008, 6:40 AM
120 points
91 comments5 min readLW link

Bug Hunt 2

alkjashFeb 20, 2018, 5:00 AM
35 points
17 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The Sin of Underconfidence

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 20, 2009, 6:30 AM
106 points
187 comments6 min readLW link

Ad­e­quacy as Levels of Play

Davis_KingsleyJan 22, 2018, 8:57 PM
27 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Self-Keep­ing Secrets

lsusrNov 10, 2019, 7:59 AM
72 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Four kinds of problems

Bird ConceptAug 21, 2018, 11:01 PM
35 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

At­tend­ing to Now

ialdabaothNov 8, 2017, 4:53 PM
27 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Com­pe­ti­tion for Power

Samo BurjaApr 4, 2018, 5:10 PM
17 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(medium.com)

“Play­ing to Win”

CronoDASApr 9, 2009, 3:45 PM
29 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

You Play to Win the Game

ZviAug 30, 2018, 2:10 PM
27 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sav­ing the world in 80 days: Prologue

Logan RiggsMay 9, 2018, 9:16 PM
12 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Higher Purpose

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 23, 2009, 9:58 AM
44 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

How my math skills im­proved dramatically

JonahSMar 5, 2014, 8:27 PM
35 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Net­flix’s “Start-Up” and sincere work dramatization

Maxwell PetersonDec 25, 2020, 5:32 AM
17 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

What fuels your am­bi­tion?

CissyJan 31, 2024, 6:30 PM
29 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(www.moremyself.xyz)

“Agency” needs nuance

Evie CottrellSep 25, 2022, 7:40 AM
23 points
1 comment14 min readLW link
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