Education

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Childhoods of exceptional people

Henrik Karlsson6 Feb 2023 17:27 UTC

330 points

62 comments15 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Exams-Only Universities

Mati_Roy6 Nov 2022 22:05 UTC

80 points

40 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Teaching in Prison

jsd19 Apr 2023 1:53 UTC

274 points

13 comments12 min readLW link

Notifications Received in 30 Minutes of Class

tanagrabeast26 May 2024 17:02 UTC

353 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

Popular education in Sweden: much more than you wanted to know

Henrik Karlsson17 May 2022 20:07 UTC

117 points

3 comments11 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Apprenticeship Online

Henrik Karlsson9 Oct 2021 13:50 UTC

52 points

20 comments11 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Study Guide

johnswentworth6 Nov 2021 1:23 UTC

288 points

48 comments16 min readLW link

How to teach things well

Neel Nanda28 Aug 2020 16:44 UTC

108 points

17 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

(www.neelnanda.io)

Against Active Shooter Drills

Zvi16 Jun 2022 13:40 UTC

91 points

30 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Notes from “Don’t Shoot the Dog”

juliawise2 Apr 2021 16:34 UTC

249 points

12 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

Seven Years of Spaced Repetition Software in the Classroom

tanagrabeast4 Mar 2021 2:42 UTC

267 points

38 comments34 min readLW link 1 review

How my school gamed the stats

Srdjan Miletic20 Feb 2021 19:23 UTC

83 points

26 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] If individual performance is Pareto distributed, how should we reform education?

yhoiseth24 May 2021 12:22 UTC

27 points

26 comments2 min readLW link

The True Face of the Enemy

Space L Clottey12 Jan 2021 10:03 UTC

35 points

77 comments10 min readLW link

Accounting For College Costs

johnswentworth1 Apr 2022 17:28 UTC

363 points

41 comments7 min readLW link

Debugging the student

Adam Zerner16 Dec 2020 7:07 UTC

46 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Middle Child Phenomenon

PhilosophicalSoul15 Mar 2024 20:47 UTC

3 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Christopher Alexander’s architecture for learning

Henrik Karlsson24 Mar 2022 9:11 UTC

44 points

8 comments9 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

AMA: I was unschooled for most of my childhood, then voluntarily chose to leave to go to a large public high school.

iceplant7 Jan 2022 7:48 UTC

53 points

37 comments1 min readLW link

The Sheepskin Effect

Zvi5 May 2018 12:10 UTC

10 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Bring up Genius

Viliam8 Jun 2017 17:44 UTC

104 points

62 comments20 min readLW link

Internet Literacy Atrophy

Elizabeth26 Dec 2021 12:30 UTC

111 points

49 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

The Learning System

Henrik Karlsson3 Dec 2021 19:08 UTC

18 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

The Case Against Education

Zvi15 Apr 2018 12:30 UTC

78 points

44 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What Direct Instruction is

[deleted]4 Sep 2011 23:03 UTC

69 points

81 comments4 min readLW link

Review: Michel Thomas French (Direct Instruction)

[deleted]22 Sep 2011 8:34 UTC

40 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

What is wrong with mathematics education?

Perplexed20 Mar 2011 2:40 UTC

23 points

56 comments1 min readLW link

A Gamification Of Education: a modest proposal based on the Universal Decimal Classification and RPG skill trees

Ritalin7 Jul 2013 18:27 UTC

19 points

80 comments6 min readLW link

align your latent spaces

bhauth24 Dec 2023 16:30 UTC

27 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

What does “autodidact” mean?

bhauth22 Mar 2024 18:37 UTC

22 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

From the outside, American schooling is weird

Jacob G-W and Malumit

28 Mar 2024 22:45 UTC

23 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

Childhood and Education Roundup #5

Zvi17 Apr 2024 13:00 UTC

36 points

4 comments25 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Changes in College Admissions

Zvi24 Apr 2024 13:50 UTC

50 points

11 comments39 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Should I Finish My Bachelor’s Degree?

Zack_M_Davis11 May 2024 5:17 UTC

22 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

(zackmdavis.net)

Bed Time Quests & Dinner Games for 3-5 year olds

Gunnar_Zarncke and Shoshannah Tekofsky

22 Jun 2024 7:53 UTC

51 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(kidquest.substack.com)

Childhood and Education Roundup #6: College Edition

Zvi26 Jun 2024 11:40 UTC

28 points

8 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Opinions on Eureka Labs

jmh17 Jul 2024 0:16 UTC

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Debate: Get a college degree?

Ben Pace and Saul Munn

12 Aug 2024 22:23 UTC

42 points

14 comments21 min readLW link

A Rant on Calculus III

Wofsen25 Apr 2023 14:51 UTC

−5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Spaced repetition for teaching two-year olds how to read (Interview)

Chipmonk26 Nov 2023 16:52 UTC

48 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

(chipmonk.substack.com)

Book Review: How Learning Works

whales19 Jan 2014 20:45 UTC

56 points

16 comments17 min readLW link

The Case Against Education: Foundations

Zvi21 Apr 2018 14:30 UTC

28 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Effective children education

kotrfa3 Jun 2020 20:35 UTC

49 points

31 comments2 min readLW link

Stories About Education

Ben Pace4 Sep 2019 19:53 UTC

38 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

[Question] When should we expect the education bubble to pop? How can we short it?

jacobjacob9 Feb 2019 21:39 UTC

35 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Problems in Education

ThinkOfTheChildren29 Apr 2013 21:00 UTC

49 points

7 comments12 min readLW link

Interesting critique of British education by outgoing advisor (warning: some politics)

bramflakes12 Oct 2013 16:43 UTC

39 points

36 comments13 min readLW link

The Case Against Education: Splitting the Education Premium Pie and Considering IQ

Zvi29 Apr 2018 12:40 UTC

7 points

5 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Scientifically optimizing education: Hard problem, or solved problem? Introducing the Theory of Direct Instruction

Owen_Richardson31 Aug 2011 5:28 UTC

22 points

61 comments18 min readLW link

Online education and Conscientiousness

gwern24 Feb 2012 21:05 UTC

21 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Education control?

PhilGoetz17 May 2013 16:32 UTC

21 points

43 comments2 min readLW link

A Rational Education

wedrifid23 Jun 2010 5:48 UTC

19 points

152 comments4 min readLW link

Separating university education from grading

Stefan_Schubert3 Jul 2014 17:23 UTC

18 points

60 comments2 min readLW link

Minerva Project: the future of higher education?

Natha10 Nov 2014 5:59 UTC

23 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

Education as Entertainment and the Downfall of LessWrong

SquirrelInHell4 Mar 2016 14:06 UTC

14 points

30 comments2 min readLW link

Education via Cell Phone in Africa

[deleted]22 Dec 2012 17:47 UTC

12 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Seeking education

APMason17 Feb 2012 0:55 UTC

12 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

Role-reversal education for math and science students (pilot project)

EvelynM1 Jan 2012 0:09 UTC

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

I Want to Learn About Education

fiddlemath20 Jan 2011 3:46 UTC

12 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd? / Math Education

James_Miller17 Oct 2016 0:12 UTC

10 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Remembering school math fondly

[deleted]27 Nov 2016 18:00 UTC

5 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Rethinking Education

Adam Zerner15 Feb 2014 5:22 UTC

−1 points

88 comments5 min readLW link

The Future of Education

Michelle_Z14 Feb 2012 20:58 UTC

0 points

41 comments7 min readLW link

Choosing universities based on their major-specific strengths for undergraduate education

VipulNaik5 Oct 2013 0:44 UTC

3 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Experimenting with education [link]

Dr_Manhattan23 Feb 2011 13:21 UTC

3 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

DARPA Digital Tutor: Four Months to Total Technical Expertise?

JohnBuridan6 Jul 2020 23:34 UTC

213 points

22 comments7 min readLW link

The Math Learning Experiment

Qiaochu_Yuan21 Mar 2018 21:59 UTC

56 points

32 comments4 min readLW link

Teachers vs. Tutors

[deleted]26 Oct 2010 16:59 UTC

18 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Tutoring Small Groups of Children (for money)

bramflakes20 Feb 2013 11:51 UTC

11 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

A Year of Spaced Repetition Software in the Classroom

tanagrabeast4 Jul 2015 22:30 UTC

174 points

26 comments13 min readLW link

A Second Year of Spaced Repetition Software in the Classroom

tanagrabeast1 May 2016 22:14 UTC

64 points

30 comments21 min readLW link

Advanced Placement exam cutoffs and superficial knowledge over deep knowledge

JonahS1 Sep 2013 21:01 UTC

12 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

Career prospects for physics majors

JonahS4 Apr 2014 3:02 UTC

20 points

32 comments5 min readLW link

Don’t depend on others to ask for explanations

Wei Dai18 Sep 2019 19:12 UTC

77 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Is Rationality Teachable?

lukeprog1 Sep 2011 11:59 UTC

66 points

27 comments5 min readLW link

Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems?

DirectedEvolution10 Jul 2020 18:43 UTC

22 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Offense 101

Alejandro124 Oct 2012 21:28 UTC

45 points

84 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality, Pedagogy, and “Vibes”: Quick Thoughts

Nicholas / Heather Kross15 Jul 2023 2:09 UTC

14 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Numeracy neglect—A personal postmortem

vlad.proex27 Sep 2020 15:12 UTC

81 points

29 comments9 min readLW link

Paper Walkthrough: Automated Circuit Discovery with Arthur Conmy

Neel Nanda29 Aug 2023 22:07 UTC

36 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Two More Things to Unlearn from School

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Jul 2007 17:45 UTC

167 points

157 comments2 min readLW link

The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated

dynomight15 Apr 2021 14:15 UTC

111 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

(dynomight.net)

[Letter] Advice for High School #1

lsusr20 Apr 2021 4:09 UTC

93 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

Follow-up to Julia Wise on “Don’t Shoot The Dog”

Alex Flint1 May 2021 19:07 UTC

19 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Academia as Company Hierarchy

Virgil Kurkjian9 May 2021 17:29 UTC

72 points

40 comments18 min readLW link

The homework assignment incentives, and why it’s now so extreme

Andrew Vlahos22 Jun 2021 4:19 UTC

22 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

Gravity Turn

alkjash16 Aug 2021 19:20 UTC

219 points

21 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

[ACX Linkpost] Highlights From The Comments On Missing School

mike_hawke29 Aug 2021 8:01 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Thinking About College Funding

jefftk9 Sep 2021 19:20 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Schools probably do do something

Yair Halberstadt26 Sep 2021 7:21 UTC

25 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Self-education best practices

Sean McAneny10 Nov 2021 17:12 UTC

12 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Education on My Homeworld

lsusr14 Nov 2021 10:16 UTC

37 points

19 comments5 min readLW link

Time until graduation as a proxy for picking between (German) universities

Morpheus24 Jan 2022 18:27 UTC

10 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Bryan Caplan meets Socrates

Sam Enright5 Feb 2022 12:24 UTC

93 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Can you help me find this book?

mukashi2 Mar 2022 10:19 UTC

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Fact post: project-based learning

dominicq2 Jun 2022 20:18 UTC

11 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Grand Theft Education

Zvi31 Aug 2022 11:50 UTC

66 points

18 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

First we shape our social graph; then it shapes us

Henrik Karlsson7 Sep 2022 15:50 UTC

53 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Weekly Non-Covid News #1 (10/13/22)

Zvi13 Oct 2022 15:40 UTC

52 points

16 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is school good or bad?

tailcalled3 Dec 2022 13:14 UTC

10 points

76 comments1 min readLW link

Why and How to Graduate Early [U.S.]

Tego29 Jan 2023 1:28 UTC

29 points

5 comments8 min readLW link

Russell Conjugations list & voting thread

Daniel Kokotajlo20 Feb 2023 6:39 UTC

22 points

62 comments1 min readLW link

Grading on Word Count

niederman15 Mar 2023 19:17 UTC

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(maxniederman.com)

Rationality Games & Apps Brainstorming

lukeprog9 Jul 2012 3:04 UTC

42 points

59 comments2 min readLW link

Valuable economics knowledge available, ironically, for free

Stuart_Armstrong18 Jul 2013 11:30 UTC

38 points

37 comments6 min readLW link

Practical debiasing

crazy8820 Nov 2011 9:45 UTC

40 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

Know of any randomised trials teaching debiasing in schools? Want to help review them, or would that review help your work?

MNoetel20 Mar 2022 4:52 UTC

29 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

To Learn Critical Thinking, Study Critical Thinking

gwern7 Jul 2012 23:50 UTC

41 points

16 comments11 min readLW link

How to Teach Students to Not Guess the Teacher’s Password?

Petruchio4 Jan 2013 15:18 UTC

35 points

96 comments1 min readLW link

Random advice: Teenage U.S. LW-ers should probably be taking more AP exams

HonoreDB7 Apr 2011 4:37 UTC

34 points

23 comments3 min readLW link

Preschoolers learning to guess the teacher’s password [link]

Unnamed18 Mar 2011 4:13 UTC

34 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Guessing the Teacher’s Password

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Aug 2007 3:40 UTC

282 points

98 comments4 min readLW link

Educational CAI: Aligning a Language Model with Pedagogical Theories

Bharath Puranam1 Nov 2024 18:55 UTC

5 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

Predictive history classes

dkl917 Jul 2023 20:48 UTC

68 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

Let’s Design A School, Part 2.4 School as Education—The Curriculum (Phase 3, Specific)

Sable5 Jun 2024 21:40 UTC

19 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

mental number lines

bhauth19 Jul 2023 21:01 UTC

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Design A School, Part 1

Sable23 Apr 2024 21:50 UTC

55 points

5 comments11 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Problems with predictive history classes

dkl920 Jul 2023 23:28 UTC

15 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Expert trap – Ways out (Part 3 of 3)

Paweł Sysiak22 Jul 2023 13:06 UTC

4 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

The Blue School

Voltairina16 Apr 2012 18:15 UTC

31 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Bogus Exam Questions

Donald Hobson28 Mar 2020 12:56 UTC

18 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Deliberate Grad School

Academian4 Oct 2015 10:11 UTC

37 points

155 comments3 min readLW link

{Math} A times tables memory.

aaq1 Dec 2019 15:40 UTC

19 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

The Ancient God Who Rules High School

lifelonglearner5 Apr 2017 18:55 UTC

12 points

113 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Request for advice: high school transferring

argella421 Mar 2016 22:27 UTC

12 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

Should students be allowed to give good teachers a bonus?

DirectedEvolution2 Nov 2020 0:19 UTC

25 points

28 comments2 min readLW link

Can we teach Rationality at the University of Reddit?

Lightwave20 Aug 2012 21:59 UTC

32 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Human capital or signaling? No, it’s about doing the Right Thing and acquiring karma

VipulNaik20 Apr 2014 21:04 UTC

35 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

[Link] Why the kids don’t know no algebra

GLaDOS4 Jul 2012 10:29 UTC

30 points

165 comments4 min readLW link

Help Reform A Philosophy Curriculum

JonathanLivengood8 Dec 2012 22:45 UTC

38 points

24 comments5 min readLW link

khan Academy—Rationality series?

Goobahman12 Dec 2011 1:54 UTC

23 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Writing exercise closes the gender gap in university-level physics

Vladimir_Golovin27 Nov 2010 16:28 UTC

27 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

An Interactive Shapley Value Explainer

James Stephen Brown28 Sep 2024 5:01 UTC

41 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

Bayesian examination

Lê Nguyên Hoang9 Dec 2019 19:50 UTC

86 points

56 comments5 min readLW link

Where is the Learn Everything System?

Shoshannah Tekofsky27 Sep 2024 21:30 UTC

15 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(thinkfeelplay.substack.com)

Something Was Wrong

Zvi5 Aug 2017 14:48 UTC

10 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Reflections on a year of college

unoptimal25 May 2022 16:26 UTC

35 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

Let’s Design a School, Part 3.2 Costs

Sable21 Jun 2024 17:58 UTC

8 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

[Question] Good brainteasers for children?

ejacob2 Mar 2021 6:44 UTC

12 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Design A School, Part 3.1: Bringing it all together with the Sieve Model

Sable11 Jun 2024 17:03 UTC

13 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

[Question] Asking questions to fulfill expectations

erkenbrand19 Mar 2021 2:27 UTC

3 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Some things I’ve learned in college

Aaron Bergman25 Mar 2021 21:30 UTC

22 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Let’s Design A School, Part 2.3 School as Education—The Curriculum (Phase 2, Specific)

Sable15 May 2024 20:58 UTC

24 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Childhood Roundup #1

Zvi6 Jan 2023 13:00 UTC

83 points

27 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How AI Will Change Education

robotelvis28 Feb 2024 5:30 UTC

6 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

(messyprogress.substack.com)

What can we learn about childrearing from J. S. Mill?

Adam Scherlis2 Apr 2024 6:06 UTC

9 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Unforgivable

Novalis25 Jun 2022 20:57 UTC

−9 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

(novalis.blog)

Cultivating And Destroying Agency

hath30 Jun 2022 3:59 UTC

104 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

Most Ivy-smart students aren’t at Ivy-tier schools

Aaron Bergman7 Aug 2022 3:18 UTC

82 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

(www.aaronbergman.net)

What makes teaching math special

Viliam17 Dec 2023 14:15 UTC

41 points

27 comments11 min readLW link

Will people be motivated to learn difficult disciplines and skills without economic incentive?

Roman Leventov20 Mar 2023 9:26 UTC

18 points

33 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Educating people about rationality: where are we?

plurple8 Mar 2023 1:59 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

From Manchester to Beirut: The power of education to change lives

gareth26 Sep 2021 11:40 UTC

3 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(medium.com)

[Question] Education not meant for mass-consumption

Tolo24 Oct 2022 19:45 UTC

7 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

(Book Review) The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality

Xylitol7 Oct 2021 22:21 UTC

25 points

11 comments17 min readLW link

Book Review: The End of Average

Vanilla_cabs14 Oct 2021 1:49 UTC

17 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

The World According to Dominic Cummings

Chris_Leong14 Apr 2020 5:05 UTC

69 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

Teaching CS During Take-Off

andrew carle14 May 2024 22:45 UTC

88 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Should I Pursue a PhD?

DragonGod6 Nov 2022 10:58 UTC

8 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Raising children on the eve of AI

juliawise15 Feb 2024 21:28 UTC

258 points

47 comments5 min readLW link

AI Governance Fundamentals—Curriculum and Application

Mau30 Nov 2021 2:19 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Design A School, Part 2.2 School as Education—The Curriculum (General)

Sable7 May 2024 19:22 UTC

25 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

For and Against Lotteries in Elite University Admissions

Sam Enright12 Dec 2021 13:41 UTC

10 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Observations on Teaching for Four Weeks

ClareChiaraVincent6 May 2024 16:55 UTC

50 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

Let’s Design A School, Part 2.1 School as Education—Structure

Sable2 May 2024 22:04 UTC

26 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

School Daze

Zvi14 Jan 2022 13:50 UTC

50 points

6 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Education 2.0 — A brand new education system

aryan15 Jul 2020 10:09 UTC

−8 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Does ChatGPT’s performance warrant working on a tutor for children? [It’s time to take it to the lab.]

Bill Benzon19 Dec 2022 15:12 UTC

13 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

(new-savanna.blogspot.com)

Books Worthy of Integration

Roven Skyfal20 Feb 2022 8:03 UTC

14 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Bounds of Attention

squidious5 Apr 2018 22:53 UTC

26 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Calibrate your self-assessments

Scott Alexander9 Oct 2011 23:26 UTC

102 points

122 comments6 min readLW link

Epistemic Viciousness

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Mar 2009 23:33 UTC

106 points

93 comments3 min readLW link

Approval Extraction Advertised as Production

Benquo15 Dec 2019 14:51 UTC

82 points

39 comments19 min readLW link 3 reviews

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Cognito Mentoring: An advising service for intellectually curious students

JonahS31 Dec 2013 22:03 UTC

84 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

Am I going insane or is the quality of education at top universities shockingly low?

ChrisRumanov20 Nov 2023 3:53 UTC

26 points

30 comments2 min readLW link

Commentary On “The Abolition of Man”

Vaniver15 Jul 2019 18:56 UTC

64 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

Problems in Education

ThinkOfTheChildren8 Apr 2013 21:29 UTC

92 points

321 comments1 min readLW link

Being a teacher

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 14 Mar 2011 20:03 UTC

82 points

155 comments3 min readLW link

Explicit Expectations when Teaching

Hazard4 Feb 2018 14:12 UTC

22 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Please Press “Record”

johnswentworth11 Mar 2020 23:56 UTC

49 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

What is a School?

Zvi13 Mar 2020 22:00 UTC

51 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Teaching Ladders

alkjash24 Jan 2018 19:01 UTC

29 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Reading Papers in Undergrad

ryan_b9 Nov 2017 19:24 UTC

17 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Teaching the Unteachable

Eliezer Yudkowsky3 Mar 2009 23:14 UTC

55 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

Drawing Less Wrong: An Introduction

Raemon13 Nov 2011 22:39 UTC

45 points

38 comments3 min readLW link

Harms and possibilities of schooling

TsviBT22 Feb 2022 7:48 UTC

121 points

38 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

The Lesson To Unlearn

Ben Pace8 Dec 2019 0:50 UTC

37 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(paulgraham.com)

Proliferating Education

Haris Rashid20 Dec 2022 19:22 UTC

−1 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(www.harisrab.com)

The Case for Education

SamuelKnoche14 Aug 2020 17:20 UTC

24 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

The Best Educational Institution in the World

SamuelKnoche14 Aug 2020 17:18 UTC

41 points

13 comments9 min readLW link

Room and Board for People Self-Learning ML or Doing Independent ML Research

SamuelKnoche14 Aug 2020 17:19 UTC

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Tutor-GPT & Pedagogical Reasoning

courtlandleer5 Jun 2023 17:53 UTC

26 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Should Advanced Placement High School classes discuss Israel-Palestine? If so, how? If not, why? Who should make this decision?

Gesild Muka15 Nov 2023 4:50 UTC

−1 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Stanford Intro to AI course to be taught for free online

Psy-Kosh30 Jul 2011 16:22 UTC

38 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

Expert trap: What is it? (Part 1 of 3) – how hindsight, hierarchy, and confirmation biases break conductivity and accuracy of knowledge

Paweł Sysiak9 Jun 2023 23:00 UTC

6 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] implications of NN design for education

bhauth4 Jun 2023 20:50 UTC

9 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Expert trap: Why is it happening? (Part 2 of 3) – how hindsight, hierarchy, and confirmation biases break conductivity and accuracy of knowledge

Paweł Sysiak9 Jun 2023 23:00 UTC

3 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Living By Your Own Strength

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Dec 2008 0:37 UTC

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