Group Rationality

TagLast edit: Dec 27, 2020, 4:23 PM by Yoav Ravid

In almost anything, individuals are inferior to groups. Several articles address this concern regarding rationality, i.e., the topic of Group Rationality.

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Open Problems in Group Rationality is one of the main articles about the subject.
Individual and Group Behavior in the Ultimatum Game
Individual vs. Group Rationality in Inquiry

Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists

Zack_M_DavisSep 24, 2019, 4:12 AM

307 points

40 comments9 min readLW link 2 reviews

Epistemic Legibility

ElizabethFeb 9, 2022, 6:10 PM

309 points

30 comments20 min readLW link 1 review

(acesounderglass.com)

Bayesians vs. Barbarians

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 14, 2009, 11:45 PM

105 points

277 comments8 min readLW link

Rational Me or We?

RobinHansonMar 17, 2009, 1:39 PM

164 points

156 comments1 min readLW link

The Hamming Problem of Group Rationality

PDVFeb 26, 2018, 6:59 PM

6 points

36 comments1 min readLW link

A Fundamental Question of Group Rationality

steven0461Oct 13, 2010, 8:32 PM

17 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

My tentative best guess on how EAs and Rationalists sometimes turn crazy

habrykaJun 21, 2023, 4:11 AM

198 points

110 comments8 min readLW link

Democracy Is in Danger, but Not for the Reasons You Think

ExCephNov 6, 2022, 9:15 PM

−7 points

4 comments12 min readLW link

(ginnungagapfoundation.wordpress.com)

Loudly Give Up, Don’t Quietly Fade

ScrewtapeNov 13, 2023, 11:30 PM

151 points

12 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

It turns out that group meetings are mostly a terrible way to make decisions

Ian David MossDec 17, 2020, 3:30 AM

61 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Death in Groups II

ryan_bApr 13, 2018, 6:12 PM

14 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

The Heckler’s Veto Is Also Subject to the Unilateralist’s Curse

Zack_M_DavisMar 9, 2020, 8:11 AM

48 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Loyalty

David GrossNov 15, 2020, 7:30 PM

17 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

Epistemic Tenure

Scott GarrabrantFeb 18, 2019, 10:56 PM

89 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

Second-Order Rationality, System Rationality, and a feature suggestion for LessWrong

Mati_RoyJun 5, 2024, 7:20 AM

13 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

Social events with plausible deniability

ChipmonkNov 18, 2024, 6:25 PM

25 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

(chrislakin.blog)

Why Our Kind Can’t Cooperate

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 20, 2009, 8:37 AM

295 points

211 comments9 min readLW link

Principles for Productive Group Meetings

jsteinhardtMar 22, 2023, 12:50 AM

60 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Your Price for Joining

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 26, 2009, 7:16 AM

89 points

58 comments4 min readLW link

The Right to be Wrong

sarahconstantinNov 28, 2017, 11:43 PM

48 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Negative and Positive Selection

alyssavanceJul 6, 2012, 1:34 AM

148 points

263 comments3 min readLW link

Shallow Review of Consistency in Statement Evaluation

ElizabethSep 9, 2019, 11:21 PM

65 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

Tensions in Truthseeking

RaemonOct 2, 2017, 12:54 AM

38 points

42 comments7 min readLW link

Nonmagical Powers

sixes_and_sevensApr 26, 2011, 10:53 AM

51 points

63 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] When does adding more people reliably make a system better?

Bird ConceptJul 19, 2019, 4:21 AM

30 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Trust the (local) expert

rkApr 9, 2018, 10:22 AM

14 points

12 comments7 min readLW link

Rationality, Pedagogy, and “Vibes”: Quick Thoughts

Nicholas / Heather KrossJul 15, 2023, 2:09 AM

14 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

The Treacherous Path to Rationality

Jacob FalkovichOct 9, 2020, 3:34 PM

207 points

116 comments11 min readLW link 1 review

The Role of Groups in the Progression of Human Understanding

Chris_LeongSep 27, 2023, 3:09 PM

11 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

People Will Listen

sapphireApr 11, 2021, 4:51 PM

85 points

36 comments4 min readLW link

Public beliefs vs. Private beliefs

Eli TyreJun 1, 2022, 9:33 PM

144 points

30 comments5 min readLW link

«Boundaries», Part 1: a key missing concept from utility theory

Andrew_CritchJul 26, 2022, 11:03 PM

158 points

33 comments7 min readLW link

What is the next level of rationality?

lsusr and Yoav Ravid

Dec 12, 2023, 8:14 AM

48 points

24 comments7 min readLW link

3 Cultural Infrastructure Ideas from MAPLE

UnrealNov 26, 2019, 6:56 PM

53 points

15 comments9 min readLW link

Replace yourself before you stop organizing your community.

RaemonJul 22, 2018, 8:57 PM

65 points

16 comments4 min readLW link

The Art of Critical Decision Making

PhilGoetzApr 17, 2009, 1:54 AM

−2 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Individual Utilities Shift Continuously as Geometric Weights Shift

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:41 AM

2 points

0 comments17 min readLW link

Reducing collective rationality to individual optimization in common-payoff games using MCMC

jessicataAug 20, 2018, 12:51 AM

59 points

12 comments6 min readLW link

Gradient Ascenders Reach the Harsanyi Hyperplane

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:40 AM

4 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Helpless Individuals

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 30, 2009, 11:10 AM

90 points

244 comments3 min readLW link

Melting Gold, and Organizational Capacity

RaemonDec 11, 2017, 7:16 PM

73 points

23 comments5 min readLW link

[Review] On the Chatham House Rule (Ben Pace, Dec 2019)

Ben PaceDec 10, 2019, 12:24 AM

40 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

The Black Team—A Parable of Group Effectiveness

JGWeissmanApr 22, 2011, 2:37 AM

59 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Whose reasoning can you rely on when your own is faulty?

weftFeb 18, 2018, 10:41 PM

29 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Against “Classic Style”

Cleo NardoNov 23, 2022, 10:10 PM

67 points

30 comments4 min readLW link

A multi-disciplinary view on AI safety research

Roman LeventovFeb 8, 2023, 4:50 PM

46 points

4 comments26 min readLW link

Non-Book Review: Patterns of Conflict

johnswentworthNov 30, 2020, 9:05 PM

38 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

The Archipelago Model of Community Standards

RaemonNov 21, 2017, 3:21 AM

51 points

26 comments6 min readLW link

How I see knowledge aggregation

zulupineappleFeb 3, 2018, 10:31 AM

24 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

We Agree: Speeches All Around!

SebastianG Jun 14, 2018, 5:53 PM

37 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

The Importance of Those Who Aren’t Here

Davis_KingsleyJul 31, 2019, 11:33 PM

42 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Church vs. Taskforce

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 28, 2009, 9:23 AM

83 points

88 comments5 min readLW link

Hufflepuff Leadership and Fighting Entropy

RaemonJun 7, 2018, 12:28 AM

51 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Selecting Rationalist Groups

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 2, 2009, 4:21 PM

42 points

34 comments3 min readLW link

Deriving the Geometric Utilitarian Weights

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:39 AM

2 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

Mandatory Secret Identities

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 8, 2009, 6:10 PM

68 points

186 comments3 min readLW link

Roles are Martial Arts for Agency

EneaszAug 8, 2014, 3:53 AM

241 points

59 comments3 min readLW link

When programs have to work—lessons from NASA

NancyLebovitzJul 31, 2011, 3:22 PM

37 points

50 comments3 min readLW link

Group Rationality Diary, November 1-15

therufsNov 3, 2014, 3:58 AM

7 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Explorative Questions towards Argumentation + GitHub

cod3dJul 13, 2021, 6:01 AM

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

Against Compromise, or, Deciding as a Team without Succombing to Entropy

AlexandrosJan 8, 2017, 1:22 PM

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(alexandros.resin.io)

Crowdsourcing the availability heuristic

kalla724Apr 25, 2012, 6:20 AM

43 points

40 comments7 min readLW link

Rational Groups Kick Ass

talismanApr 25, 2009, 2:37 AM

33 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

Individual vs. Group Epistemic Rationality

Wei DaiMar 2, 2010, 9:46 PM

35 points

54 comments2 min readLW link

Lessons Learned: Properly Publicizing a Regional Meetup Event (also, last call to apply!)

WillaJun 25, 2023, 12:58 AM

9 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Becoming stronger together

b4yes_duplicate0.9924090729683128Jul 11, 2017, 1:00 PM

30 points

39 comments9 min readLW link

Rational Unilateralists Aren’t So Cursed

SCPJul 4, 2023, 12:19 PM

55 points

6 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Look Under the Light Post

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 16, 2018, 10:19 PM

22 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Book Review: The Righteous Mind

TornusJan 20, 2022, 9:42 PM

7 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

Proving the Geometric Utilitarian Theorem

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:39 AM

25 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from World of Warcraft: Incentives and rewards

Said AchmizMay 7, 2018, 6:44 AM

25 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

(blog.obormot.net)

Expected Utility, Geometric Utility, and Other Equivalent Representations

StrivingForLegibilityNov 20, 2024, 11:28 PM

10 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

The Carnot Engine of Economics

StrivingForLegibilityAug 9, 2024, 3:59 PM

5 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Adversarial System Hats

JohnicholasMar 11, 2009, 4:56 PM

8 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Whining-Based Communities

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 7, 2009, 8:31 PM

86 points

99 comments4 min readLW link

Go Forth and Create the Art!

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 23, 2009, 1:37 AM

90 points

114 comments5 min readLW link

The Second Best

Wei DaiJul 26, 2009, 10:58 PM

20 points

59 comments2 min readLW link

Less Wrong NYC: Case Study of a Successful Rationalist Chapter

CosmosMar 17, 2011, 8:12 PM

189 points

172 comments11 min readLW link

Epistle to the New York Less Wrongians

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 20, 2011, 9:13 PM

149 points

275 comments10 min readLW link

Marketing rationalism

PhilGoetzApr 12, 2009, 9:41 PM

16 points

65 comments1 min readLW link

ZuVillage Georgia – Mission Statement

BurnsJun 17, 2024, 7:53 PM

3 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

Partitioned Book Club

jennMay 12, 2024, 6:38 PM

22 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

The Geometric Importance of Side Payments

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:38 AM

8 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Group rationality diary, 5/14/12

cataMay 15, 2012, 3:01 AM

31 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

Group Rationality Diary, February 1-14

therufsFeb 1, 2015, 3:04 AM

9 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Group Rationality Diary, February 15-28

therufsFeb 16, 2015, 4:40 AM

8 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Group rationality diary, May 5th − 23rd

philhMay 4, 2015, 11:59 PM

12 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

Group Rationality Diary, August 1-15

therufsAug 1, 2014, 8:44 PM

7 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Geometric Utilitarianism (And Why It Matters)

StrivingForLegibilityMay 12, 2024, 3:41 AM

34 points

2 comments11 min readLW link

A Suite of Pragmatic Considerations in Favor of Niceness

AlicornJan 5, 2010, 9:32 PM

114 points

198 comments3 min readLW link

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Group Rationality

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