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TagLast edit: Jan 18, 2021, 2:35 PM by Yoav Ravid

Summaries of papers, books, Sequences or anything else.

See also: Book Reviews, Literature Reviews

Mazes Se­quence Summary

ZviMay 23, 2020, 4:40 PM
81 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Fuck­ing God­damn Ba­sics of Ra­tion­al­ist Discourse

LoganStrohlFeb 4, 2023, 1:47 AM
329 points
103 comments1 min readLW link3 reviews

Ra­tion­al­ity: Abridged

QuaerendoJan 6, 2018, 12:20 AM
101 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Par­tial sum­mary of de­bate with Ben­quo and Jes­si­cata [pt 1]

RaemonAug 14, 2019, 8:02 PM
89 points
63 comments22 min readLW link3 reviews

Fake Frame­works for Zen Med­i­ta­tion (Sum­mary of Sek­ida’s Zen Train­ing)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 6, 2021, 3:38 PM
54 points
11 comments10 min readLW link

A sum­mary of ev­ery “High­lights from the Se­quences” post

AkashJul 15, 2022, 11:01 PM
97 points
7 comments17 min readLW link

Maps of Mean­ing: Abridged and Translated

VaniverOct 11, 2018, 12:27 AM
53 points
14 comments10 min readLW link

Quan­tum Physics Re­vealed As Non-Mysterious

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 12, 2008, 5:20 AM
13 points
26 comments8 min readLW link

Bring up Genius

ViliamJun 8, 2017, 5:44 PM
104 points
62 comments20 min readLW link

Book Sum­mary: Con­scious­ness and the Brain

Kaj_SotalaJan 16, 2019, 2:43 PM
177 points
20 comments26 min readLW link1 review

Ex­trap­o­lat­ing from Five Words

Gordon Seidoh WorleyNov 15, 2023, 11:21 PM
40 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Read­ing the ethi­cists: A re­view of ar­ti­cles on AI in the jour­nal Science and Eng­ineer­ing Ethics

Charlie SteinerMay 18, 2022, 8:52 PM
50 points
8 comments14 min readLW link

The Equa­tion of Knowledge

Lê Nguyên HoangJul 7, 2020, 4:09 PM
58 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

(Sum­mary) Se­quence High­lights—Think­ing Bet­ter on Purpose

qazzquimbyAug 2, 2022, 5:45 PM
33 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

In­sights from “The Manga Guide to Phys­iol­ogy”

TurnTroutJan 24, 2025, 5:18 AM
26 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(turntrout.com)

Po­ten­tial fac­tors in Bell Labs’ in­tel­lec­tual progress, Pt. 1

RubyFeb 12, 2021, 7:26 PM
50 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Build­ing Blocks of Poli­tics: An Overview of Selec­torate Theory

Yoav RavidOct 12, 2021, 11:27 AM
86 points
26 comments49 min readLW link1 review

Notes on notes on virtues

David GrossDec 30, 2020, 5:47 PM
71 points
11 comments11 min readLW link

In­sights from “All of Statis­tics”: Probability

Rafael HarthApr 8, 2021, 5:48 PM
7 points
0 comments14 min readLW link

In­sights from “All of Statis­tics”: Statis­ti­cal Inference

Rafael HarthApr 8, 2021, 5:49 PM
8 points
0 comments18 min readLW link

Out­line of Galef’s “Scout Mind­set”

Rob BensingerAug 10, 2021, 12:16 AM
163 points
17 comments14 min readLW link

[Sum­mary] “In­tro­duc­tion to Elec­tro­dy­nam­ics” by David Griffiths—Part 1

lsusrSep 22, 2021, 10:22 PM
24 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

“On Bul­lshit” and “On Truth,” by Harry Frankfurt

CallmesalticidaeAug 28, 2020, 12:44 AM
20 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Chris Voss ne­go­ti­a­tion MasterClass: review

VipulNaikNov 20, 2021, 10:39 PM
70 points
15 comments33 min readLW link

The Mom Test: Sum­mary and Thoughts

Adam ZernerApr 18, 2024, 3:34 AM
48 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

How To Get Startup Ideas: A Brief Lit Re­view and Analysis

Adam ZernerMar 30, 2023, 8:33 PM
22 points
10 comments43 min readLW link

Sum­maries of top fo­rum posts (27th March to 16th April)

Zoe WilliamsApr 17, 2023, 12:28 AM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view: Mon­ster Train

ZviJun 2, 2020, 1:40 PM
13 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sum­mary and Les­sons from “On Com­bat”

Gunnar_ZarnckeMar 22, 2015, 1:48 AM
28 points
63 comments7 min readLW link

The Cy­ber­se­cu­rity Dilemma in a Nutshell

GentzelDec 12, 2019, 3:20 AM
35 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

Fake Fake Utility Functions

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 6, 2007, 6:30 AM
42 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

An In­tu­itive Ex­pla­na­tion of Quan­tum Mechanics

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 12, 2008, 3:45 AM
18 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

And the Win­ner is… Many-Wor­lds!

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 12, 2008, 6:05 AM
30 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

Quan­tum Me­chan­ics and Per­sonal Identity

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 12, 2008, 7:13 AM
14 points
28 comments10 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Cap­tured Economy

ZviDec 11, 2017, 1:10 PM
14 points
6 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mak­ing a Differ­ence Tem­pore: In­sights from ‘Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing: An In­tro­duc­tion’

TurnTroutJul 5, 2018, 12:34 AM
33 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Con­tin­u­ous Im­prove­ment: In­sights from ‘Topol­ogy’

TurnTroutFeb 22, 2020, 9:58 PM
30 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Great Books of Failure

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 19, 2009, 12:59 AM
32 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Judg­ment Un­der Uncer­tainty sum­maries, Part 1: Representativeness

TesseractAug 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
42 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

What I got out of ‘Al­gorithms to Live By’

rkApr 11, 2018, 4:35 PM
28 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

High­lights from the Black­mail De­bate (Robin Han­son vs Zvi Mow­show­itz)

Ben PaceAug 20, 2020, 12:49 AM
48 points
37 comments9 min readLW link

Brief sum­mary of ai-plans.com

IknownothingJun 28, 2023, 12:33 AM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(ai-plans.com)

“Tech­nol­ogy and the Fu­ture of Per­sons”, by Lynne Rud­der Baker (2013)

CallmesalticidaeAug 20, 2020, 2:31 PM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

“How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read”, by Pierre Bayard

CallmesalticidaeSep 3, 2020, 1:05 PM
11 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

A Short Sum­mary of “Fo­cus Your Uncer­tainty”

Stephen JamesJul 14, 2023, 11:18 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“In the Dust of This Planet,” by Eu­gene Thacker

CallmesalticidaeSep 10, 2020, 7:50 PM
2 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Read More Books but Pre­tend to Read Even More

Arjun PanicksseryAug 5, 2023, 12:07 AM
23 points
12 comments4 min readLW link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

How I in­ter­nal­ized my achieve­ments to bet­ter deal with nega­tive feelings

Raymond KoopmanschapFeb 27, 2024, 3:10 PM
42 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

GPT-pow­ered EA/​LW weekly summary

smallsiloAug 25, 2023, 6:19 PM
18 points
1 comment11 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Ra­tion­al­ity in the Me­dia: Don’t (New Yorker, May 2009)

May 12, 2009, 1:32 PM
7 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

My 1st month at a “neu­ro­di­ver­gent gifted school” called Min­erva University

exanovaOct 10, 2023, 3:34 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(inawe.substack.com)

Com­mon Sense Athe­ism sum­ma­riz­ing the Sequences

AlexandrosNov 19, 2010, 12:55 PM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Book Notes: Scal­ing, Why is An­i­mal Size so Im­por­tant?

ketchupduckMar 7, 2021, 8:16 PM
19 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Men­strual cy­cle effects—Clue study sum­mary and commentary

just_browsingMar 31, 2021, 4:28 PM
79 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Ex­is­ten­tial Risk and Growth

jkim2Oct 11, 2021, 1:07 AM
9 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Sum­mary of “How to Win Friends and In­fluence Peo­ple”

CosmosJun 30, 2012, 8:49 PM
26 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

‘Think­ing, Fast and Slow’ Chap­ter Sum­maries /​ Notes [link]

LightwaveApr 15, 2012, 9:14 AM
26 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A Sum­mary Of An­thropic’s First Paper

Sam RingerDec 30, 2021, 12:48 AM
85 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Sum­mary: “How to write a the­sis” by Um­berto Eco

Pablo RepettoMar 25, 2022, 9:40 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Sum­mary: “How to read a book” by Mor­timer Adler

Pablo RepettoMar 29, 2022, 12:34 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Sum­mary: “In­ter­net Search tips” by Gw­ern Branwen

Pablo RepettoApr 8, 2022, 2:02 AM
12 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Sum­mary: “How to Write Quickly...” by John Wentworth

Pablo RepettoApr 11, 2022, 11:26 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Sum­mary: “How to Do Re­search” by OSP’s Red

Pablo RepettoApr 13, 2022, 7:46 PM
9 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Sum­mary: “How to Read Books and Write Es­says” by OSP’s Blue

Pablo RepettoApr 15, 2022, 9:17 PM
8 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Sum­mary of “AGI Ruin: A List of Lethal­ities”

Stephen McAleeseJun 10, 2022, 10:35 PM
45 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Sum­maries: Align­ment Fun­da­men­tals Curriculum

Leon LangSep 18, 2022, 1:08 PM
44 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

EA & LW Fo­rums Weekly Sum­mary (26 Sep − 9 Oct 22′)

Zoe WilliamsOct 10, 2022, 11:58 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­ti­cle Re­view: Dis­cov­er­ing La­tent Knowl­edge (Burns, Ye, et al)

Robert_AIZIDec 22, 2022, 6:16 PM
13 points
4 comments6 min readLW link
(aizi.substack.com)

Book Sum­mary: Willpower by Baumeister, Tierney

DorikkaMay 24, 2012, 11:34 PM
36 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

Course recom­men­da­tions for Friendli­ness researchers

LouieJan 9, 2013, 2:33 PM
96 points
112 comments10 min readLW link

Martin Selig­man’s “Authen­tic Hap­piness”

David GrossDec 27, 2020, 5:06 AM
10 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

o1: A Tech­ni­cal Primer

Jesse HooglandDec 9, 2024, 7:09 PM
169 points
19 comments9 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Niet­zsche’s Mo­ral­ity in Plain English

Arjun PanicksseryDec 4, 2023, 12:57 AM
92 points
14 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

[LINK] Yud­kowsky’s Abridged Guide to In­tel­li­gent Characters

katydeeDec 30, 2014, 6:37 AM
21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Book sum­mary: Un­lock­ing the Emo­tional Brain

Kaj_SotalaOct 8, 2019, 7:11 PM
331 points
48 comments21 min readLW link3 reviews

Trust Me I’m Ly­ing: A Sum­mary and Review

quanticleAug 13, 2018, 2:55 AM
100 points
11 comments7 min readLW link
(quanticle.net)

Pro­duc­tivity: Work­ing to­wards a sum­mary of what we know

Adam ZernerNov 9, 2017, 10:04 PM
83 points
22 comments26 min readLW link

Coron­avirus Jus­tified Prac­ti­cal Ad­vice Summary

Mar 15, 2020, 10:25 PM
87 points
53 comments6 min readLW link

Set Up for Suc­cess: In­sights from ‘Naïve Set The­ory’

TurnTroutFeb 28, 2018, 2:01 AM
31 points
40 comments3 min readLW link

Mini-re­view: The Book of Why

Brian SlesinskyMay 21, 2018, 11:11 PM
21 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Read: Su­per­hu­man AI for mul­ti­player poker

Yuxi_LiuJul 14, 2019, 6:22 AM
56 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Sum­mary of “The Straw Vul­can”

alexvermeerDec 26, 2011, 4:29 PM
52 points
27 comments6 min readLW link

Psy­cho-cy­ber­net­ics: ex­per­i­men­tal notes

romeostevensitSep 18, 2018, 7:21 PM
59 points
3 comments13 min readLW link

The sim­ple pic­ture on AI safety

Alex FlintMay 27, 2018, 7:43 PM
31 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

A Tax­on­omy of Bias: The Cog­ni­tive Miser

Kaj_SotalaJul 2, 2010, 6:38 PM
67 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

The Vuln­er­a­ble World Hy­poth­e­sis (by Bostrom)

Ben PaceNov 6, 2018, 8:05 PM
50 points
17 comments4 min readLW link
(nickbostrom.com)

Book Recom­men­da­tions: An Every­one Cul­ture and Mo­ral Mazes

sarahconstantinJan 10, 2019, 9:40 PM
45 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Con­founded No Longer: In­sights from ‘All of Statis­tics’

TurnTroutMay 3, 2018, 10:56 PM
21 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

In­sights from Lin­ear Alge­bra Done Right

Rafael HarthJul 13, 2019, 6:24 PM
54 points
18 comments9 min readLW link

Hu­man-Aligned AI Sum­mer School: A Summary

Michaël TrazziAug 11, 2018, 8:11 AM
39 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Rea­son­ing isn’t about logic (it’s about ar­gu­ing)

MorendilMar 14, 2010, 4:42 AM
66 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

Learn­ing prefer­ences by look­ing at the world

Rohin ShahFeb 12, 2019, 10:25 PM
43 points
10 comments7 min readLW link
(bair.berkeley.edu)

Turn­ing Up the Heat: In­sights from Tao’s ‘Anal­y­sis II’

TurnTroutAug 24, 2018, 5:54 PM
36 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

And My Ax­iom! In­sights from ‘Com­putabil­ity and Logic’

TurnTroutJan 16, 2019, 7:48 PM
42 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

In­sights from Munkres’ Topology

Rafael HarthMar 17, 2019, 4:52 PM
30 points
0 comments14 min readLW link

Me­gapro­ject management

ryan_bJan 11, 2019, 5:08 PM
55 points
11 comments5 min readLW link1 review
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