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Pain is not the unit of Effort

alkjashNov 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
563 points
91 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Men­tal Health and the Align­ment Prob­lem: A Com­pila­tion of Re­sources (up­dated April 2023)

May 10, 2023, 7:04 PM
255 points
54 comments21 min readLW link

Counter-the­ses on Sleep

NatáliaMar 21, 2022, 11:21 PM
447 points
135 comments15 min readLW link1 review

On Tables and Happiness

AlexanderApr 25, 2022, 9:51 AM
25 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Fitness

David GrossDec 21, 2020, 4:51 PM
18 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Really rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 6, 2025, 5:46 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Some im­pli­ca­tions of rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:10 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Utili­tar­i­anism and the re­place­abil­ity of de­sires and attachments

MichaelStJulesJul 27, 2024, 1:57 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

If you are too stressed, walk away from the front lines

Neil Jun 12, 2023, 2:26 PM
44 points
14 comments5 min readLW link

Train­ing My Friend to Cook

lsusrAug 29, 2021, 5:54 AM
71 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Ureshiku Naritai

AlicornApr 8, 2010, 8:08 PM
242 points
159 comments6 min readLW link

A Few Tips on How to Gen­er­ally Feel Bet­ter (and Avoid Headaches)

moridinamaelApr 30, 2018, 4:02 PM
28 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Not for the Sake of Hap­piness (Alone)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 3:19 AM
108 points
108 comments3 min readLW link

Why I am no longer driven

dominicqNov 16, 2021, 8:43 PM
70 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

On the proper pi­lot­ing of flesh shoots

Mordecai WeynbergOct 11, 2022, 6:52 PM
−4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Be Happier

KlevadorApr 16, 2012, 1:51 AM
166 points
267 comments35 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Hor­mone-dis­rupt­ing plas­tics and re­pro­duc­tive health

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielOct 19, 2021, 11:01 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book re­view: Lost Con­nec­tions by Jo­hann Hari

maiaOct 20, 2021, 2:40 AM
38 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

How to choose a mas­sage ther­a­pist

mingyuanMar 1, 2020, 6:53 AM
21 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Men­tal health benefits and down­sides of psychedelic use in ACX read­ers: sur­vey results

RationalElfOct 25, 2021, 10:55 PM
119 points
18 comments10 min readLW link

The Anx­ious Philoso­pher King

Jacob FalkovichNov 1, 2021, 4:05 PM
0 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

[Question] Does it make sense to get 2 flu vac­cines?

dawangyNov 2, 2021, 1:48 AM
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

The Fun The­ory Sequence

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 25, 2009, 11:18 AM
97 points
30 comments13 min readLW link

Nudg­ing My Way Out Of The In­tel­lec­tual Mosh Pit

ElizabethJan 15, 2022, 11:40 PM
42 points
20 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

How to Be­come a Magician

Nicole DiekerJan 21, 2022, 6:12 PM
18 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

How Long Can Peo­ple Use­fully Work?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:35 PM
151 points
8 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Mis­cel­la­neous thoughts on han­dling a stress­ful life

VipulNaikFeb 5, 2022, 5:48 PM
19 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

The case for “men­tal strength”

VipulNaikFeb 7, 2022, 3:43 PM
39 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing the palata­bil­ity the­ory of obesity

Matthew BarnettFeb 10, 2022, 7:16 PM
88 points
19 comments10 min readLW link

Why Doesn’t Health­care Im­prove Health?

George3d6Feb 16, 2022, 11:28 AM
63 points
19 comments12 min readLW link
(www.epistem.ink)

Rest Days vs Re­cov­ery Days

UnrealMar 19, 2019, 10:37 PM
222 points
36 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Some Tech­ni­cal Prob­lems With Mea­sur­ing Hap­piness (and some solu­tions)

Alexander de VriesFeb 23, 2022, 3:02 PM
16 points
0 comments14 min readLW link

Work­ing your­self ragged is not a virtue

So8resJun 21, 2015, 3:00 AM
23 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Rec­og­niz­ing and Deal­ing with Nega­tive Au­to­matic Thoughts

ShmiMar 3, 2022, 8:41 PM
28 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

How to Lu­me­nate (UK Edi­tion)

chanamessingerMar 13, 2022, 1:43 PM
49 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Why Take Care Of Your Health?

MondSemmelApr 6, 2022, 11:11 PM
39 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

Ineffec­tive en­trepreneur­ship: post-mortem of Hippo, the hap­piness app that never quite was

ElizabethMay 27, 2018, 11:03 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

Scien­tific Self-Help: The State of Our Knowledge

lukeprogJan 20, 2011, 8:44 PM
232 points
502 comments10 min readLW link

My Ter­rible Ex­pe­rience with Terror

monkymindApr 21, 2022, 5:58 PM
6 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

3-bit filters

iivonenApr 28, 2022, 11:55 AM
8 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing pro­duc­tivity and wellbeing

ValdesMay 4, 2022, 12:15 PM
11 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

Mean­ing and Mo­ral Foun­da­tions Theory

bryjnarApr 7, 2018, 5:59 PM
14 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­pe­rience on Meloxicam

jefftkMay 8, 2022, 12:30 AM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Health & Lifestyle In­ter­ven­tions With Heavy-Tailed Out­comes?

MondSemmelJun 6, 2022, 4:26 PM
12 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

En­ti­tle­ment as a ma­jor am­plifier of unhappiness

VipulNaikJun 8, 2022, 10:08 PM
29 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Ap­ply for Pro­duc­tivity Coach­ing and AI Align­ment Mentorship

NickJun 17, 2022, 9:36 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the goal in life?

Konstantin WeitzJun 18, 2022, 6:09 AM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do I use caf­feine op­ti­mally?

randomstringJun 22, 2022, 5:59 PM
18 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Differ­en­tial knowl­edge interconnection

Roman LeventovOct 12, 2024, 12:52 PM
6 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Cul­ti­vat­ing Valiance

Shoshannah TekofskyAug 13, 2022, 6:47 PM
35 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

On Need-Sets

MarcelloAug 15, 2020, 11:25 PM
48 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Orexin and the quest for more wak­ing hours

ChristianKlSep 24, 2022, 7:54 PM
131 points
39 comments5 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Check: A Guide To Bet­ter Move­ment (Todd Har­grove)

ElizabethJul 1, 2017, 5:20 AM
16 points
7 comments5 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Book re­view: Hap­piness by Design

Richard_NgoSep 23, 2018, 4:30 AM
12 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Tak­ing vi­tamin D3 with K2 in the morning

ChristianKlNov 30, 2018, 7:00 PM
54 points
47 comments4 min readLW link

Bed­bugs are a Solved Prob­lem—DIY Bio-Weapon works.

sapphireNov 30, 2022, 3:40 AM
59 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Loneliness

DirectedEvolutionSep 8, 2020, 8:14 AM
18 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

Re­sources On Men­tal Health And Find­ing A Therapist

lynettebyeJul 5, 2021, 7:54 AM
20 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] Should I treat pain differ­ently if it’s “all in my head?”

jpSep 5, 2021, 8:06 AM
19 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A Primer on the Sym­me­try The­ory of Valence

Michael Edward JohnsonSep 6, 2021, 11:39 AM
24 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

6 non-ob­vi­ous men­tal health is­sues spe­cific to AI safety

Igor IvanovAug 18, 2023, 3:46 PM
147 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

Types of sub­jec­tive welfare

MichaelStJulesFeb 2, 2024, 9:56 AM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

In­creas­ingly vague in­ter­per­sonal welfare comparisons

MichaelStJulesFeb 1, 2024, 6:45 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Solu­tion to the two en­velopes prob­lem for moral weights

MichaelStJulesFeb 19, 2024, 12:15 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Happiness

complicated.worldMar 30, 2024, 2:18 AM
−2 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(complicated.world)

Gra­da­tions of moral weight

MichaelStJulesFeb 29, 2024, 11:08 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Dumb­ifi­ca­tion of our smart screens

Itay DreyfusJul 4, 2024, 6:32 AM
18 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(productidentity.co)

We Don’t Just Let Peo­ple Die—So What Next?

James Stephen BrownAug 3, 2024, 1:04 AM
11 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

AI al­ign­ment for men­tal health supports

hiki_tFeb 24, 2025, 4:21 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Se­quence overview: Welfare and moral weights

MichaelStJulesAug 15, 2024, 4:22 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to use bright light to im­prove your life.

Nat MartinNov 18, 2024, 7:32 PM
40 points
10 comments10 min readLW link

Hope to live or fear to die?

Knight LeeNov 27, 2024, 10:42 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Recom­men­da­tions for Re­cent Posts/​Se­quences on In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity?

Benjamin HendricksJan 26, 2025, 12:41 AM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­posal for a Form of Con­di­tional Sup­ple­men­tal In­come (CSI) in a Post-Work World

sweenesmJan 31, 2025, 1:00 AM
6 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

The Steam­punk Aesthetic

RaemonMar 8, 2018, 9:06 AM
73 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

Con­scious Pro­pri­o­cep­tion.

leggiOct 4, 2019, 4:33 AM
20 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

How to Be Happy

lukeprogMar 17, 2011, 7:22 AM
236 points
207 comments17 min readLW link

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] One Year with­out Junk Me­dia: Six-Month Update

lsusrJun 18, 2020, 4:34 PM
69 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Car­ing less

eukaryoteMar 13, 2018, 10:53 PM
73 points
24 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews

How to avoid dy­ing in a car crash

[deleted]Mar 17, 2012, 7:44 PM
125 points
295 comments7 min readLW link

Sab­bath hard and go home

BenquoSep 27, 2017, 7:49 AM
98 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

How To Have Things Correctly

AlicornOct 17, 2012, 6:10 AM
101 points
219 comments6 min readLW link

Ra­tional Tooth­paste: A Case Study

badgerMay 31, 2012, 12:31 AM
129 points
60 comments6 min readLW link

A Mo­tor­cy­cle (and Cal­ibra­tion?) Accident

bogglerMar 18, 2018, 10:21 PM
25 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

How I Lost 100 Pounds Us­ing TDT

ZviMar 14, 2011, 3:50 PM
136 points
242 comments4 min readLW link

How to Build a Lumenator

RaemonAug 12, 2018, 5:11 AM
82 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] One Year with­out Junk Media

lsusrDec 14, 2019, 8:26 AM
45 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

A Step-by-step Guide to Find­ing a (Good!) Therapist

squidiousJul 18, 2018, 1:50 AM
46 points
5 comments9 min readLW link
(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)

Spend Money on Ergonomics

KevinDec 23, 2011, 6:40 AM
82 points
212 comments5 min readLW link

My recom­men­da­tions for grat­i­tude exercises

MaxCarpendaleAug 5, 2019, 7:04 PM
40 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Akra­sia and Shangri-La

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 10, 2009, 8:53 PM
53 points
97 comments2 min readLW link

The Un­finished Mys­tery of the Shangri-La Diet

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 10, 2009, 8:30 PM
48 points
232 comments5 min readLW link

My sim­ple hack for in­creased alert­ness and im­proved cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing: very bright light

chaosmageJan 18, 2013, 1:43 PM
96 points
130 comments2 min readLW link

The Balance Between Hard Work and Exhaustion

RossinOct 17, 2017, 4:06 AM
15 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Fire­place Delu­sions [LINK]

masFeb 3, 2012, 4:13 AM
48 points
67 comments1 min readLW link

How dan­ger­ous is it to ride a bi­cy­cle with­out a helmet?

habrykaMar 9, 2019, 2:58 AM
34 points
30 comments4 min readLW link

Two Ways To Re­duce Un­hap­piness That Comes From Dis­torted Views of Reality

Anne HsuJun 8, 2023, 5:43 PM
3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Go­ing Crazy and Get­ting Bet­ter Again

EvenstarJul 2, 2023, 6:55 PM
139 points
13 comments7 min readLW link1 review

“AI Wel­lbe­ing” and the On­go­ing De­bate on Phenom­e­nal Consciousness

FlorianHAug 17, 2023, 3:47 PM
10 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Knowl­edge Base 3: Shop­ping ad­vi­sor and other uses of knowl­edge base about products

iwisOct 9, 2023, 11:53 AM
0 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Knowl­edge Base 4: Gen­eral applications

iwisOct 16, 2023, 12:26 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Be­ing Pro­duc­tive With Chronic Health Con­di­tions

lynettebyeNov 5, 2020, 12:22 AM
97 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

Im­pend­ing AGI doesn’t make ev­ery­thing else unimportant

Igor IvanovSep 4, 2023, 12:34 PM
29 points
12 comments5 min readLW link

Ra­tional Health Optimization

jacob_cannellSep 18, 2010, 7:47 PM
23 points
78 comments8 min readLW link

My Effortless Weight­loss Story: A Quick Runthrough

CuoreDiVetroSep 30, 2023, 11:02 PM
123 points
78 comments9 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Research

falenas108Apr 4, 2011, 10:08 PM
31 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pe­ri­en­tial­ist The­o­ries of Well-Being

andzuckFeb 19, 2021, 10:04 PM
18 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

On the na­ture of anxiety

mr_fahrenheitFeb 22, 2021, 11:56 PM
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

The Na­tional Dash­board and Hu­man Progress

maxaApr 15, 2021, 7:21 PM
6 points
4 comments8 min readLW link
(max2c.com)

Quan­tified Health Prize re­sults announced

ZviFeb 19, 2012, 8:10 AM
68 points
65 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment­ing with An­droid Digi­tal Wellbeing

Yair HalberstadtOct 21, 2021, 5:43 AM
8 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Books Wor­thy of Integration

Roven SkyfalFeb 20, 2022, 8:03 AM
15 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

The glo­ri­ous en­ergy boost I’ve got­ten by ab­stain­ing from coffee

SameerishereMay 7, 2022, 8:21 PM
31 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

On akra­sia: start­ing at the bottom

seecrowAug 1, 2022, 4:08 AM
37 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Effec­tive al­tru­ism in the gar­den of ends

Tyler AltermanSep 14, 2022, 10:02 PM
24 points
1 comment27 min readLW link

Be more effec­tive by learn­ing im­por­tant prac­ti­cal knowl­edge us­ing flashcards

StenemoOct 12, 2022, 6:05 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Fair Col­lec­tive Effi­cient Altruism

Jobst HeitzigNov 25, 2022, 9:38 AM
2 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Lu­me­na­tors for very lazy Bri­tish people

shakeelhDec 2, 2022, 12:18 AM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

How to Sup­port Some­one Who is Struggling

David ZellerMar 11, 2023, 6:52 PM
76 points
13 comments5 min readLW link
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