i havent been consistent noting down all posts i liked or loved into the below lists. therefore something missing from here does not mean i havent liked it or havent read it.
Lesswrong
posts from lesswrong (lw).
these posts are not necessarily originally from lesswong. i like to note the link form lesswong when there is one even if the post is originally from another blog. sorry for the inconsistency here.
Loved posts from the sequences
- Professing and Cheering
- Belief as Attire
- Expecting Short Inferential Distances
- Scientific Evidence, Legal Evidence, Rational Evidence
- Cached Thoughts
Loved lw sequences
lw sequences, excluding those from Rationality: A-Z.
Loved cfar techniques posts
- to read fully: Goal Factoring
- to read fully: Focusing
- to read fully: murphyjitsu (and inner sim): https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Htjbj8ystqc2zLtMX/murphyjitsu-an-inner-simulator-algorithm
Loved lw posts
the posts i liked the most from lesswrong.
in no particular order.
- How An Algorithm Feels From Inside
- Basics of Rationalist Discourse
- Ugh fields
- Pain is not the unit of Effort
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iETtCZcfmRyHp69w4/can-the-chain-still-hold-you
- “I Don’t Know”
- The Meditation on Winter
- You’re allowed to fight for something
- Motive Ambiguity
- Double Crux (new better post)
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Fabricated Options
- More Dakka
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xLm9mgJRPvmPGpo7Q/the-cognitive-science-of-rationality
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/baTWMegR42PAsH9qJ/generalizing-from-one-example
- You Can Face Reality
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/XqvnWFtRD2keJdwjX/the-useful-idea-of-truth
- Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Z5wF8mdonsM2AuGgt/negative-feedback-and-simulacra
- Slack
- Steam
- Gears-Level Understanding, Deliberate Performance, The Strategic Level from the cfar handbook
- Gears in understanding : the original lesswrong post that defines gears-level understanding.
- on how false beliefs but persistent behavior still points to some reason for the behavior even if just subjective: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MPj7t2w3nk4s9EYYh/incorrect-hypotheses-point-to-correct-observations
- about noticing confusion: Your Strength as a Rationalist
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Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more confused by fiction than by reality. If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge.
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- often referenced by lw people: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-abstractions/
- lw community surveys: https://www.lesswrong.com/s/MKsuezdHmrHfbQCqT
- ex: 2024 survey: https://www.lesswrong.com/s/MKsuezdHmrHfbQCqT/p/gpZBWNFxymsqnPB92
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bbB4pvAQdpGrgGvXH/tuning-your-cognitive-strategies
- Reward is not the optimization target
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5FAnfAStc7birapMx/the-hostile-telepaths-problem
ai safety:
Liked lw posts
posts i liked enough to be worth noting down for further reference but not
good enough to be part of what i feel were the best posts ive read from lesswrong.
in no particular order.
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6vcxuRHzeM99jYcYd/privileging-the-question
- on confidence even under uncertainty: https://www.lesswrong.com/s/pFatcKW3JJhTSxqAF/p/jFvPWZB5WAGkDBpqN
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hXCNaXnHwYYnwYstp/process-crimes-and-pedantic-rules
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NxgQwGA4RPemhBubr/on-stance
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/C4tR3BEpuWviT7Sje/2021-ai-alignment-literature-review-and-charity-comparison
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LuXb6CZG4x7pDRBP8/wait-vs-interrupt-culture
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/K2JBqDeETX2yEgyyZ/the-limits-of-introspection
- https://www.lesswrong.com/s/pFatcKW3JJhTSxqAF/p/CAWHpzaZGJZMhK6pb
- inspirational to build better societies: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iETtCZcfmRyHp69w4/can-the-chain-still-hold-you
- inspirational on feeling every death: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pnhjfkcBpzGp7gFTJ/the-meditation-on-winter
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GLMFmFvXGyAcG25ni/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GLPaZamxqkx7XJbXv/the-skill-of-noticing-emotions
- best ai takeover story ive read so far: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFJ2LFogYqzfGB3uX/how-ai-takeover-might-happen-in-2-years
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZLB8cDM8DxwfxJSLc/the-thing-and-the-symbolic-representation-of-the-thing
- argues to live normally even if short ai timelines: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CvfZrrEokjCu3XHXp/ai-practical-advice-for-the-worried
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CzyGJzESo7vm75KKz/pick-two-concise-comprehensive-or-clear-rules
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xdwbX9pFEr7Pomaxv/meta-honesty-firming-up-honesty-around-its-edge-cases-1
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rYq6joCrZ8m62m7ej/how-could-i-have-thought-that-faster
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ancAQBkfKPdcu2JDN/three-notions-of-power#Emperor_of_China__Dominance
EA Forum
posts from the ea forum (eaf).
Uncategorized yet
- ai safety impact assessment (of ai safety camp) : https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CuPnmeS4v5sFE6nQj/impact-assessment-of-ai-safety-camp-arb-research
Loved eaf posts
- stats on genpop opinion of ea: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Ypb6s6zwFiEKBiL3G/wave-2-of-pulse-awareness-and-perceptions-of-effective
- is ai a bubble: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/im59y2Au7zC5ofuKe/is-the-ai-industry-in-a-bubble
Liked eaf posts
posts i liked enough to be worth noting down for further reference but not
good enough to be part of what i feel were the best posts ive read from
the ea forum.
in no particular order.
- story about death and compassion: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/mCtZF5tbCYW2pRjhi
SSC and ACX
posts from Scott Alexander,
from Astral Codex Ten (acx),
and from Slate Star Codex (ssc).
in no particular order.
Liked acx posts
- post about social dynamics i really liked: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-sadly-porn
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MFNJ7kQttCuCXHp8P/the-goddess-of-everything-else
Liked ssc posts
- https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/
- https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/u8GMcpEN9Z6aQiCvp/rule-thinkers-in-not-out
- https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/11/sacred-principles-as-exhaustible-resources/
- on cultural drift: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/07/addendum-to-enormous-nutshell-competing-selectors/
Paul Graham
Liked Paul Graham posts
Duncan
posts from Duncan Sabien.
that are not on lesswrong.
in no particular order.
Loved duncan posts
- on advice for rationalist intentional communities: https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/dragon-army-retrospective
Liked duncan posts
- https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/dont-break-it-for-me
- https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/notice-that-youve-taken-two-steps
Robin Hanson
posts from Robin Hanson on Overcoming Bias.
in no particular order.
Liked hanson posts
- cultural drift posts:
- origin of prediction market idea: https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/hail-jeffrey-wernick
- https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/conquest-and-liberation-of-academia
Jenn
Loved jenn posts
Aella
posts from Aella on Knowingless substack.
in no particular order.
Loved aella posts
Mae
posts from Mae on Thoughts of Mine.
in no particular order.
Liked mae posts
- on gifts and transactions in relationships: https://thoughtsofmine.ca/posts/gift-economies-and-rich-friends/