Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 days agoNew article from reflective altruism guy starring Scott Alexander and the Biodiversity Brigadeplus-squarereflectivealtruism.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkNew article from reflective altruism guy starring Scott Alexander and the Biodiversity Brigadeplus-squarereflectivealtruism.comArchiteuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Shitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-23 days ago[podcast] If Books Could Kill - Sam Harris's "The End of Faith"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-square[podcast] If Books Could Kill - Sam Harris's "The End of Faith"plus-squareShitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Evinceo@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agoJD Vance outs himself as an SSCer, SSCers reactplus-squarewww.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkJD Vance outs himself as an SSCer, SSCers reactplus-squarewww.reddit.comEvinceo@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square54fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agoyour Bayesian yacht is an outlier adn should not be countedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkyour Bayesian yacht is an outlier adn should not be countedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square27fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agowhat happened next with Max Tegmark and the Swedish neo-Nazisplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkwhat happened next with Max Tegmark and the Swedish neo-Nazisplus-squaremedium.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Coll@awful.systemsEnglish · 22 days agoThe walled marketplace of ideas: a statistical critique of SSC book reviewsplus-squaretitotal.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkThe walled marketplace of ideas: a statistical critique of SSC book reviewsplus-squaretitotal.substack.comColl@awful.systemsEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square8fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-21 month agoCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square25fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agoBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square2fedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phTinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
epigone@awful.systems · 2 months agoWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgepigone@awful.systems · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agoExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilink
Proteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-22 months agoBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comvideomessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1videoBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comProteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square41fedilink
Rosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months ago-aiplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-square-aiplus-squareRosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square1fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agohere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkhere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square57fedilink
slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comslopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51fedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agoOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square39fedilink
UnseriousAcademic@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoThe Politics of Urbitplus-squarejournals.sagepub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkThe Politics of Urbitplus-squarejournals.sagepub.comUnseriousAcademic@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-23 months agoour boy Moldy is back at Urbit (gosh! etc), as interviewed by an Urbit loving crypto bro. Anyway, they're gonna solve their funding problems by doing a shitcoinplus-squarewww.coindesk.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkour boy Moldy is back at Urbit (gosh! etc), as interviewed by an Urbit loving crypto bro. Anyway, they're gonna solve their funding problems by doing a shitcoinplus-squarewww.coindesk.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square52fedilink
slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoTP0 gets a mention in a frontpage Atlantic article - ‘Race Science’ Is Inching Its Way Across the American Rightplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkTP0 gets a mention in a frontpage Atlantic article - ‘Race Science’ Is Inching Its Way Across the American Rightplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comslopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square5fedilink
dadbod_beeblebrox@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoThe worst person you know: "We bought an island"plus-squarebalajis.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down10
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkThe worst person you know: "We bought an island"plus-squarebalajis.comdadbod_beeblebrox@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilink
