This is a link post.** Part 1: Our Thinking**** Near and Far1 Abstract/Distant Future Bias2 Abstractly Ideal, Concretely Selfish3 We Add Near, Average Far4 Why We Don't Know What We Want5 We See the Sacred from Afar, to See It Together6 The Future Seems Shiny7 Doubting My Far Mind Disagreement8 Beware the Inside View9 Are Meta Views Outside Views?10 Disagreement Is Near-Far Bias11 Others' Views Are Detail12 Why Be Contrarian?13 On Disagreement, Again14 Rationality Requires Common Priors15 Might Disagreement Fade Like Violence? Biases16 Reject Random Beliefs17 Chase Your Reading18 Against Free Thinkers19 Eventual Futures20 Seen vs. Unseen Biases21 Law as No-Bias Theatre22 Benefit of Doubt = Bias Part 2: Our Motives**** Signaling**23 Decision Theory Remains Neglected24 What Function Music?25 Politics isn't about Policy26 Views [...] ---Outline:(00:07) Part 1: Our Thinking(00:12) Near and Far(00:37) Disagreement(01:04) Biases(01:28) Part 2: Our Motives(01:33) Signaling(02:01) Norms(02:35) Fiction(02:58) The Dreamtime(03:19) Part 3: Our Institutions(03:25) Prediction Markets(03:48) Academia(04:06) Medicine(04:15) Paternalism(04:29) Law(05:21) Part 4: Our Past(05:26) Farmers and Foragers(05:55) History as Exponential Modes(06:09) The Great Filter(06:35) Part 5: Our Future(06:39) Aliens(07:01) UFOs(07:22) The Age of Em(07:44) Artificial Intelligence--- First published: October 20th, 2024 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JxsJdBnL2gG5oa2Li/overcoming-bias-anthology) --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO).
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