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Of all the cognitive tools our ancestors left us, what's best? Society seems to think pretty hi
This post starts out pretty gloomy but ends up with some points that I feel pretty positive about. D
This post focuses on philosophical objections to Bayesianism as an epistemology. I first explain Bay
As humanity gets closer to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a new geopolitical strategy is gai
I think that most people underestimate how many scientific mysteries remain, even on questions that
How can we make many humans who are very good at solving difficult problems? Summary (table of made-
This post is probably hazardous for one type of person in one particular growth stage, and necessary
This is a description of my work on some data science projects, lightly obfuscated and fictionalized
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I've been wanting to write a nice post for a few months, but should probably just write a one s
Quarterly Performance Review, Autumn 1983Colonel Yuri Kuznetsov looked out the window anxiously. Th
I’ve claimed that Willpower compounds and that small wins in the present make it easier to get bigge
For a long time, when I heard "slow takeoff", I assumed it meant "takeoff that takes
A common claim among e/accs is that, since the solar system is big, Earth will be left alone by supe
A year ago, I started trying to deliberate practice skills that would "help people figure out t
After the release of Ben Pace's extended interview with me about my views on religion, I felt i
There's a popular story that goes like this: Christopher Hitchens used to be in favor of the US
Midjourney, “Fourth Industrial Revolution Digital Transformation”This is a little rant I like to giv
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