Replacing guilt
In my experience, many people are motivated primarily by either guilt, shame, or some combination of the two. Some are people who binge-watch television, feel deeply guilty about it, and »
Failing with Abandon
This is a short public service announcement: you don't have to fail with abandon. Say you're playing Civilization, and your target is to get to sleep before midnight, and you »
The Way of the Rationalist
Once upon a time, three students of human rationality traveled along a dusty path. The first was a novice, new to the art. The second was a student, who had »
The brain/mind distinction
This is the fourth of five or so short notes stating background assumptions that I would like to make explicit before recommending that people read Rationality: AI to Zombies. People »
Ephemeral correspondance
This is the third of five or so short notes stating background assumptions that I would like to make explicit before recommending that people read Rationality: AI to Zombies. Your »
What sort of thing a brain is
This is the second of five or so short notes stating background assumptions that I would like to make explicit before recommending that people read Rationality: AI to Zombies. A »
Desire is the direction, rationality is the magnitude
Rationality: AI to Zombies is an e-book compiled from about two years worth of writing by Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of the research institute I work at. It's a pretty good »
Half-assing it with everything you've got
I hang out around a lot of effective altruists. Many of them are motivated primarily by something like guilt (for having great resource and opportunity while others suffer) or shame »