Minding our way

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, »

This is a short public service announcement: you don't have to fail with abandon. Say you're playing Civilization [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_%28video_game% »

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 »

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 [https: »

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 [https: »

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 [https: »

Rationality: AI to Zombies [https://intelligence.org/rationality-ai-zombies/] is an e-book compiled from about two years worth of writing by Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of the research institute »

I hang out around a lot of effective altruists [http://www.effectivealtruism.org/]. Many of them are motivated primarily by something like guilt (for having great resource and opportunity while »