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January 2023 'Disco Elysium' (2019): Part 1 |
Messy thoughts on the best work of political fiction of recent decades
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April 2022 Ramsey |
The philosopher's philosopher, the economist's economist, ...
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March 2022 Comparing experts and generalists |
Literature review - who gives more accurate forecasts?
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March 2021 Why worry about future AI? |
Concrete reasons it might do extreme things.
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April 2020 Robots, Games, Life, Markets |
Understanding game theory, reinforcement learning, evolutionary dynamics, & economic calculation, with each other. |
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January 2020 Reversals in psychology |
A list of exaggerated psychological phenomena
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August 2019 Consent as conclusive evidence |
Dissolving a thought-experiment about consequentialism.
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October 2018 Existential risk as common cause |
Why many views should prioritise preventing the worst events.
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September 2018 Hardening the browser |
Passable browser security for almost no money or effort.
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August 2017 Disambiguating the first computer |
Tiny app for defining "computer" and selecting between first computers.
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August 2017 Why I'm not a philosopher |
Philosophy's functions & benefits, and why they aren't real(?)
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October 2016 The Worst Game Ever |
A true story about model error, noisy decisions, and the birth of tragedy.
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March 2015 Why is quality rare? |
Why in general is it harder to do things well than badly?
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July 2014 Comparing up and down |
Choosing your reference class for happiness or growth.
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October 2010 'Have One on Me' by Joanna Newsom |
Reading the best album of the last 20 years.
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September 2010 Punk as ideology |
Serious or ironic? Political or aesthetic? Yay or boo?
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