swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months ago"The Better Angels of Our Nature" Part 2: Campus Lies, I.Q. Rise & Epstein Ties - If Books Could Killplus-squarewww.buzzsprout.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link"The Better Angels of Our Nature" Part 2: Campus Lies, I.Q. Rise & Epstein Ties - If Books Could Killplus-squarewww.buzzsprout.comswlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square1fedilink
GorillasAreForEating@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months ago'It’s a common misconception that we recommend all EAs “marry to give,” or marry a high-net-worth individual with the intent of redirecting much of their wealth to effective causes'plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-link'It’s a common misconception that we recommend all EAs “marry to give,” or marry a high-net-worth individual with the intent of redirecting much of their wealth to effective causes'plus-squareweb.archive.orgGorillasAreForEating@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square66fedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months agoChris Langan and the "Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe"? Oh boy!plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareChris Langan and the "Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe"? Oh boy!plus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square16fedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-28 months agoSBF's effective altruism and rationalism considered an aggravating circumstance in sentencingplus-squarewww.citationneeded.newsexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down10
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkSBF's effective altruism and rationalism considered an aggravating circumstance in sentencingplus-squarewww.citationneeded.newsArchiteuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square69fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months agoMars Review of Books is offering a swimsuit edition. All hot, all neoreactionary!plus-squarearchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkMars Review of Books is offering a swimsuit edition. All hot, all neoreactionary!plus-squarearchive.phDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square39fedilink
Evinceo@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agoSlateScott talking race and IQ: very cool and truth seeking. Revealing SlateScott's powerword: what's the public interest in that?plus-squarewww.lesswrong.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkSlateScott talking race and IQ: very cool and truth seeking. Revealing SlateScott's powerword: what's the public interest in that?plus-squarewww.lesswrong.comEvinceo@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square21fedilink
Al0neStar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoPedro Domingos destroys climate activists with one simple fact!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1imagePedro Domingos destroys climate activists with one simple fact!lemmy.worldAl0neStar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square21fedilink
YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agoYo SneerClub I heard you like critiques of LLM bullshit so I put LLM bullshit in your LLM bullshit critiqueplus-squarewww.psychologytoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkYo SneerClub I heard you like critiques of LLM bullshit so I put LLM bullshit in your LLM bullshit critiqueplus-squarewww.psychologytoday.comYouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square14fedilink
sinedpick@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agoThe Honduran charter city is going exactly as well as you expectedplus-squaretheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkThe Honduran charter city is going exactly as well as you expectedplus-squaretheintercept.comsinedpick@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square20fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-28 months ago"Why I'm no longer a White Nationalist." Neoreactionary blogger goes to live in Red America just like he always dreamed. What followed will shock you!plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square204fedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down10
arrow-up1296arrow-down1external-link"Why I'm no longer a White Nationalist." Neoreactionary blogger goes to live in Red America just like he always dreamed. What followed will shock you!plus-squareweb.archive.orgDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square204fedilink
Soyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-28 months agoInterview with a former Effective Vampire^M Altruist.plus-squaremathbabe.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkInterview with a former Effective Vampire^M Altruist.plus-squaremathbabe.orgSoyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square2fedilink
jonhendry@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agoState Dept funded report says AI doom is comingplus-squaretime.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkState Dept funded report says AI doom is comingplus-squaretime.comjonhendry@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square14fedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agoOK doomerplus-squarewww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkOK doomerplus-squarewww.newyorker.comTinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square36fedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months ago"The Best Essay" by Paul Grahamplus-squarepaulgraham.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-link"The Best Essay" by Paul Grahamplus-squarepaulgraham.comblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square22fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months agoWe started a charity to alleviate wild fish suffering. We spent $30k trying to contact fish farmers via email. This didn't work, so we gave up. We consider the project a success.plus-squareforum.effectivealtruism.orgexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkWe started a charity to alleviate wild fish suffering. We spent $30k trying to contact fish farmers via email. This didn't work, so we gave up. We consider the project a success.plus-squareforum.effectivealtruism.orgDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square31fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-29 months agoit's outrageous the NYT called Scoot a racist like Charles Murray! also, Scoot agrees with race science, precisely as Murray does. Also, the leaked 2014 email is only outrageous if you hadn't read SSCplus-squarewww.lesswrong.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkit's outrageous the NYT called Scoot a racist like Charles Murray! also, Scoot agrees with race science, precisely as Murray does. Also, the leaked 2014 email is only outrageous if you hadn't read SSCplus-squarewww.lesswrong.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square69fedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months agoSince age 12, SBF was a dedicated utilitarian, mommy says. It's not fair to imprison him for life.plus-squarewww.documentcloud.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkSince age 12, SBF was a dedicated utilitarian, mommy says. It's not fair to imprison him for life.plus-squarewww.documentcloud.orgTinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square23fedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-29 months agoRationalist org bets random substack poster $100K that he can't disprove their covid lab leak hypothesis, you'll never guess what happens nextplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareRationalist org bets random substack poster $100K that he can't disprove their covid lab leak hypothesis, you'll never guess what happens nextplus-squareArchiteuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square35fedilink
Shitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months agoWhen someone drops "immersion" when talking about VRawful.systemsimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1imageWhen someone drops "immersion" when talking about VRawful.systemsShitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square7fedilink
Christopher Wood@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months agoanother dystopian hellscape is when your AI generator makes non-white Nazisplus-squarewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkanother dystopian hellscape is when your AI generator makes non-white Nazisplus-squarewww.theverge.comChristopher Wood@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square3fedilink
