swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago"The Better Angels of Our Nature" Part 2: Campus Lies, I.Q. Rise & Epstein Ties - If Books Could Killplus-squarewww.buzzsprout.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square1linkfedilink
GorillasAreForEating@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year 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-square66linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square66linkfedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 year agoChris Langan and the "Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe"? Oh boy!plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareChris Langan and the "Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe"? Oh boy!plus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square16linkfedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-21 year agoSBF's effective altruism and rationalism considered an aggravating circumstance in sentencingplus-squarewww.citationneeded.newsexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down10
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkSBF's effective altruism and rationalism considered an aggravating circumstance in sentencingplus-squarewww.citationneeded.newsArchiteuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square69linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 year agoMars Review of Books is offering a swimsuit edition. All hot, all neoreactionary!plus-squarearchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkMars Review of Books is offering a swimsuit edition. All hot, all neoreactionary!plus-squarearchive.phDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39linkfedilink
Evinceo@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year 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-square21linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square21linkfedilink
Al0neStar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPedro Domingos destroys climate activists with one simple fact!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1imagePedro Domingos destroys climate activists with one simple fact!lemmy.worldAl0neStar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21linkfedilink
YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoYo SneerClub I heard you like critiques of LLM bullshit so I put LLM bullshit in your LLM bullshit critiqueplus-squarewww.psychologytoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square14linkfedilink
sinedpick@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoThe Honduran charter city is going exactly as well as you expectedplus-squaretheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkThe Honduran charter city is going exactly as well as you expectedplus-squaretheintercept.comsinedpick@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-21 year 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-square204linkfedilinkarrow-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-21 year agomessage-square204linkfedilink
Soyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-21 year agoInterview with a former Effective Vampire^M Altruist.plus-squaremathbabe.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkInterview with a former Effective Vampire^M Altruist.plus-squaremathbabe.orgSoyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square2linkfedilink
jonhendry@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoState Dept funded report says AI doom is comingplus-squaretime.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkState Dept funded report says AI doom is comingplus-squaretime.comjonhendry@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14linkfedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoOK doomerplus-squarewww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkOK doomerplus-squarewww.newyorker.comTinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square36linkfedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 year ago"The Best Essay" by Paul Grahamplus-squarepaulgraham.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-link"The Best Essay" by Paul Grahamplus-squarepaulgraham.comblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 year 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-square31linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square31linkfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-21 year 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-square69linkfedilinkarrow-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-21 year agomessage-square69linkfedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoSince age 12, SBF was a dedicated utilitarian, mommy says. It's not fair to imprison him for life.plus-squarewww.documentcloud.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square23linkfedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-21 year 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-square35linkfedilinkarrow-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-21 year agomessage-square35linkfedilink
Shitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoWhen someone drops "immersion" when talking about VRawful.systemsimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1imageWhen someone drops "immersion" when talking about VRawful.systemsShitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7linkfedilink
Christopher Wood@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoanother dystopian hellscape is when your AI generator makes non-white Nazisplus-squarewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkanother dystopian hellscape is when your AI generator makes non-white Nazisplus-squarewww.theverge.comChristopher Wood@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3linkfedilink
