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Epistemic Status: Welcome everyone!
This was last updated 10/8/2017. Plan is to continue to update it periodically.
This blog is part of the rationalist community. The general interest links below are fully general interest, and require no knowledge of or interest in rationality.
What is rationality? This post is one good answer. It is believing, and updating on evidence, so as to systematically improve the correspondence between your map and the territory, and using that map to achieve your values.
To me, a rationalist is someone who highly values, and invests in, this process and the art thereof, both in themselves and others.
This blog strives to embody that way of thinking. If you are interested in the way of thinking you saw in the guide, and want to see or explore more of it, this blog might be for you.
If you're wondering why anyone would think this way, my best responses to that are Responses to Tyler Cowen on Rationality and Why Rationality?
If you're really interested, you should try reading the sequences. You can get the Kindle version here.
The rest of this post organizes what this blog has produced over the years, starting with highlighting the best posts of general or economic interest.
If you're interested in getting involved in the community, especially in New York City, leave a comment with information on how to reach you, preferably email.
Top 5 General Interest / For Marginal Revolution Readers:
Next 5 General Interest:
Play in Hard Mode [Play in Easy Mode]
In a world… of venture capital
On the Seattle Minimum Wage Study (part 1) [Part 2] [Part 3]
The Thing and the Symbolic Representation of The Thing
Against Facebook Sequence:
Against Facebook: Comparison to Alternatives and Call to Action
Help Us Find Your Blog (and others)
Choices Sequence:
Restaurant Guide (I owe part 3 at some point, maybe more):
Restaurant Guide 1: Restaurants should not look like (most) restaurants
About Rationality (General Interest):
Responses to Tyler Cohen on Rationality
Rationalist Culture and Ideas (For General Interest)
The Twelve Virtues of Rationality
Avoiding Emotional Dominance Spirals
Decision Theory:
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
The Darwin Results Gambling and Prediction Markets:
Prediction Markets: When Do They Work?
Subsidizing Prediction Markets
Prediction Markets Are About Being Right
On Rationalist Culture and Ideas (For Community Members):
What Is Rationalist Berkley’s Community Culture?
Paths Forward on Berkeley Culture Discussion
You’re Good Enough, You’re Smart Enough, and People Would Like You
AI (This section needs to get bigger):