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Those who can't do, teach. Don't read. Do.

If I took 2 weeks off from work I could build this prototype quite easily. We're in an interesting period where the space of possibilities is so large it just takes a while for the…

John von Neumann, who contributed to the Manhattan project, published an essay called “Can we Survive Technology?” on the topic: https://geosci.uchicago.edu/~kite/doc/von_Neumann_1…

It’s more likely he tried to cover up massive Alameda losses due to all the usual reasons people turn to illegal acts: shame, myopia, gambling addiction. One core EA principle is i…

Philosophy is the constantly moving (and narrowing) circle of unanswered questions.

You are a psychopath.

I would imagine this fact is obvious to any Tesla engineers reviewing code. I would imagine they look at more factors than simply lines of code.

Longtermism in a moral context rewards thinking about the value of future beings that do not yet exist. Existential risk is important in this consideration, because it is an event …

Smart people tend to be libertarian-leaning. It is a most natural predisposition. Most people living in the west are economically privileged. Ajross, you don't seem to really belie…

Personally I'm looking forward to an Amazon home. Ring, Echo and Roomba – I will feel well taken care of and always safe.

Happiness always reverts back to a baseline level. You will never escape this baseline level. Up until this point in your life, meaning has been a projection – a goal ahead of you.…

Read books. Build cool things. Cultivate your relationships. You need to aggressively protect your time. Ignore all else.

I’ll do the same as well. Kagi has literally improved my life a significant degree.

This is unlikely to work. Why? Whenever you impose a stringent system of categorization on top of information that eludes easy categorization, you will likely fail. “I’ll handle th…

While speaking from limited expertise, it is my general understanding these layoffs are a vital part in keeping a company lean and reducing bloat. Over time, in any company, some r…