The Bayesian Conspiracy

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Join me as I sit down with Alex and David, both previous guests on the show and both cofounders of the Guild of the Rose. Together, we go over the core – the heart – of what we consider to be the Rationalist tradition. The 12 Virtues are an awesome distillation of what the rest of the sequences build on.

Be sure to check out the Guild of the Rose. If our constantly pitching it to you hasn’t been enough to persuade you to check it out, hopefully hearing two more of the founders discuss Rationality in general and giving their own pitches for the Guild will tip the scales.

LINKS

• The Twelve Virtues
  • Abridged Version
• Alex and David have been on more than a couple of times, but I’ll limit myself to one episode from each of them
  • 189 – AI Bloomer David Youssef
  • 192 – Absurdism and the Meaning of Life, with Alex
  • And the episode with both of them, the original announcement for the Guild
• Also, Alex’s dating profile! In all sincerity, I’d date him if I was a woman.

00:00:05 – Introduction and The 12 Virtues
01:41:50 – Guild of the Rose

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Matt Freeman has been cohosting several media analysis podcasts for over a decade. He and his cohost Scott have been doing weekly episodes of the Doofcast every Friday and they cover movies, books, and TV shows. Matt and Scott’s analysis podcasts have made me love stories even more and have equipped me with tools to enhance my ability to think more deeply about the stories I consume and enjoy them even more.

My hope is that this meta-conversation will encourage anyone who hasn’t listened to the Doofcast or anything else Doof! Media has put out to give it a shot and see what you’ve been missing out on. Unfortunately, we were unable to coordinate a time for Matt’s cohost Scott to join us so hopefully I did an ok job making this entertaining and fun with only one expert guest.

Shoutout to Skyler Crossman, the Less Wrong community organizer extraordinaire!

LINKS

• Doof! Media, the home of Matt’s other podcasts!
• The Magnus Archives
• Bob Ross on AI Slop
• East Coast Mega Meetup

00:00:05 – Diving into stories
01:47:42 – Interlude with Eneasz about the East Coast Mega Meetup!
01:52:31 – Guild of the Rose

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Booker is a long-time attendee and one of the coordinators of the Denver area Less Wrong community. Community engagement isn’t just a background task for him – he’s taken real steps to get involved with and improve his community and you can too! He’s here to tell us about the things he’s done and give some guidance on how you all can get involved and help make your community more like the place you’d want to live.

Colorado Reagan Club

An article he wrote making the case why you should join

An article about Vacancy Committees

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While Eneasz is busy at InkHaven, Steven sits down with Matt Freeman to talk about not-AI stuff! We had (in my opinion) a great conversation about stoic philosophy, the traps of getting too entrenched in any philosophical framework, and some of the ingredients of a happy life.

LINKS

• It’s Okay to Feel Bad for a Bit
• Doof! Media, the home of Matt’s other podcasts!
• Flanagan’s Wake

00:00:05 – Matt Freeman
01:55:23 – Guild of the Rose

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We talk with Max Harms on the air for the first time since 2017! He’s got a new book coming out (pre-order your copy here or at Amazon) and we spend about the first half talking about If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.

LINKS

• Max’s first book, Crystal Society
  • Eneasz’s audiobook of about the first two thirds of the first book
  • And the official audiobooks page
• Flash fiction contest that Eneasz mentioned
• Max’s post on Anthropic Reasoning
• Red Heart
• If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

00:00:05 – Max Harms
01:28:53 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:00 – Miscellanea
01:40:58 – Thank the Supporter!

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Jay talks with us about finding Alpha – returns above the base rate – in every day life (and what this means).

LINKS
Optimize Everything, Jay’s substack
Jay on Twitter
Arbor Trading Bootcamp
Kelsey’s argument that We Need To Be Able To Sue AI Companies

00:00:05 – Alpha with Jay
01:28:53 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:00 – Miscellanea
01:40:58 – Thank the Supporter!

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