The Bayesian Conspiracy

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Jace and Steven cover this one since Eneasz is busy drinking cocktails out of a coconut in a beach in Hawaii.

Robin Hanson (probably correctly) thinks the world is going to shit (paraphrasing). He thinks that a robust check on the escalating madness out there could be a community of intellectual generalists. Is he right? Are his categories sensible? Find out as we meander through this post!

4:24 – LW Posts
38:17 – Main Topic
2:08:35 – Thank The Patron!

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We beef with Wes over how important values may or may not be, and why Wireheading is awesome and/or evil.

Wes is the head of The Mind Killer podcast!

7:23  –  LW Posts discussion begins
53:39  –  Main Topic begins
2:01:40  –  Thank the Patron

We also discuss Not Everthing Is a Clue

and Aladdin

The quokka

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We speak to Aella about her post on Frame Control

Aella’s Twitter & LSD post

National Domestic Violence Hotline

The Categories Were Made For Man not visa versa SSC post

Jace’s XKCD reference

Shut Down The Narcissist video

Gray Rock video

Not Everything Is A Clue

Shaping Exercises 101

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We discuss Sasha Chapin’s “Your Intelligent, Conscientious In-group Has Bad Social Norms Too”

Main Topic begins at 45:46

Other items mentioned:

The Simple Truth – Eliezer’s short story about The Sheep Counter

Keep Your Identity Small – by Paul Graham, not Hanson!

Otters vs Possums – by Aella

Shit Rationalists Say

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We discuss the book The Procrastination Equation as summarized by Luke in How to Beat Procrastination

The audio is rough at first, we fixed it after 8 minutes.

Other items discussed include:

Bezos in a Mecha

The Goth Chicken

Whether the King’s English was good enough for Jesus?

Hugh Jackman for Men vs Hugh Jackman for Women

Eneasz’s next story is coming out in March

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We speak with Jason Crawford (twitter), from The Roots of Progress. Interview begins at 44:25.

Posts discussed include:

Iron: From mythical to mundane

The various Why Did It Take So Long For (X), and specifically Cotton Gin, Bicycle, and Threshing Machine

Does invention come from deprivation or plenty?

Progress studies as a moral imperative and a civic duty

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