Listen "154 – Two General Thinkers Discuss General Thinking"
Episode Synopsis
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!
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Also merch!
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast, and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Purpose and Pragmatism
The Affect Heuristic
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping)
Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism
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!
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Also merch!
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast, and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Purpose and Pragmatism
The Affect Heuristic
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping)
Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism
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