Listen "73 – Truth and Winning"
Episode Synopsis
The conspiracy worries about our post-truth government and looks at the question of why Rationalists aren’t at the top of everything they do.
Articles/things discussed in this episode
Link with analysis and discussion of the Jim Acosta incident
Sailor Vulcan’s post on LessWrong
Scott Alexander’s reply in the comments
The Last Rationalist’s take on the question
Relevant Links
The wonderful Rationality From AI to Zombies podcast’s episode on The Simple Truth (It turns out Eneasz didn’t actually do it)
Sequence Posts for next time:
Politics is the Mind-Killer
Just Lose Hope Already
You Are Not Hiring the Top 1%
Big thanks to David for our intro music! Check out his music and VFX here!
We’d like to thank creators of our new outro music from the Sumerki Project! Check out their stuff here!
Articles/things discussed in this episode
Link with analysis and discussion of the Jim Acosta incident
Sailor Vulcan’s post on LessWrong
Scott Alexander’s reply in the comments
The Last Rationalist’s take on the question
Relevant Links
The wonderful Rationality From AI to Zombies podcast’s episode on The Simple Truth (It turns out Eneasz didn’t actually do it)
Sequence Posts for next time:
Politics is the Mind-Killer
Just Lose Hope Already
You Are Not Hiring the Top 1%
Big thanks to David for our intro music! Check out his music and VFX here!
We’d like to thank creators of our new outro music from the Sumerki Project! Check out their stuff here!
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