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www.lesswrong.com | ||
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www.greaterwrong.com
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| | | | | The core fallacy of anthropomorphism is expecting something to be predicted by the black box of your brain, when its casual structure is so different from that of a human brain, as to give you no license to expect any such thing. The Tragedy of Group Selectionism (as previously covered in the evolution sequence) was a rather extreme error by a group of early (pre-1966) biologists, including Wynne-Edwards, Allee, and Brereton among others, who believed that predators would voluntarily restrain their breeding to avoid overpopulating their habitat and exhausting the prey population. | |
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paulgraham.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article 'How to Do Great Work' by Cal Newport explores the path to achieving significant work by emphasizing the importance of deep work, cultivating one's unique interests, and embracing curiosity. It outlines various strategies to overcome common obstacles like procrastination and fear, and highlights the value of focusing on personal passion rather than external validation. Newport also touches on the role of heuristics in finding meaningful work and the importance of persistence in the face of uncertainty. The piece concludes by encouraging readers to take initiative and try to do great work, suggesting that the potential for success is vast and that the journey is worth the effort. | |
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scottaaronson.blog
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| | | | | The following is the prepared versionof a talk that I gave at SPARC: a high-school summer program about applied rationality held in Berkeley, CA for the past two weeks. I had a wonderful time in Berkeley, meeting new friends and old, but I'm now leaving to visit the CQT in Singapore, and then to attend... | |
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joecarlsmith.com
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| | | A high-level picture of how we might get from here to safe superintelligence. | ||
