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Conversation (topic)
Public Discourse
Inferential Distance
Illusion of Transparency
LW Moderation
Moderation (topic)
Decoupling vs Contextualizing
Demon Threads
103 posts
Communication Cultures
Simulacrum Levels
Privacy
Feedback & Criticism (topic)
Blackmail / Extortion
58
Wisdom Cannot Be Unzipped
Sable
1mo
13
374
Great minds might not think alike
Eric Neyman
1y
44
73
Pitching an Alignment Softball
mu_(negative)
6mo
13
55
Excessive Nuance and Derailing Conversations
Alexander
11mo
16
174
New York Times, Please Do Not Threaten The Safety of Scott Alexander By Revealing His True Name
Zvi
2y
2
50
Sam Altman Q&A Notes - Aftermath
p.b.
1y
35
157
You Get About Five Words
Raemon
3y
73
120
How Specificity Works
Liron
3y
48
99
The Power to Teach Concepts Better
Liron
3y
22
68
A reply to Agnes Callard
Vaniver
2y
36
34
Implicature Conflation
abramdemski
1y
5
104
Counterspells
Virgil Kurkjian
3y
24
100
The Forces of Blandness and the Disagreeable Majority
sarahconstantin
3y
27
96
Disincentives for participating on LW/AF
Wei_Dai
3y
42
19
Meme Dialects
jefftk
27d
1
18
Brain as hardware, memeplexes as software, language as the operating system
Severin T. Seehrich
1mo
14
445
To listen well, get curious
benkuhn
2y
39
185
Reneging Prosocially
Duncan_Sabien
1y
14
27
Research Deprioritizing External Communication
jefftk
2mo
3
57
Principles of Privacy for Alignment Research
johnswentworth
4mo
30
222
Simulacra Levels and their Interactions
Zvi
2y
48
149
Simulacrum 3 As Stag-Hunt Strategy
johnswentworth
1y
36
23
The Conversations We Make Space For
Severin T. Seehrich
4mo
0
5
Do Timeless Decision Theorists reject all blackmail from other Timeless Decision Theorists?
myren
1mo
8
62
Privacy and Manipulation
Raemon
1y
42
146
"Can you keep this confidential? How do you know?"
Raemon
2y
44
30
My Approach to Non-Literal Communication
Isaac King
7mo
8
166
Conversational Cultures: Combat vs Nurture (V2)
Ruby
2y
92