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Basic building blocks of dependent type theory
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EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (12th Dec - 18th Dec 22')
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Will Manifold Markets/Metaculus have built-in support for reflective latent variables by 2025?
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Monthly Roundup #1
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It’s Probably Not Lithium
Natália Coelho Mendonça
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D&D.Sci December 2022 Evaluation and Ruleset
abstractapplic
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What is epigenetics?
Metacelsus
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Signals of war in August 2021
yieldthought
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EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (5th Dec - 11th Dec 22')
Zoe Williams
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EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (14th Nov - 27th Nov 22')
Zoe Williams
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Toni Kurz and the Insanity of Climbing Mountains
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The optimal angle for a solar boiler is different than for a solar panel
Yair Halberstadt
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Some research ideas in forecasting
Jsevillamol
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Accounting For College Costs
johnswentworth
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Beyond the moment of invention
jasoncrawford
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Ordinary human life
David Hugh-Jones
3d
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You Are Not Measuring What You Think You Are Measuring
johnswentworth
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Announcing the Progress Forum
jasoncrawford
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Instead of technical research, more people should focus on buying time
Akash
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What an actually pessimistic containment strategy looks like
lc
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Why Weren't Hot Air Balloons Invented Sooner?
Lost Futures
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Why I'm Sceptical of Foom
DragonGod
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Analysis: US restricts GPU sales to China
aogara
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When should we be surprised that an invention took “so long”?
jasoncrawford
1mo
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Announcing the incoming CEO for The Roots of Progress
jasoncrawford
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The Balto/Togo theory of scientific development
Elizabeth
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The lessons of Xanadu
jasoncrawford
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Fiber arts, mysterious dodecahedrons, and waiting on “Eureka!”
eukaryote
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