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Intellectual Hipsters and Meta-Contrarianism
Scott Alexander
12y
368
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Motive Ambiguity
Zvi
2y
59
155
Undiscriminating Skepticism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12y
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Urges vs. Goals: The analogy to anticipation and belief
AnnaSalamon
10y
71
131
When Truth Isn't Enough
Scott Alexander
13y
59
126
What Is Signaling, Really?
Scott Alexander
10y
174
121
Making yourself small
Helen
4y
53
120
A signaling theory of class x politics interaction
Scott Alexander
11y
61
118
That other kind of status
Scott Alexander
12y
113
105
Why Real Men Wear Pink
Scott Alexander
13y
155
103
How can we get more and better LW contrarians?
Wei_Dai
10y
335
102
The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem
lukeprog
10y
308
101
Impostor Syndrome as skill/dominance mismatch
Viliam
2y
12
91
Science as Attire
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
89
200
Visible Homelessness in SF: A Quick Breakdown of Causes
alyssavance
6mo
40
150
The rationalist community's location problem
mingyuan
2y
143
126
Naming the Nameless
sarahconstantin
4y
43
118
Things you are supposed to like
PhilGoetz
11y
372
102
What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer
paulfchristiano
6y
49
85
A map of Bay Area memespace
Julia_Galef
9y
29
76
Propagating Facts into Aesthetics
Raemon
3y
33
73
[Geo: California/Bay Area] Mini-Research of 2020 Fire Situation
Ruby
2y
13
59
The Steampunk Aesthetic
Raemon
4y
17
58
[Link] The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
10y
44
56
Berkeley visit report
EvelynM
10y
12
46
Bay Area: vibes
KatjaGrace
4y
2
35
Planned Power Outages
jefftk
3y
18
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What’s good about haikus?
KatjaGrace
1y
3