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Why Most Intentional Communities Fail (And Some Succeed)

What are you surprised people pay for instead of doing themselves?

Two of the main resources people have are time and money. The world offers many opportunities to trade one for the other, at widely varying

What are you surprised people don't just buy?

Two of the main resources people have are time and money. The world offers many opportunities to trade one for the other, at widely varying

[Link] White House announces a series of workshops on AI, expresses interest in safety

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/05/03/preparing-future-artificial-intelligence

Group Rationality Diary, February 2016

This is the public group rationality diary for February, 2016. It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively do

Study partner matching thread

Nate Soares recommends pairing up when studying, so I figured it would be useful to facilitate that. If you are looking for a study partne

[Link] Stephen Hawking AMA answers

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3nyn5i/science_ama_series_stephen_hawking_ama_answers/ the vast majority of the discussion is ab

Instrumental Rationality Questions Thread

Previous thread: http://lesswrong.com/lw/mnq/instrumental_rationality_questions_thread/ This thread is for asking the rationalist communit

Notes on Actually Trying

These ideas came out of a recent discussion on actually trying at Citadel, Boston's Less Wrong house. What does "Actually Trying" mean? Ac

Meetup : Cambridge Less Wrong Meetup - Book Recommendations

Discussion article for the meetup : Cambridge Less Wrong Meetup - Book Recommendations WHEN: 04 October 2015 03:30:00PM (-0400) WHE