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Crossposted at Agenty Duck And somewhere in the back of his mind was a small, small note of confusion, a sense of something wrong about that

I sometimes let imaginary versions of myself make decisions for me. I first started doing this after Anna told me (something along the line

Phenomenology Phenomenology is the study of the structures of experience and consciousness. Literally, it is the study of "that which appe

Followup to: Against Doublethink (sequence), Dark Arts of Rationality, Your Strength as a Rationalist Doublethink It is obvious that the

There's a core meme of rationalism that I think is fundamentally off-base. It's been bothering me for a long time — over a year now. It hasn

Followup to: Ask and Guess Ask culture: "I'll be in town this weekend for a business trip. Is it cool if I crash at your place?" Response:

This Saturday, Michael Valentine and I are taking the most fun and potent habit-formation material from CFAR's previous four-day workshops,

I'm working on a post about how best to use human memory—when it's good to store things in your own brain and why, when it's best to outsour

Summary: Some forms of meditation may train key skills of metacognition, serving as powerful tools for applied rationality. I expect aspirin

Some people seem to be a bit too generous for their own good. I know a precious few people who are especially good at saying "no" when asked