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Here's some blue-sky speculation about one way alien sapients' civilizations might develop differently from our own. Alternatively, you can

I'd like to solicit advice since I'm starting at Stanford this Fall and I'm interested in optimal philanthropy. First off, what should I m

Thus spake Eliezer: A Munchkin is the sort of person who, faced with a role-playing game, reads through the rulebooks over and over until

Warning: armchair evopsych speculation follows. Related to: Summer vs Winter Strategies   A couple months ago, I had a large amount o

This post is about two Anki plugins I just wrote. I've been using them for a few months as monkey patches, but I thought it might help peopl

Spaced repetition systems use math to determine the optimal way to study things. This post is about an idea I've been trying for a few month

Often, there are questions you want to know the answers to. You want other people's opinions, because knowing the answer isn't worth the tim

Crocker's rules apply to this post, and to everything I post. Also, after writing this post and googling LW for links I came up with this

For the past few years my willpower has been steadily increasing. If it lasts and I use it to accomplish something noteworthy, I might write

Lately I've resolved to try harder at teaching myself math so I have a better shot at the international olympiad (IMO). These basically invo