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I've been looking for reliable evidence of a claim I've heard a few times. The claim is that the closing of sweatshops (by anti-globalizatio

Not sure if this has been covered on LW, but it seems highly relevant to WBE development. Link here: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments

TL;DR: let's visualize what the world looks like if we successfully prepare for the Singularity. I remember reading once, though I can't r

My roommate recently sent me a review article that LW might find interesting: Conclusions:  Low levels of alcohol intake (1-2 drinks per

My uncle works in insurance. I recently mentioned that I'm planning to sign up for cryonics. "That's amazing," he said. "Convincing a youn

Aside from cryonics and eating better, what else can we do to live long lives? Using this tool, I looked up the risks of death for my demo

It occurred to me this morning that, if it's actually valuable, generating true beliefs about the world must be someone's comparative advant

What should a rationalist do about confidence? Should he lean harder towards 1. relentlessly psyching himself up to feel like he can do an

In a post last August called Alzheimer's vs. Cryonics, I left the following comment: 23andMe recently showed that people of my genotype a

I managed to turn an essay assignment into an opportunity to write about the Singularity, and I thought I'd turn to LW for feedback on the p