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A large element of instrumental rationality consists of filtering, prioritizing, and focusing.  It's true for tasks, for emails, for blogs,

The following should sound familiar: A thoughtful and observant young protagonist dedicates their life to fighting a great world-threateni

Introduction Less Wrong is explicitly intended is to help people become more rational.  Eliezer has posted that rationality means epistemi

Here's a little Sunday irreverence.  Someone else has probably written this story before, and I'm sure the points have been made many times,

This idea has been mentioned in several comments, but it deserves a top-level post.  From an ancient, ancient web article (1995!), Stanford

A great piece from The Onion, inside the mind of someone arguing emotionally:  Oh, No! It's Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts

The traditional wisdom says that publicly committing to a goal is a useful technique for accomplishment.  It creates pressure to fulfill one

I'm about half-way through this fascinating book, conveniently available for free online, which is at the intersection of psychiatry and evo

On at least two occasions - one only a year past - my life was at serious risk because I was not thinking clearly.  Both times, I was lucky