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Geometric Rationality

Nov 21, 2022 by Scott Garrabrant

Geometric rationality is my name for a cluster of techniques and behaviors that tend to maximize the geometric expectation (or equivalently maximize the expected logarithm) of natural features (of the world or the self). Geometric rationality techniques include Nash bargaining, Kelly betting, Thompson sampling, and (arguably) Bayesian updating. The posts in this sequence are relatively self contained, but draw on common themes.

121Utilitarianism Meets Egalitarianism
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191Tyranny of the Epistemic Majority
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159The Geometric Expectation
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126Geometric Exploration, Arithmetic Exploitation
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60The Least Controversial Application of Geometric Rationality
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73Respecting your Local Preferences
Scott Garrabrant
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176Geometric Rationality is Not VNM Rational
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90Local Memes Against Geometric Rationality
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