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A 30 day virtual video-making challenge to help you improve and gain confidence as a video maker. Like Inkhaven, but you're making videos instead of blog posts, and you don't have to fly to Berkeley and pay $4000. (See also: Halfhaven) Lots of people on LessWrong are great at writing,...
Many people make costly mistakes when reasoning about their health. Even most doctors make this mistake, because it's not a mistake that's caused by a lack of medical knowledge. Rather, it's caused by a lack of clear thinking. People experience symptoms, and then they look for the root cause of...
My posts since the last digest * The Barfly --- A short story about a mobster or something. I didn't really like this one. I wrote it quickly and it shows. Usually, for a short story, I'd at least like to sleep once between writing the first draft and publishing...
(Crossposted from my Substack; written as part of the Halfhaven virtual blogging camp) There’s a lot of concern in the media about school shootings. But retirement home and hospice shootings are more common. Only, the shooters are microscopic, so we can’t put their faces on the news. Cancer, diabetes, infectious...
My posts since the last digest * A Culture of Bullshit — Part of the reason society is going down the tubes — if it is — is because we have a culture of mediocrity, where bullshit is tolerated. * The Flaw in the Paperclip Maximizer Thought Experiment — Most...
(Cross-posted from my Substack; written as part of the Halfhaven virtual blogging camp) Oh, you read Emily Post’s Etiquette? What version? There’s a significant difference between versions, and that difference reflects the declining literacy of the American intellectual. I looked into this because I noticed books published before the ’70s...