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slatestarcodex.com

[Content note: reading this post might cause feelings of suffocation or provoke panic attacks in susceptible individuals. Epistemic status is very speculative.] Last month I moved into a small cott…

lesswrong.com

A community blog devoted to refining the art of rationality

marginalrevolution.com

Small Steps Toward A Much Better World

substack.com

The app for independent voices

thezvi.substack.com

A world made of gears. Doing both speed premium short term updates and long term world model building. Currently focused on weekly AI updates. Explorations include AI, policy, rationality, medicine and fertility, education and games. Click to read Don't Worry About the Vase, by Zvi Mowshowitz, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

themotte.org

This weekly roundup thread is intended for all culture war posts. ['Culture war'](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture_war&oldid=963768354) is vaguely defined, but it basically means controversial issues that fall along set tribal lines. Arguments over culture war issues generate a lot of heat and little light, and few deeply entrenched people ever change their minds. This thread is for voicing opinions and analyzing the state of the discussion while trying to optimize for light over heat. Optimistically, we think that [engaging with people you disagree with](http://archive.is/LuQ66) is worth your time, and [so is being nice!](http://archive.is/hH3VO) Pessimistically, there are many dynamics that can lead discussions on Culture War topics to become unproductive. There's a human tendency to divide along tribal lines, praising your ingroup and vilifying your outgroup - and if you think you find it easy to criticize your ingroup, then it may be that your outgroup is [not who you think it is](http://archive.is/ur3Fh). Extremists with opposing positions can [feed off each other](http://archive.is/FtI4S), highlighting each other's worst points to justify their own angry rhetoric, which becomes in turn a new example of bad behavior for the other side to highlight. We would like to avoid these negative dynamics. Accordingly, we ask that you do not use this thread for waging the Culture War. Examples of waging the Culture War: * Shaming. * Attempting to 'build consensus' or enforce ideological conformity. * Making sweeping generalizations to vilify a group you dislike. * Recruiting for a cause. * Posting links that could be summarized as 'Boo outgroup!' Basically, if your content is 'Can you believe what Those People did this week?' then you should either refrain from posting, or do some very patient work to contextualize and/or [steel-man](https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Steel_man) the relevant viewpoint. In general, you should argue to

richardhanania.com

Foreign policy, American politics, and social science. Click to read Richard Hanania's Newsletter, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

scottaaronson.blog

For those of you who haven’t seen, there were actually two “bombshell” QC announcements this week. One, from Caltech, including friend-of-the-blog John Preskill, showed how to do quantum faul…

noahpinion.blog

Economics and other interesting stuff. Click to read Noahpinion, by Noah Smith, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.