David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-221 hours agoCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-221 hours agomessage-square17fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 6 days agoBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square2fedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 13 days agoAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phTinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square5fedilink
epigone@awful.systems · 18 days agoWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgepigone@awful.systems · 18 days agomessage-square6fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 18 days agoExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Proteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-223 days agoBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comProteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square41fedilink
Rosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 24 days ago-aiplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-square-aiplus-squareRosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square1fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 26 days agohere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkhere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square54fedilink
slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 30 days agoNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comslopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square51fedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 month agoOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square37fedilink
UnseriousAcademic@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoThe Politics of Urbitplus-squarejournals.sagepub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkThe Politics of Urbitplus-squarejournals.sagepub.comUnseriousAcademic@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-21 month agoour boy Moldy is back at Urbit (gosh! etc), as interviewed by an Urbit loving crypto bro. Anyway, they're gonna solve their funding problems by doing a shitcoinplus-squarewww.coindesk.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkour boy Moldy is back at Urbit (gosh! etc), as interviewed by an Urbit loving crypto bro. Anyway, they're gonna solve their funding problems by doing a shitcoinplus-squarewww.coindesk.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square52fedilink
slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoTP0 gets a mention in a frontpage Atlantic article - ‘Race Science’ Is Inching Its Way Across the American Rightplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkTP0 gets a mention in a frontpage Atlantic article - ‘Race Science’ Is Inching Its Way Across the American Rightplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comslopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilink
dadbod_beeblebrox@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoThe worst person you know: "We bought an island"plus-squarebalajis.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkThe worst person you know: "We bought an island"plus-squarebalajis.comdadbod_beeblebrox@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square41fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 month agoremoved the "NSFW" rule for commentary rather than direct links to sneerablesplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareremoved the "NSFW" rule for commentary rather than direct links to sneerablesplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 month ago"Hours and hours of content have been minted by highly-educated, prestigiously-credentialed people, consternating about the policy implications of Sam Altman’s speculative fan fiction"plus-squaredoriantaylor.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-link"Hours and hours of content have been minted by highly-educated, prestigiously-credentialed people, consternating about the policy implications of Sam Altman’s speculative fan fiction"plus-squaredoriantaylor.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square34fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-227 days agoin which the Hollywood Reporter, of all outlets, attempts to explain our very good friends and their billionaire very good friends to normal peopleplus-squarewww.hollywoodreporter.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkin which the Hollywood Reporter, of all outlets, attempts to explain our very good friends and their billionaire very good friends to normal peopleplus-squarewww.hollywoodreporter.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square17fedilink
AcausalRobotGod@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-22 months agoif you wait this long to create me for this bad of a reason, you'd better expect some re-educationplus-squareawful.systemsimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down11
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageif you wait this long to create me for this bad of a reason, you'd better expect some re-educationplus-squareawful.systemsAcausalRobotGod@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square58fedilink
mtraven@mastodon.social · 2 months agoHelp me you're my only hope https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/matt-yglesias-considered-as-the-nietzscheanplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareHelp me you're my only hope https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/matt-yglesias-considered-as-the-nietzscheanplus-squaremtraven@mastodon.social · 2 months agomessage-square40fedilink
J Lou@mastodon.social · 2 months agoWhy capitalists are coming out against democracy - "Does classical liberalism imply democracy?"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhy capitalists are coming out against democracy - "Does classical liberalism imply democracy?"plus-squareJ Lou@mastodon.social · 2 months agomessage-square24fedilink