Author of Slate Star Codex (a) and Astral Star Codex (a).
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/men-will-literally-have-completely (a)
https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/05/12/studies-on-slack/ (a)
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I’ve engaged with their writing as much as I have because:
- Their posts have introduced me to concepts and ways of thinking I hadn’t previously known about
- Their writing style is enjoyable to read, for me at least. It feels conversational.
- They came broadly recommended by groups I had previously frequented (e.g. hackernews)
That said, I want to emphasize both that (1) my enjoyment of some of their work doesn’t imply that I agree with their entire body of work and (2) I don’t identify with the community they broadly fit into (Rationalists; related: LessWrong). I’d say this is true for everything I document in this notebook. The authors I’ve found which appear to sit beneath the “Rationalist” banner have been the source of a lot of good learning for me:
- Notice the taste of lotus
- Anna Salamon | Humans Are Not Automatically Strategic
- Scott Alexander | Meditations On Moloch
- Akrasia
- Etc
Bibliography
Backlinks
- Scott Alexander | Book Review: Seeing Like A State
- Scott Alexander | Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success
- Scott Alexander | Book Review: The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work
- Scott Alexander | Epistemic Learned Helplessness
- Scott Alexander | For, Then Against, High-Saturated-Fat Diets
- Scott Alexander | I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup
- Scott Alexander | Meditations On Moloch
- Scott Alexander | Should You Reverse Any Advice You Hear?
- Scott Alexander | Socratic Grilling
- Scott Alexander | What Developmental Milestones Are You Missing?
- The opposite of a trap is a garden