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A Newsletter No More
The future of this blog includes it being a blog no more, at least not in the typical substackian / wordpressy / RSSfeedy sense. I will be transitioning…
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A Case Study In Pseudoscience
Bought to you by CNN
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Book Review - Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms
You invest 100$ in an ETF today, and every year the ETF returns 10% on average, you are smart, so you know time in the market beats timing the market…
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Blog Updates
I might be taking a 1 or 2 months hiatus towards the end of the year as I’ll be too busy appreciating being back in Asia again after covid kept me away…
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September 2022
Unique Identifier
As more and more things are moving online, two problems became apparent to our collective consciousness: How do you know someone is really a person? How…
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Links Post - September
I have no words SSC already linked this article about knitting, so I’m going to assume you read it. It makes me sad I didn’t signal to boost it before…
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Apostles Of Mara
5000 BCE Mara, he who tempts with unfulfilled desires and inflicts the sorrows of want and disillusion, came upon a tribe of hunter-gatherers living…
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Generators Of Disagreement With AI Alignment
I often find myself disagreeing with most of the things I read about AI alignment. The closest I probably get to accepting a Berkely-rationalism or…
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August 2022
Any Utilitarianism Makes Sense As Policy
There’s been a lot of discussions around utilitarianism as of late in the blogoblob I hang out in. So fine, I’ll bite: Most issues with any system of…
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Why Remote Works
There are many books about remote work, some of which I’ve even read (e.g. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]). There are also countless blogs and podcasts on the…
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It Looks Like You’re Trying To Take Over The Narrative
Note to reader: If the idea of “AI alignment” rings empty to you, feel free to skip this one, it will be uninteresting. Recently, Gwern wrote a story…
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In Defense Of Making Money
Money is abundant and meaningless. There are good founders with few relationships able to raise upwards of half a million as the first investment in…
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