Strategic Altruism(conspicuouscognition.com)

18 points by ohpissoff 2 years ago | 8 comments

The Machiavellian Maze(robkhenderson.com)

54 points by jger15 2 years ago | 34 comments

When did people stop being drunk all the time?(lefineder.substack.com)

333 points by prismatic 3 years ago | 583 comments

A Substack essay tracing trends in alcohol consumption from the Middle Ages to the modern world and why heavy everyday drinking declined.

FrontierMath was funded by OpenAI(lesswrong.com)

429 points by wujerry2000 1 year ago | 156 comments

A LessWrong shortform post by user meemi, linked as reporting that the FrontierMath AI math benchmark was funded by OpenAI.

Slowness is a virtue(blog.jakobschwichtenberg.com)

216 points by jakobgreenfeld 10 months ago | 72 comments

Straussian Memes(lesswrong.com)

37 points by kp1197 9 months ago | 36 comments