References Adversarial collaboration Why do some people parse a space well and others get snowed? Energy landscapes Explore/exploit Global optimization Shape of space vs strategy for optimizing in i...Show More
Avi and Bugsby discuss Bugsby's data science process and brainstorm a design for a tool to improve it. There is a great deal of programming jargon and philosophy. References Command-line interface (e....Show More
We explore what a morality based on "good enough" means, what it would like, and whether we already follow it. Discussed: genies, strong AI, and tech startups. References Effective altruism Rationali...Show More
We explore AI Risk, the notion that computer intelligence will cross the human level, start compounding exponentially, and, if not trammelled, mulch everything we hold dear into paperclips. Why aren'...Show More
References Master of the Senate Episode 3 - Legacy: the size of a science slice of the pie is shrinking Rationalists coordinating people on a project article Technical debt Kula Sushi LA, Silicon Vall...Show More
References xkcd - ranking people Paul Graham cities essay Article - The urban archipelago Iron law of institutions Iron law of oligarchy Article about the significance of "again" in "Make America Gr...Show More
References Bret Stephens climate change article Arguments as soldiers California wine growers buying land in British Columbia States and cities offering to step in and honor US climate deals KSR - g...Show More
References Elasticity of demand System I and II Achieving flow Failure mode of computer scientists in building tools: You Aren't Gonna Need It, Premature Optimization, Dominion (again) / Isotropic Ove...Show More
References Goodreads Anathem Pythagorean Foundation - Asimov Doberman Neal Stephenson Clang video Gentlemen of the Road The Yiddish Policeman's Union Clown on Fire History of vanilla Lois McMaster B...Show More
References K-Blocks rm -rf Hardcore Linux (fencing accident videos are out there but we're not linking them) Pressure of an arrow tip - calculations, interesting comparison vs pistol Chuck/lathe Top ...Show More
