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176 – Circling with Aella
Aella comes on the show to tell us what the heck Circling is and why we should do it. 0:01:21 How Many Rationalists Are There? 0:04:40 Circling 1:09:42 LW Posts 1:41:35 Thank the Patron! Aellas Blog
175 – FTX + EA, and Personal Finance
David from The Mind Killer joins us. We got to talking about the FTX collapse and some of the waves it sent through the Effective Altruism community. Afterwards David helps us out with personal financ
BREAKING – FTX collapse & EA shockwaves
While recording the next episode we got to talking about the FTX collapse and some of the waves it sent through the Effective Altruism community. We decided to break it out into a separate segment so
174 – Jon Stewart, The Consensus Emancipator
Wes and David from The Mind Killer show up for a special cross-over episode. We discuss How Stewart Made Tucker Listen to The Mind Killer Hey look, we have adiscord! What could possibly go wrong? A
173 – Oh Lawd, Strong AI is Comin’
Matt Freeman returns to discuss General Artificial Intelligence timelines, and why they are short. Our primary text is: Why I think strong general AI is coming soon Other links: Lets think step by s
172 – Virtue Ethics
Kerry discusses virtue ethics with us, and how one is to live. After Virtue, by Alasdair MacIntyre Pareto efficiency at Wikipedia, slightly less dense Pareto Improvement at Investopedia Our 23rd episo
171 – All About AGP
Tailcalled gives us the down low on a variation of the popularly discussed (if not that widely liked) transgender typology autogynephilia (or AGP). Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, Jace
170 – By George, The Rent Is Too Damn High!
Eneasz drops a primer on Georgist Land Value Taxes. All increases in productivity will be capture by rising rents for as long as mankind exists, unless we find a way to prevent landlords from capturin
169 – S&E BS re AGI
Steven and Eneasz discuss the latest timeline shifts regarding the advent of superhuman general intelligence. Then in the LW posts we got greatly sidetracked by politics (stupid mind-killer!). Links:
168 – Unions Are Governments
We speak with Levi/Ferb, learning about labor law in the USA. Turns out its not what we thought. Links: What would a general strike look like today? Biden intervenes in railroad contract to block str