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When I first heard about Bitcoin, it was around $10. My impression at the time was that it had no cash flow and no potential future cash flow, and the whole thing sounded like a pyramid scheme (I was not yet aware of the distinction between a pyramid scheme and...

My rationalist group house near Boston has a room opening (details here), and I'm wondering if there's a Schelling point for listing that sort of thing. I posted the opening here and to the relevant local Facebook groups, but I'm wondering where might be good places to post it that...

We have a room opening up in a rationalist house near Central Square, Cambridge (Boston). It is a 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom apartment with two floors, with a large kitchen and living room plus additional common space upstairs. There’s a washer, dryer, and dishwasher in-unit. It’s an 8-minute walk from Central station...

Some people are advocating dropping all or most Covid precautions within the rationalist community beyond requiring vaccines. I haven't seen the case for this explicitly laid out anywhere, though. Is there such a write-up anywhere?

Political tensions in the US are high. There have been a lot of mass protests in recent months, some of which have turned violent (often after police provocation). Donald Trump and Mike Pence have not to promise to respect the election result if they lose. Many on the left accuse...

American football has some properties that make it useful for practicing making predictions: * A game consists of a sequence of discrete plays with well-defined outcomes * The plays are fast enough that you get quick feedback on each prediction, and there are enough plays in a game that you...