http://lesswrong.com/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/d1b/glenn_beck_discusses_the_singularity_cites_si/6tz6 http://lesswrong.com/lw/d1b/glenn_beck_discusses_the_singularity_cites_si/6tz6 2012-06-15T15:03:09.505107+10:00 <div class="md"><p>Meandering from that post, came across <a href="http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/the-challenge-of-long-term-job-growth-two-big-hints/" rel="nofollow">this graph</a> of productivity versus employment. I'm fairly convinced technology is the leading factor in the divergence, even though others mention the financial sector and probably politically-motivated concerns about different presidents.</p> <p>Not sure if we will experience another industrial revolution scenario of labor devaluation or whether this change will be qualitatively different.</p> <p>I wonder who will benefit fiscally from booms in non-human productivity, and whether monetary gain will still mean the same thing it recently has.</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/90l/welcome_to_less_wrong_2012/6ti8 http://lesswrong.com/lw/90l/welcome_to_less_wrong_2012/6ti8 2012-06-13T23:13:43.963025+10:00 <div class="md"><p>What's the insight?</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/csv/rationality_quotes_june_2012/6thy http://lesswrong.com/lw/csv/rationality_quotes_june_2012/6thy 2012-06-13T22:25:02.527424+10:00 <div class="md"><blockquote> <p>Gotcha!</p> </blockquote> <ul> <li>Robert Cialdini, author of "Influence"</li> </ul></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/col/review_selfish_reasons_to_have_more_kids/6t8l http://lesswrong.com/lw/col/review_selfish_reasons_to_have_more_kids/6t8l 2012-06-13T03:27:54.955590+10:00 <div class="md"><p>Wouldn't lower prices for top American universities, e.g., lower the number of children born? I am under the impression that poverty is conducive to birthing more children.</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/col/review_selfish_reasons_to_have_more_kids/6t0d http://lesswrong.com/lw/col/review_selfish_reasons_to_have_more_kids/6t0d 2012-06-12T10:13:27.992714+10:00 <div class="md"><p>I'm having difficulty mapping that line of reasoning for some reason.</p> <p>How, in practice, might a Westerner couple not having a kid exert influence on a non-Western couple having a kid? By what mechanisms are non-Western births influenced by Western births?</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/col/review_selfish_reasons_to_have_more_kids/6ssg http://lesswrong.com/lw/col/review_selfish_reasons_to_have_more_kids/6ssg 2012-06-11T16:31:13.679287+10:00 <div class="md"><blockquote> <p>any abdication on your part will be picked up by developing countries</p> </blockquote> <p>Having trouble parsing, could you explain what that means, perhaps by example?</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/cv6/have_you_changed_your_mind_lately_on_what/6ss5 http://lesswrong.com/lw/cv6/have_you_changed_your_mind_lately_on_what/6ss5 2012-06-11T15:59:19.527189+10:00 <div class="md"><p>I think you just broke LW's new commenter CSS.</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/14n/pain/6rc9 http://lesswrong.com/lw/14n/pain/6rc9 2012-06-05T23:26:30.339757+10:00 <div class="md"><blockquote> <p>A more controllable damage signaling system would be great. People are working on it.</p> </blockquote> <p>Sounds interesting, who?</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/58m/build_small_skills_in_the_right_order/6rc4 http://lesswrong.com/lw/58m/build_small_skills_in_the_right_order/6rc4 2012-06-05T22:45:13.461495+10:00 <div class="md"><p>Our brains can add in these tones when they feel certain ways without it being consciously available. Tough stuff to keep out of discourse, our language is geared toward opinionated conflict in any case.</p></div> http://lesswrong.com/lw/ct8/this_post_is_for_sacrificing_my_credibility/6rbq http://lesswrong.com/lw/ct8/this_post_is_for_sacrificing_my_credibility/6rbq 2012-06-05T20:57:50.292772+10:00 <div class="md"><p></p></div>