Joshua_Blaine

So, to quote myself all those months ago when I first had this idea (I haven't actually posted one of these since the original. funny how that happens): In an attempt to encourage more people to actually do awesome things (a la instrumental rationality), I am proposing a new monthly...

I have taken this well received post by Eliezer, and remade the first third of it into a short and quickly paced youtube video here: http://youtu.be/L2dNANRIALs The goals of this post are re-introducing the lessons explored in the original (for anyone not yet familiar with them), as well as asking...

There exists an old Kingdom with a peculiar, but no altogether uncommon, trait. It is overwhelmingly defensible given adequate forewarning. Its fields are surrounded by rivers on 3 sides and an impassable mountain to the South. The series of bridges commonly used by merchants and farmers to pass over the...

http://youtu.be/bTMS9y8OVuY I think this is a nice introduction to Transhumanism, inspired by the style of many well known Youtube educators. Given how much LessWrong likes these ideas, I thought it was worth sharing. The group also has a Kickstarter here to fund an entire series of videos of this kind....

In an attempt to encourage more people to actually do awesome things (a la instrumental rationality), I am proposing a new monthly thread (can be changed to bi-weekly, should that be demanded). Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to comment on this thread explaining the most awesome...