I do imagine how much better the world could be. I actually do want MIRI to succeed. Though currently I have low confidence in their future success, so I don't feel "bliss" (if that's the right word.)
BTW I'm actually slightly agnostic because of the simulation argument.
Upvoted.
I'm not sure why more people around here are not concerned about the singleton thing. It almost feels like yearning for a god on some people's part.
The other reason is that a Friendly Singleton would be totally awesome. Like so totally awesome that it would be worth it to try for the awesomeness alone.
Your tone reminded me of super religious folk who are convinced that, say "Jesus is coming back soon!" and it'll be "totally awesome".
My advice: Don't read them all, choose a couple that's interesting and go with it. If you have to read them all (looks like you have the time) do it more sequentially.
Maybe something to do with Jonah being previously affiliated with GiveWell?
Saw this on twitter. Hilarious: "Ballad of Big Yud"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXARrMadTKk
There is another video from the same author explaining his opinions on LW. It takes 2 minutes to just start talking about LW, so here are the important parts: ---
The Sequences are hundreds and hundreds of blog posts, written by one man. They are like catechism, teach strange vocabulary like "winning", "paying rent", "mindkilling", "being Bayesian".
The claim that Bayes theorem, which is just a footnote in statistic textbook, has the power to reshape your thinking so that you can maximize the outcomes of your life... h... (read more)