154 – Two General Thinkers Discuss General Thinking

Jace and Steven cover this one since Eneasz is busy drinking cocktails out of a coconut in a beach in Hawaii. Robin Hanson (probably correctly) thinks the world is going to shit (paraphrasing). He thinks that a robust check on the escalating madness out there could be a community of intellectual generalists. Is he right? Are his categories sensible? Find out as we meander through this post! 4:24 – LW Posts 38:17 – Main Topic 2:08:35 – Thank The Patron! Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast, and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: Purpose and Pragmatism The Affect Heuristic Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping) Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism