166 – Getting Lucky

Luck is the most power force in the universe, and leaving power untapped is not very rational. Searching for Outliers How to Get Lucky Also mentioned: Feedback – It’s Probably Not Lithium The audio version of It’s Probably Not Lithium from the LessWrong Curated Podcast The entirety of the LessWrong Curated Podcast Friendship is Optimal Things you’re allowed to do Micro-Marriages Bad At Marketing? Eneasz’s novel What Lies Dreaming, and Substack DeathIsBad 0:00:36 Feedback 0:26:30 Main Topic – Outliers and Luck 1:36:39 LW posts 1:49:52 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: The Amazing Virgin Pregnancy Asch’s Conformity Experiment Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: On Expressing Your Concerns Lonely Dissent