8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (398+ words) One of the very admirable things about the LessWrong community is their willingness to take arguments very seriously, regardless of who put that argument forward. In many circumstances, this is an excellent discipline! But if you're acting as a manager…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1406+ words) Published on February 23, 2026 1:28 AM GMTThe North Country of New York runs along the Canadian border at the top of the state. It is where I grew up, my grandfather walked across the border with about a third grade education not…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (273+ words) This post was written while at MATS 9.0 under the mentorship of Richard Ngo. It's only meta-related to my research. I would like to start by quoting a point Jan Kulveit made about economics culture in a recent post. non-mathematical, often…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1726+ words) Published on January 20, 2026 11:28 PM GMTI've read a lot of Ben Hoffman's work over the years, but only this past week have I read his actual myriad criticisms of the Effective Altruism movement and its organizations. The most illuminating posts I…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1771+ words) Fiora Sunshine's post, Why I Transitioned: A Case Study (the OP) articulates a valuable theory for why some MtFs transition. If you are MtF and feel the post describes you, I believe you. However, many statements from the post are…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (218+ words) After seeing this post and it's comments, I realized there may be an influx of new, roughly college-aged people joining LessWrong and the broader AI x-risk reduction community. As a college student myself, this is a relief! I have been…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1861+ words) There are two sides of developments in fertility. Today I'm going to focus on news about what is happening and why, and next time I'll ask what we've learned since last check-in about we could perhaps do about it. One…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (858+ words) (This post is part of a sequence of year-end efforts to invite real conversation about CFAR; you'll find more about our workshops, as well as our fundraiser, at What's going on at CFAR? Updates and Fundraiser.) If you'd like to…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (250+ words) I am really not sure how hard I should prioritize having kids in my life. I am posting this because I mostly would like to hear perspectives from other people who have kids. The current worlds that feel possible / close…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1919+ words) The Revolution of Rising Requirements has many elements. The most onerous are the supervisory requirements on children. They have become, as Kelsey Piper recently documented, completely, utterly insane, to the point where: Whereas I think that if you don't allow…...