The Bayesian Conspiracy

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How shitcoins work, plus the Dumb Money movie about the GameStop squeeze.

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Why you definitely should kill your friend’s cat if you promised to kill your friend’s cat. (+Q&A)

This is a lightning talk given at the Rationalist MegaMeetup 2024.
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Eric discusses integrating our emotions via observation and adjustment. His free course is at EnjoyExisting.org or email him – eric@ericlanigan.com

LINKS
EnjoyExisting.org
Ugh Fields
You Have Two Brains – Eneasz spends more words on this emotion-brain speculation at this blog
LessWrong/Lighthaven Donations – you have until Jan 13!

00:00:05 – Integrating Emotions
01:02:30 – Guild of the Rose
01:05:31 – Less Wrong Posts
01:24:38 – Thank the Supporter!

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If you haven’t yet, go fill out the 2024 LW Census.

Right here.

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Oliver tells us how Less Wrong instantiated itself into physical reality, along with a bit of deep lore of foundational Rationalist/EA orgs.

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LINKS
LessWrong
LightHaven
Oliver’s very in-depth post on the funding situation
(again) Donate
Eneasz’s nominated 2023 post/story on LessWrong (you can also read his review of it on his blog)
Matt Freeman’s post “The Parable of the King and the Random Process”

00:00:05 – The Birth of LightHaven
00:23:20 – The FTX Collapse
00:38:08 – The deal with Leverage Research
00:59:42 – Why $3,000,000?
01:46:31 – Too based for Big Phil
01:58:52 – Guild of the Rose
02:01:00 – The Real Fanfic nominated
02:03:43 – Thank the Supporter!

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We talk to Zoe Isabel Senon about longevity, recent advances, longevity popup cities & group houses, and more (not necessarily in that order). Spoiler: Eneasz is gonna die. 🙁 Also we learn about Network States!

LINKS
Vitalist Bay
Aevitas House
– remember that for these Zoe it helps if you mention you listen to The Bayesian Conspiracy as examples of alignment
Vitalia City
Lighthaven Fundraiser
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Scott Alexander’s response to Illusion of Moral Decline
US crime rates over the last 50 years

00:00:05 – Zoe, Longevity, Community
01:03:49 – Is Eneasz gonna die?
01:12:19 – What the heck is a network state?
01:31:01 – Lighthaven fundraiser
01:33:17 – Guild of the Rose
01:34:20 – Feedback
01:44:50 – Thank the Supporter!

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