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Note that I meant to say that I personally really dislike spoilers despite the 'scientific' evidence saying that I don't. But it could very well be that the evidence is actually mixed (thanks for the link!); I hadn't looked into it more than seeing 1 or 2 papers shared on Facebook.
This was supposed to be a reply to the comment by Mati_Roy, but I am not familiar with the interface and have ended up creating a new 'orphan' comment.
You did that well:)
I feel similarly to Kaj.
I don't like spoilers personally. Which doesn't mean it's the same for others of course.
I acknowledge that satisfying this preference comes at the cost of having to constantly signal spoilers.
Some studies saying that spoilers don't reduce my enjoyment of a story
Philosophical zombies are creatures that are exactly like us, down to the atomic level, except they aren't conscious.
Complete philosophical zombies go further. They too are exactly like us, down to the atomic level, and aren't conscious. But they are also purple spheres (except we see them as if they weren't), they want to maximize paperclips (although they act and think as if they didn't), and they are very intelligent (except they act and think as if they weren't).
I'm just saying this because I find it funny ^^. I think consciousness is harder (for us) to reduce than shapes, preferences, and intelligence.
People say we can't bet about the apocalypse. But what about taking debt? The person thinking the probability of apocalypse is higher would accept higher interest rate on their debt, as once at the judgement period their might be no one to whom the money is worth or the money itself might not be worth much.
I guess there are also reasons to want more money during a global catastrophe, and there are also reasons to not want to keep money for great futures (see: https://matiroy.com/writings/Consume-now-or-later.html), so that wouldn't actually work.
hummmm, I guess I was implicitly thinking that it was an inefficient signaling tool. An SAT test, a Bitcoin address, your Facebook friend list, and a portfolio seem more time-efficient for example (simplifying a bit)
Maybe. But I'm a bit skeptical. I have the impression there are more time-efficient ways to meet high-status people.
Meta: This isn't really related to the above comment, so might be better to start a new comment in my shortform next time.
Object: I don't want to argue about open information in general for now. I might be open to discussing something more specific and directly actionable, especially if we haven't done so yet and you think it's important.
It doesn't currently seem to me that relevant to put one's information public for life extension purposes given you can just backup the information in private, in case you were implying or thinking that.
I also don't (at least currently and in the past) advocate for universal access to information in case you were implying or thinking that.
oh yeah, good point. checking the rate for a few for 1615 words. here's my search: https://www.fiverr.com/search/gigs?query=record%20voice%20in%20english&source=top-bar&search_in=category&search-autocomplete-original-term=record%20voice%20in%20english&sub_category=16&ref=purpose%3Apodcast%7Clanguage%3Aenglish%7Caccent%3Aenglish_american%7Cage_range%3Ayoung_adult
(note: 1 CAD cost 0.74 USD)
- 228 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/edwardshock/record-a-professional-male-voice-over)
- 120 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/iamverycool22/voice-lines-for-you)
- 78 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/cristinapetrea/provide-the-most-suitable-female-voice-for-your-business)
- 234 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/gwyneth_galvin/record-your-podcast-intro)
- 9,125 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/donnymensah/perform-an-american-female-podcast-voiceover)
- 50 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/doublejvo/narrate-an-audiobook-and-format-it-to-industry-standards)
- 120 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/jwn_voiceovers/do-american-english-male-voice-overs)
- 313 CAD (https://www.fiverr.com/paulorr/record-a-professional-exceptional-dramatic-voice-over)
note to self, to read: https://briantomasik.com/manual-file-fixity/
A lot of people have offered help to record episodes, so we could optimize for quality and cost, and maybe it would cheaper than ~25 USD/post.
topic: lifelogging as life extension
which formats should we preserve our files in?
I think it should be:
- open source and popular (to increase chances it's still accessible in the future)
- resistant to data degradation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_degradation (thanks to Matthew Barnett for bringing this to my attention)
x-post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LifeloggingAsLifeExtension/permalink/1337456839798929/
good point! maybe we should have a 'Backup Week'!:)
Thanks!
What's "SD"?
topic: lifelogging as life extension
epistemic status: idea
Backup Day. Day where you commit all your data to blu-rays in a secure location.
When could that be?
Aphelion is at the beginning of the year. But maybe would be better to have it on a day that commemorates some relevant events for us.
x-post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LifeloggingAsLifeExtension/permalink/1336571059887507/
resources Hunter Glenn recommended to me on the topic:
nice '^_^
"The Latest Squabble Inside The New York Times": https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-slate-star-codex-doxxing-is-the-latest-squabble-inside-new-york-times
"New York Times Threatens To Doxx Slate Star Codex. Journalist Explains."
Related question on the EA Forum: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vK4iAutzMSfamG5je/can-i-archive-the-ea-forum-on-the-wayback-machine
https://mindsarentmagic.org/2020/06/23/nyt-plan-to-dox-scott-alexander-for-no-real-reason
doxing =/= criticism
On retaliating
EtA: I wonder if most of the downvotes are coming from what people associate with "retaliating" as opposed to the concrete actions I'm proposing (ex.: boycott).
If they go ahead with doxing Scott, I will at least do the following.
1. Open a bounty for ways to legally retaliate against the New York Times and the author (which I will keep anonymous for now)
2. Raise money (and finance myself) to buy out people subscribed to the New York Times.
3. Create a website for blocknytimes.com with the following information (maybe also buy Google Ads):
- General reasons the New York Times sucks
- How to block them
- To block the New York Time from your Google Searches, install this Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe
- To block yourself from accessing their website, install: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/block-site-website-blocke/eiimnmioipafcokbfikbljfdeojpcgbh?hl=en
- If someone sends you a link from them, feel free to refer them to blocknytimes.com
EtA: Someone told me we could build up a list of NYT advertisers and start calling them as well. "Costing them ad revenue is going to be way more effective than just losing subscribers." Ze said ze had already started doing that.
EtA: Stop offering quotes to the NYT (prominent people have already started doing that as a response)
On preventing this
You can email the New York Times technology editor Pui-Wing Tam at pui-wing.tam@nytimes.com to voice concern (they are not the one writing the article, so might not be aware of the situation).
You can also tweet them @puiwingtam or retweet me (https://twitter.com/matiroy9/status/1275335651186094080).
You can also leave feedback here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/homepage/contact-newsroom.html
From Scott's blog:
> please be polite – I don’t know if Ms. Tam was personally involved in this decision, and whoever is stuck answering feedback forms definitely wasn’t. Remember that you are representing me and the SSC community, and I will be very sad if you are a jerk to anybody. Please just explain the situation and ask them to stop doxxing random bloggers for clicks. If you are some sort of important tech person who the New York Times technology section might want to maintain good relations with, mention that.
> If you are a journalist who is willing to respect my desire for pseudonymity, I’m interested in talking to you about this situation (though I prefer communicating through text, not phone). My email is scott@slatestarcodex.com.
EtA: petition: https://www.dontdoxscottalexander.com/
I dislike Telegram. AFAICT:
- it's not indexed by search engines
- it's archivable by the Wayback Machine
- it's not organized by threads (posts with comments with replies)
Plus, Facebook makes it easier to add people to groups, and as a network effect. Telegram seems strictly worse for what I value.
Beside, I don't want to encourage too much chatting outside LessWrong / the EA Forum; I think discussing here is often better.
That's why I created the LessWrong Karma 20+ (https://www.facebook.com/LessWrongKarma20/) and EA Forum Karma 20+ (https://www.facebook.com/EAForumKarma20/) Facebook pages. They allow the content to be seen on Facebook, but drives back the discussion on those platforms.
I wrote about controlling your attention on Facebook IYI: https://matiroy.com/writings/How-to-control-your-attention.html
it devalues the term and makes you look silly.
I don't accept your authority on what "looks silly". And I don't optimize for how I look; so I'm unmoved by your social pressure. Most of your post is sum up by "Come on, be courageous".
I strong downvoted because your post has patterns of social pressure, instead of just giving me arguments for why I'm wrong.
The only two argument I can retrieve are:
What if someone creates an AI that tortures everyone who doesn't know about Roko's basilisk?
[...]
How are you even supposed to solve a problem if you aren't allowed to discuss some of its aspects.
I doubt good answers to those questions would change your mind on calling Roko's basilisk an info-hasard. (would they?)
Ideas: if you're interested, you can try signaling your interest in a comment, or you can create a new thread, or a create a Facebook group for that purpose.
long live Gwern!
can you elaborate? I feel like I might be missing what the metaphor is referring to
I like symbols!
I see Moloch as Speed / Acceleration, and it's complement as Direction / Alignment; so not quiet the same way as you described.
from my notes here (follow link for latest version): https://coda.io/@mati-roy/public-notes/consider-bacopa-36
Related heuristics
Relevant to this, bacopa may reduce male fertility: https://examine.com/supplements/bacopa-monnieri/research/#interactions-with-sexuality\\_male-fertility
evidence (just 1 study on mice) that bacopa reduces sperm count should reduce your probability that it will have other harmful effects according to the above heuristics AFAIU
h/t anonymous
- bad norms on organizing information
- forgetting my dreams
Trigger: Think of a social problem Action: Think if a local social norm could fix this; if so, explicitly propose the social norms to the local group
In the OP, I invited people to submit answers anonymously to be published here.
Someone submitted:
Pure selfishness, in my case. I see kids as a burden, not a blessing. No doubt these are values picked up from my parents, but they are strong enough to override my biological and social programming. Your mileage may vary.
new update:
The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for the practice of cryonics. Alcor remains committed to providing cryopreservation when needed. However Alcor members should be aware of limitations during the pandemic. If you are hospitalized, cryonics personnel deployed for standby services might not be allowed to visit you inside the hospital. Electronic contact with care providers and your family will instead be relied upon for condition updates. Prompt access to begin cryonics stabilization procedures after legal death may not be possible in hospitals. Alcor or its contractor partners will negotiate for fastest possible access to begin procedures. If you become terminally ill, home hospice care or care at a cooperating hospice facility is recommended to permit faster cryonics response than hospital care. Since the best care is possible near Alcor, Alcor will continue to financially assist terminal members with relocation to Scottsdale, Arizona.
Due to loss of service from contract surgeons during the pandemic, and due to concern about circulating large volumes of infectious fluid with potential generation of airborne droplets during mixing, Alcor will not be using its normal cryoprotectant perfusion machines during the pandemic. Alcor will instead use the procedure Field Cryoprotectant Perfusion FCP. In FCP, only the head is perfused with vitrification solution via the carotid arteries using a simplified perfusion procedure in which no fluids are recirculated. This procedure means that during the pandemic, whole body cryonics patients will be cryopreserved without receiving any chemical protection from freezing injury below the neck. Whether FCP will be performed in the field, as its name suggests, or in Alcor's facility will depend upon logistics and surgeon availability on a case-by-case basis. Further precautions will apply to cases known to be positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. For COVID-19 cases, initial stabilization in ice will be limited to an abbreviated list of anticoagulant and other medications circulated by several minutes of chest compressions with the head covered to prevent exhaled breath from entering the room.
These restrictions may change as personnel gain more experience doing cases with scrupulous infection control procedures, if perfusion machine design changes are made, and if normal surgical service during the pandemic can be secured. Alcor will work on all these problems at the same time that it does a comprehensive review of all infection control procedures to ensure a safe baseline of operations during a highly contagious respiratory virus pandemic. If vaccine development takes longer than expected, there will be even greater efforts to safely return to normal practices by 2021. However, these are the limitations that Alcor is currently operating under. This temporary "fall back" position is necessary for the safety and continued availability of the limited number of specialized personnel whom Alcor has available to provide cryonics care for everyone during these extraordinary times.
makes sense!:)
nitpick
The EMH is the only theory that grows stronger with every attack against it.
Any antifragile systems is like this
EtA: Although I guess it's extremely (perfectly?) anti-fragile.
Thanks a lot for your answer!
Women get the opportunity to observe the massive impact of hormonal changes on their minds.
This makes me think, maybe this change destroys part of one's identity
I reread and I think it's pretty good actually :)
But here are some comments:
- I would put a question mark on UBI (not sure if good), exercise (not sure we do more; ex.: gym are closed)
- mental health (some have reported >3x more calls at a Disaster Distress Helpline, and I think more suicides)
- unsure about relationship improvement (I've heard higher rate of divorce; although you do mention it, but not sure what you mean with +/-), also anecdotal evidence of family fighting over not reacting to the coronavirus properly
- unsure about redistribution of wealth to younger generations (maybe that reduces total amount of investments and so increases the economy's time discount?)
The only thing I found on LessWrong about this: Review: Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
I disagree all of those are benefits, * shrug *
the lack of a "modal immortality" tag is also why I asked What information on (or relevant to) modal immortality do you recommend?
(strongly upvoted)
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Awesome, thank you! I don't want to push my luck, but I would love a "lifelogging" tag as well. The lack of those two tags is the reason I asked this question ^_^
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Thanks for the clarifications. I was hesitant about my volume of content, so it's good to know. I think I agree with your thinking!:)
Nice! Out of curiosity, what fraction of your past decade did you end up recording?
- The Transparent Society (book) (I haven't read it)
- Upload (TV show)'
- The Circle (movie)
- some Black Mirror episodes
- The Entire History of You
- Arkangel (not with consent though)
first link is broken, but available on the Wayback Machine: The Terasem Mind Uploading Experiment
second link is broken; was it linking to this article?: How Accurate Are Personality Tests?
Last updated: 2020-05-13
Note: I'm currently trying to just document everything I find.
Main topic
- The case for lifelogging as life extension
- Is cryonics necessary?: Writing yourself into the future
- How Complex Are Individual Differences? (I haven't read it yet)
- The Terasem Mind Uploading Experiment
- Mindfiles, Mindware and Mindclones
- Lifelogging: the recording device (some comments are still relevant, but I only skimmed them)
Mentioned
- The First Immortal
- Poll: What value extra copies? (2010-06-22)
With the power of a controllable superintelligent AI, it may even be possible to create very accurate instances of your past self (and you could take action today or in the near future to make this easier by using lifelogging tools such as these glasses).
for more on this, see What are articles on "lifelogging as life extension"?, as well as the Facebook group Lifelogging as life extension
One day before this post, @Roko wrote in Poll: What value extra copies?
With the power of a controllable superintelligent AI, it may even be possible to create very accurate instances of your past self (and you could take action today or in the near future to make this easier by using lifelogging tools such as these glasses).