Nietzsche, Vajrayana, and nobility| meaningness.substack.com
A glossary of unfamiliar words, and words used in uncommon ways, on this site.| Meta-rationality
A pragmatic understanding of how systematic rationality works in practice can help you level up your technical work.| Meta-rationality
“The map is not the territory”—what is it then? How do rational models actually work?| Meta-rationality
I think a key feature of the sorts of justification practises David describes is that if you try to go too deep, you fail. You can come up with fancy theories to try to explain why people have the attitudes those do, but if you try referencing those theories when justifying an action, then it’s not likely to go down well. I mean, evo-psych for instance. Regardless of the truth or otherwise of it, most people know nothing about it, and of those that do, I bet most think it’s either some fa...| metarationality.com
A summary explanation of everyday reasonable activity, with a tabular guide and a concrete example.| Meta-rationality
I enjoyed reading Computation and Human Experience, which you have recommended many times and to which you have contributed its main research. However, I apologize if there isn’t a better place to comment about the book. If there is, which this comment is entirely about, please point me in the right direction (including moving the discussion elsewhere).| metarationality.com
Everyday reasonableness is the foundation of technical, formal, and systematic rationality.| Meta-rationality