Emerson Spartz

Karma: 6

Emerson Spartz 22 Jan 2023 20:47 UTC
2 points
on: “Heretical Thoughts on AI” by Eli Dourado
Thoughtful piece—I updated a bit towards discontinuous takeoff. Thanks for sharing!

Emerson Spartz 15 Jun 2022 15:58 UTC
2 points
on: Humanity Lacks Imagination to Solve Aging
I’ve considered putting bounties out to create content related to this this. DM me if you want to jam on this!

Emerson Spartz 15 Jun 2022 15:54 UTC
1 point
on: We won the war on infectious diseases, but now we need to learn from it
Fascinating! The more I study medicine and medical history the more disappointed I am with the field. Do you know of any good critiques of the McKinlays’ paper?

Emerson Spartz 12 Jun 2022 16:41 UTC
1 point
on: Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-06-08
I enjoy these posts! Two suggestions:
1. Open links in a new tab
2. Just paste screenshots of standalone tweets, or the full text. (Reduces friction vs having to load a new page.)

Emerson Spartz 2 Jun 2022 18:53 UTC
2 points
on: [Error communicating with LW2 server]
Big fan of this idea! My team (Nonlinear.org) created The Nonlinear Library so people can use their podcast app (Spotify, Apple, etc) to listen to top posts from the EA Forum, Alignment Forum, and LessWrong.

If there’s enough interest, we could make a Progress Forum podcast feed as well!

Emerson Spartz 25 May 2022 17:56 UTC
2 points
on: Death is the default: Why building is our safest way forward
Important idea, easy to lose sight of—thanks for the reminder!

Emerson Spartz 24 May 2022 12:00 UTC
1 point
on: One Process
Loved this! Possibly my favorite innovation hack is just assuming innovation-related distributions are power laws.
Starting prior: assume it’s a power law.
Secondary prior: assume it’s quadratic or pareto-ish.

Emerson Spartz 18 May 2022 20:27 UTC
2 points
on: Book Review: Owning the Earth, a history of land ownership
Good review and good rec—just bought the book and am enjoying it so far. Thanks!

Emerson Spartz 17 May 2022 11:55 UTC
2 points
in reply to: sismail’s comment on: About us and FAQ
Ahh, didn’t know it was linked to karma. Thanks!

Emerson Spartz 16 May 2022 21:35 UTC
1 point
on: About us and FAQ
Really excited about the potential of this forum!
Question: when I strong upvote the vote count only ticks up by one. Is this intentional? I’m a big fan of casting two votes at a time for stellar contributions!