Creatine self-study
Summary I took creatine, a safe, cheap and particularly promising nootropic drug and measured its effect on my cognition, with fairly equivocal results. Nootropics Nootropics, or »
Intelligence Amplification Discussion with Gwern and Katja Grace
Katja has posted our recent conversation with Gwern Branwen about Intelligence Amplification. »
What They're Doing and Why: an individual transparency update
We demand less transparency from EA individuals than from EA organizations. There are some good reasons for this. Broadcasting one's activities is costly, and most EAs »
FiveThirtyEight's Formula for Decoding Health News Makes No Sense
This week, Nate Silver has relaunched his excellent blog FiveThirtyEight. He has always had a talent for explaining quantitative thought. This time, he is doing so »
Social Circles and Rationalist-Altruists
A big challenge for effective altruists is learning to build a movement. On one view, a small subproblem is to better understand our social circles. Using »