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2013 Survey Results
Scott Alexander presents comprehensive results from the 2013 Less Wrong community survey, covering demographics, beliefs, and behavioral patterns of 1636 respondents.
38 min read 5,884 words
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Essays on charitable giving
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Raikoth: Symbolic Beads
Scott Alexander describes a fictional society's use of symbolic bead necklaces to redirect status games towards charitable giving.
9 min read 1,300 words
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Efficient Charity: Do Unto Others...
Scott argues that charitable giving should be approached with rigorous cost-benefit analysis, comparing it to choosing survival gear for an Arctic expedition, and demonstrates how common charitable choices waste opportunities to save lives.
13 min read 1,936 words
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Doing your good deed for the day
A study shows people who do one good deed are less likely to do another soon after, suggesting moral behavior operates on a limited resource that gets depleted.
7 min read 1,071 words
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The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott argues that rationalists should test their objections against 'the least convenient possible world,' where convenient excuses are removed, in order to find their true reasons and avoid dodging hard questions.
10 min read 1,438 words