228 – The Deep Lore of LightHaven, with Oliver Habryka

Oliver tells us how Less Wrong instantiated itself into physical reality, along with a bit of deep lore of foundational Rationalist/EA orgs. Donate to LightCone (caretakers of both LessWrong and LightHaven) here!  LINKS LessWrong LightHaven Oliver’s very in-depth post on the funding situation (again) Donate Eneasz’s nominated 2023 post/story on LessWrong (you can also read his review of it on his blog) Matt Freeman’s post “The Parable of the King and the Random Process” 00:00:05 – The Birth of LightHaven 00:23:20 – The FTX Collapse 00:38:08 – The deal with Leverage Research 00:59:42 – Why $3,000,000? 01:46:31 – Too based for Big Phil 01:58:52 – Guild of the Rose 02:01:00 – The Real Fanfic nominated 02:03:43 – Thank the Supporter! Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: look it’s been a long month Next Sequence Posts: No Individual Particles Identity Isn’t In Specific Atoms