192 – Absurdism and the Meaning of Life, with Alex

Alex joins us to smile as we push some boulders up some hills. LINKS Effective Altruism As A Tower Of Assumptions The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus The Guild of the Rose 0:01:31 – Post-Rat Feedback 0:21:16 – Absurdism and the Meaning of Life 1:21:25 – Guild of the Rose Update 1:28:32 – Thank the Patron 1:33:57 – Less Wrong Posts We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch) Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: Typicality and Asymmetrical Similarity The Cluster Structure of Thingspace Next Sequence Posts: Disguised Queries Neural Categories