Even though general purpose AI is years away, you can still knowably contribute to speeding up AI development right now — even if you’re not a programmer. That’s because most AI projects rely on…

Excellent roundup of ways to increase your happiness. Written by a friend of mine in San Francisco. Some of the top ones are probably things you’ve heard of: Exercise Keep a Gratitude Journal Spend…

Have you heard of the Rat Park experiments? Studies on rats addicted to morphine show that they’ll keep triggering morphine levers until they die…unless they’re not in cruel, unnatural cages where they’re severely distressed. Morphine-addicted…

Africa has had surprisingly good economic growth, improved health, and improved governance in the 21st century. It’s a bit under-reported though so I mention this in case you also didn’t know that most things…

My friend Julia is concerned with animal welfare. She seems to have been the first in the world to come up with this obvious-in-hindsight metric for evaluating animal calorie sources: how many food calories…

Immediate tumblr binge recommended.

This tutorial is meant for beginners who just want to get a stake in the future of cryptocurrency. 1. Get a bitcoin wallet     There are many choices out there, but I still like Coinbase for…

Research findings explained in 5 seconds or less.

MIRI is seeking to fund Friendly AI researchers around the world. Apply now for funding to carry out your own Friendly AI research workshop.

Despite the proliferation of GWAS, the associations found so far have largely failed to account for the known effects of genes on complex disease. Standard approaches also struggle to find combinations of multiple genes that…

Anders Sandberg recently published his “Top 5” list of existential risks that humanity should be working to reduce: Nuclear War Bioengineered pandemic Superintelligence Nanotechnology Unknown unknowns Notable exclusions include climate change and asteroid impacts….

Hopefully we’ve already found all the drugs we’ll ever need. Because given the impossible costs of funding FDA trials for new drugs, researchers are now mostly just pouring effort into finding new uses for…

Sleep hacking isn’t all one thing. So I recommend a kitchen-sink approach to anyone struggling to get as much sleep as they would like. I’ve pointed out before that magnesium and darkness tend to help me. Greatist…

A slick, modern web service offering free, open source legal documents that are ready to customize and sign. Recommended for all my friends building startups, hiring people, or just doing normal things like subletting…

Sweet visualization of what a day’s worth of Google searches from around the world looks like.

In my experience, the best dates are ones that are unique, involve shared physical journeys, have a few different parts, and have drinks involved along the way. Here’s some good options for those in…

One of my favorite subreddits is now becoming part of the main homepage. Expect /r/Futurology to start causing a broader set of people to start caring about the far-future.