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It’s often observed in the field that the most powerful models are on the whole the least intelligible, and the most intelligible are among the least accurate.
Brian Christian • The Alignment Problem
Decision theory
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
“In crowds it is stupidity and not mother-wit that is accumulated,” Gustave Le Bon noted in his 1895 classic on crowd psychology.
Burton G. Malkiel • A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Twelfth Edition)
The more principled path forward, Samuel reasoned, was for the computer itself to somehow generate strategic considerations on its own.
Brian Christian • The Alignment Problem
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”—Bertrand
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
LESSONS LEARNED
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CONVENTION
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Indefinite Optimism
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
A Clear and Future Danger