Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Welcome to LessWrong!, published by Ruby, habryka, Ben Pace, Raemon on LessWrong. The road to wisdom? -- Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less. - Piet Hein Hence the name LessWrong. We might never attain perfect understanding of the world, but we can at least strive to become less and less wrong each day. We are a community dedicated to improving our reasoning and decision-making. We seek to hold true beliefs and to be effective at accomplishing our goals. More generally, we work to develop and practice the art of human rationality.[1] To that end, LessWrong is a place to 1) develop and train rationality, and 2) apply one’s rationality to real-world problems. LessWrong serves these purposes with its library of rationality writings, community discussion forum, open questions research platform, and community page for in-person events. To get a feel for what LessWrong is about, check out our Concepts page, or view this selection of LessWrong posts which might appeal to you: What is rationality and why care about it? Try Your intuitions are not magic and The Cognitive Science of Rationality. Curious about the mind? You might enjoy How An Algorithm Feels From The Inside and The Apologist and the Revolutionary. Keen on self-improvement? Remember that Humans are not automatically strategic. Care about argument and evidence? Consider Policy Debates Should Not Appear One-Sided and How To Convince Me that 2 + 2 = 3. Interested in how to use language well? Be aware of 37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong. Want to teach yourself something? We compiled a list of The Best Textbooks on Every Subject. Like probability and statistics? Around here we're fans of Bayesianism, you might like this interactive guide to Bayes' theorem (hosted on Arbital.com). Of an altruistic mindset? We recommend On Caring. Check out this footnote[2] below the fold for samples of posts about AI, science, philosophy, history, communication, culture, self-care, and more. If LessWrong seems like a place for you, we encourage you to become familiar with LessWrong’s philosophical foundations. Our core readings can be be found on the Library page. We especially recommend: Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky (or Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by the same author, which covers similar ground in narrative form) The Codex by Scott Alexander Find more details about these texts in this footnote[3] For further getting started info, we direct you to LessWrong’s FAQ. Lastly, we suggest you create an account so you can vote, comment, save your reading progress, get tailored recommendations, and subscribe to our latest and best posts. Once you've done so, please say hello on our latest welcome thread! Related Pages LessWrong FAQ A Brief History of LessWrong Team LessWrong Concepts thanks for listening. to help us out with the nonlinear library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.