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The sideways view
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The sideways view is a personal blog at sideways-view.com about ai, economics and philosophy. Since 2016, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “The monkey and the machine: a dual process theory”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for eclectic ideas on topics such as procrastination, news-feed ranking, and charitable pledges. Its posts are cited as support for commenters' own points.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Looking askance at reality
Most-linked posts?
- The monkey and the machine: a dual process theory2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-02-26
What Hacker News says?
If I remember https://sideways-view.com/2017/02/19/the-monkey-and-the-mach... right, it suggests that this sort of problem comes down to a misalignment or mistrust between your conscious agency and the rest of your brain -- that is, the 'deliberator' and the 'monkey'. If whatever you're doing isn't getting the monkey enough bananas over time, it doesn't care how effective you are at getting Zorkmids or whatever such…
Comment linking /2017/02/19/the-monkey-and-the-machine-a-dual-process-theory/
on “Procrastination is more about managing emotions than time: study”Submitted Crowdsourcing Moderation Without Sacrificing Quality as a story · 36 points
HN discussionSome I follow: https://apenwarr.ca/log/ - programming, high level perspective https://www.benkuhn.net/ - programming, startups, effective altruism https://danluu.com/ - programming, hardware https://pedestrianobservations.com/ - public transit https://sideways-view.com/ - lots of interesting ideas, very eclectic And plugging my own blog: https://www.jefftk.com - effective altruism, contra dance, diy, not very focused
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on “Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?”Submitted Secure Homes for Digital People as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI think that the correct behavior in the long run is to give personalized recommendations, analogous to this proposal: https://sideways-view.com/2016/12/01/optimizing-the-news-fee... The main motivation for having a unified view is to decide what to show people who visit but don't rate things / log in / etc. I'm currently finishing my dissertation on collaborative learning algorithms, and I agree that it is not gene…
Comment linking /2016/12/01/optimizing-the-news-feed/
on “Crowdsourcing Moderation Without Sacrificing Quality”Submitted Less costly signaling as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI wonder why these guys don't just agree to jointly donate their money to charity. https://sideways-view.com/2016/10/31/repledge/
Comment linking /2016/10/31/repledge/
on “Political Showdown: Peter Thiel vs. Google’s Eric Schmidt”Submitted Hedonic Asymmetries as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The monkey and the machine: a dual process theory as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-Driving Car Bets as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI takeoff speeds: slow takeoff vs. fast takeoff (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hyperbolic Growth as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Analyzing Divestment as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Here are ~32 ways in which I think US policy could be better as a story · 1 points
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