## Highlights 1. [A prior for technological discontinuities](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FaCqw2x59ZFhMXJr9/a-prior-for-technological-discontinuities) 2. [Labor, Capital, and the Optimal Growth of Social Movements](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/MovementBuildingForUtilityMaximizers.pdf) 3. [Forecasting Newsletter](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/HXtZvHqsKwtAYP6Y7) 4. [Past Pandemics](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/PastPandemics) 5. [Predicting the value of small altruistic projects: a proof of concept experiment](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qb56nicbnj9asSemx/predicting-the-value-of-small-altruistic-projects-a-proof-of) 6. [Amplifying generalist research via forecasting](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ZTXKHayPexA6uSZqE/part-2-amplifying-generalist-research-via-forecasting) 7. [Shapley Values: Better Than Counterfactuals](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/XHZJ9i7QBtAJZ6byW/shapley-values-better-than-counterfactuals) & [Shapley Values and Philanthropic Coordination Theory](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/3NYDwGvDbhwenpDHb/shapley-values-reloaded-philantropic-coordination-theory-and) & [A Shapley Value Calculator](http://shapleyvalue.com/) 8. [Why did the Spanish Enlightenment movement fail? (1750-1850)](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/spanishenlightenment) & [Why did the General Semantics Movement Fail?](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/general-semantics) 9. [Write-up on some self experimentation in calibration](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/Self-experimentation-calibration.html) ## Recent [An experiment to evaluate the value of one researcher's work](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/udGBF8YWshCKwRKTp/an-experiment-to-evaluate-the-value-of-one-researcher-s-work) [Predicting the value of small altruistic projects: a proof of concept experiment](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qb56nicbnj9asSemx/predicting-the-value-of-small-altruistic-projects-a-proof-of) [Announcing the Forecasting Innovation Prize](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8Nwy3tX2WnDDSTRoi/announcing-the-forecasting-innovation-prize) [Prizes in the EA Forum and LW.](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/GseREh8MEEuLCZayf/nunosempere-s-shortform?commentId=WPStS4qhJS7Mz6KCA) [The Making of a Top Forecaster](https://www.cset-foretell.com/blog/top-forecaster-techniques) ## Effective Altruism & Rationality ### [On the EA Forum](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/users/nunosempere) [An experiment to evaluate the value of one researcher's work](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/udGBF8YWshCKwRKTp/an-experiment-to-evaluate-the-value-of-one-researcher-s-work) [Predicting the value of small altruistic projects: a proof of concept experiment](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qb56nicbnj9asSemx/predicting-the-value-of-small-altruistic-projects-a-proof-of) [Announcing the Forecasting Innovation Prize](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8Nwy3tX2WnDDSTRoi/announcing-the-forecasting-innovation-prize) [Incentive Problems With Current Forecasting Competitions](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ztmBA8v6KvGChxw92/incentive-problems-with-current-forecasting-competitions) [Reasons why upvotes on the EA forum and LW don't correlate that well with impact](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/GseREh8MEEuLCZayf/nunosempere-s-shortform?commentId=kLuhtmQRZBJpcaHhH) [Prizes in the EA Forum and LW](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/GseREh8MEEuLCZayf/nunosempere-s-shortform?commentId=WPStS4qhJS7Mz6KCA) [Thoughts on EA literature](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Bc8J5P938BmzBuL9Y/when-can-writing-fiction-change-the-world?commentId=RnEpvpozD5tEEsM9b) [International Supply Chain Accountability](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ME4zE34KBSYnt6hGp/new-top-ea-cause-international-supply-chain-accountability) [A review of two books on survey-making](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DCcciuLxRveSkBng2/a-review-of-two-books-on-survey-making) [A glowing review of two free online MIT Global Poverty courses](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/S3vAPRp2XQ9BdDbPz/a-glowing-review-of-two-free-online-mit-global-poverty) [[Part 2] Amplifying generalist research via forecasting – results from a preliminary exploration](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ZTXKHayPexA6uSZqE/part-2-amplifying-generalist-research-via-forecasting) [[Part 1] Amplifying generalist research via forecasting – models of impact and challenges](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ZCZZvhYbsKCRRDTct/part-1-amplifying-generalist-research-via-forecasting-models) [Shapley Values Reloaded: Philantropic Coordination Theory & other miscellanea.](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/3NYDwGvDbhwenpDHb/shapley-values-reloaded-philantropic-coordination-theory-and) [Shapley values: Better than counterfactuals](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/XHZJ9i7QBtAJZ6byW/shapley-values-better-than-counterfactuals) [Why do social movements fail: Two concrete examples](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/7Pxx7kSQejX2MM2tE/why-do-social-movements-fail-two-concrete-examples) [EA Mental Health Survey: Results and Analysis.](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/FheKNFgPqEsN8Nxuv/ea-mental-health-survey-results-and-analysis) ### [On LessWrong](https://www.lesswrong.com/users/nunosempere) [Announcing the Forecasting Innovation Prize](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WRqvohbWoq2wQkxKN/announcing-the-forecasting-innovation-prize) [Incentive Problems With Current Forecasting Competitions](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tyNrj2wwHSnb4tiMk/incentive-problems-with-current-forecasting-competitions) [Adjusting probabilities for the passage of time, using Squiggle](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/j8o6sgRerE3tqNWdj/adjusting-probabilities-for-the-passage-of-time-using) [A prior for technological discontinuities](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FaCqw2x59ZFhMXJr9/a-prior-for-technological-discontinuities) [AI race considerations in a report by the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/87aqBTkhTgfzhu5po/ai-race-considerations-in-a-report-by-the-u-s-house) ### Forecasting Newsletter [Forecasting Newsletter on the EA Forum](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/HXtZvHqsKwtAYP6Y7) [November 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/October2020) [October 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/October2020) [September 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/September2020) [August 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/August2020) [July 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/July2020) [June 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/June2020) [May 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/May2020) [April 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/April2020) (experimental) [March 2020](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/ForecastingNewsletter/March2020) (proof of concept) ### Elsewhere [Labor, Capital, and the Optimal Growth of Social Movements](https://nunosempere.github.io/ea/MovementBuildingForUtilityMaximizers.pdf) [Discontinuous trends in technological progress](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/Discontinuous-Progress.html) [Accuracy of Ray Kurzweil’s predictions for the 2010s](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/KurzweilPredictionsForThe2010s.html) [Some Data Visualization for Foretold.io's Amplification Experiments](https://observablehq.com/@nunosempere/plots-for-the-amplification-experiment) [Write-up on some self experimentation in calibration](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/Self-experimentation-calibration.html) [100 predicciones](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/100-predicciones-en-100-dias.html) (es) [A practical exercise in p-hacking](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/eamentalhealth/p-hacking.html) [List of TAPs](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/list-of-taps.html) [List of Superpowers I want to steal](https://nunosempere.github.io/) [Paradox Party](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/paradox-party.html) [Crocker's rules](https://nunosempere.github.io/) [¿Siempre lo supiste? El sesgo de retrospección](https://nunosempere.github.io/) (es) [From a dark arts practitioner](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/dark_arts.html) [Dark Arts: Narrativomancy](https://nunosempere.github.io/miscellanea/narrativomancy.html) [Consideraciones retreat Altruismo Efectivo Septiembre 2018](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/AE-retreat.html) (es) [Mention in *The Times* in a column about the EA Hotel in Blackpool](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/The-Times.html) [Different ideals than my own](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/Different-Ideals.html) ## Programming and Maths | Programación y matemáticas [Github profile](https://github.com/NunoSempere) [Labeling](https://github.com/NunoSempere/labeling), an R package which I mantain. It's used in ggplot2, through the scales package, and thus has 500k+ downloads a month. [Predict, resolve and tally](https://github.com/NunoSempere/PredictResolveTally) [Programming Languages I Know](http://nunosempere.github.io/maths-prog/ProgrammingLanguagesIknow) [Sci-py turns out to be particularly easy to use](https://nunosempere.github.io/maths-prog/MachineLearningDemystified/) (en, Python) [Vienna Data Science Hackathon](https://nunosempere.github.io/maths-prog/Vienna-Data-Science-Hackathon-May-4-2019/) [Letter from O. Teichmüller to Landau](https://nunosempere.github.io/maths-prog/teichmuller.html) [AI texts I've read](https://nunosempere.github.io/maths-prog/ai.html) [Sobre el problema de las parejas estables](https://nunosempere.github.io/https://stable-marriage-problem/) (es) [Mathematicians under the Nazis](https://nunosempere.github.io/projects/mathematicians-under-the-nazis.html) [Why is the integral which defines the logarithm the inverse of the exponential?](https://nunosempere.github.io/maths-prog/logarithms.pdf) [Programa de facturación](https://easyfirma.es) (es) ## Humanities | Humanidades. [Apuntes de una charla: Diálogos con la cultura, de Remedios Zafra](https://nunosempere.github.io/humanities/remedios-zafra) (es) [Mentir mola](https://nunosempere.github.io/humanities/mentir-mola.html ) (es) [¿Qué es atracar un banco en comparación con fundar un banco?: Selección de citas de Brecht.](https://nunosempere.github.io/humanities/brecht.html) (es) [La desmundanalización de la iglesia](https://nunosempere.github.io/projects/catholic-church.html) (es) ## [Costumbrismo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costumbrismo) [Die Macht der Merkel](https://nunosempere.github.io/costumbrismo/merkel.html) (es) [Oh alemán, mi alemán](https://nunosempere.github.io/costumbrismo/aleman) (es) [Crónica de una gamberrada](https://nunosempere.github.io/costumbrismo/gamberrada/index.html) (es) ## Philosophy | Filosofía. [Monomito y Muchimito: Adiós a los principios, de Odo Marquard](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/marquard.html) (es) [La nomenclatura no es conocimiento](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/nomenclatura.html) (es) [Mucha granularidad sí, poca granularidad no](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/granularidad.html) (es) [Falacia de la subsunción](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/subsuncion.html) (es) [El concepto griego de verdad & Patologías de la razón](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/aletheia/index.html) (es) [La paradoja del piano](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/piano.html) (es) [¿Quién (no) mataría a su profesor de Últimas Tendencias del Arte?](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/arte.html) (es) [Teorías de la cultura](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/cultura.html) (es) [El evangelio según San Pedro](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/san-pedro.html) (es) [El fetichismo del franquismo](https://nunosempere.github.io/philosophy/franquismo.html) (es) ## Language and Literature | Lenguaje y literatura. [Análisis de "Yo persigo una forma que no encuentra mi estilo", de Rubén Darío](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/ruben-dario-yo-persigo-una-forma-que-no-encuentra-mi-estilo.html) (es) [Sinónimos de "fantástico" que empiecen por f](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/fantastico.html) (es) [En tanto que de rosa y azucena](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/en-tanto-que-de-rosa-y-azucena.html) (es) [Englicismos](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/englicismos) (es) [Juan Rulfo vs García Márquez](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/rulfo-garcia.html) (es) [A buen entendedor, patada en los cojones](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/patada-en-los-cojones.html) (es) [Teoría de la literatura](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/teoria-de-la-literatura.html) (es) [Las tildes en español](https://nunosempere.github.io/https://tildes/index.html) (es) [Términos retóricos](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/terminos-retoricos.html) (es) [Algunas bonitas palabras en desuso](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/desuso.html) (es) [Una interesante tesis doctoral de lingüística](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit/tesis/madurez) (es) [Todo lo que nunca has querido saber sobre literatura fantástica (mazacote)](https://nunosempere.github.io/lit-fantastica.html) (es) [Criba palabras](https://nunosempere.github.io/https://criba-de-palabras-Lucia/README.html) (es) Más en [mi antiguo blog](https://blogdelecturadenuno.blogspot.com/) ## Fiction | Ficción [Las aventuras del aventurero Nuño Núñez](https://nunosempere.github.io/fiction/nuno-nunez.html) (es) [El Partido Carlista Antimonárquico Español](https://nunosempere.github.io/fiction/carlista.html) (es) ## Written by others Claudia Lombardo [Biología para futuros presidentes](https://blogdelecturadenuno.blogspot.com/2017/01/biologia-para-futuros-presidentes-parte.html) (es) Lucía Trillo [Thinking fast and slow](https://blogdelecturadenuno.blogspot.com/2017/01/thinking-fast-and-slow.html) (es) Alonso Campos [Freedom regained, de Julian Baggini](https://blogdelecturadenuno.blogspot.com/2016/10/freedom-regained-de-julian-baggini.html) (es) ## Miscellanea | Cajón de sastre. [Unfair chess](https://nunosempere.github.io/miscellanea/unfairchess.html) [Webpage for a friend](https://ciruelahaiti.github.io/) [La verdad sobre el caso Amancio Ortega](https://nunosempere.github.io/miscellanea/inditex.html) (es) [Letimotiv: Ideas recurrentes](https://nunosempere.github.io/miscellanea/letimotiv.html) (es) [The Mask](https://nunosempere.github.io/miscellanea/The-Mask.html) ## Media mentions [Mention in *The Times* in a column about the EA Hotel in Blackpool](https://nunosempere.github.io/rat/The-Times.html) [The Making of a Top Forecaster](https://www.cset-foretell.com/blog/top-forecaster-techniques)