Archive - Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward

Destroying the World is a Difficult Problem

Or, Why AI Notkilleveryoneism is Filled with Theorists

Jan 23 •

December 2024

The Fall of Democracy is a Markov Process

Did you know that the Ancient Greek word "anacyclosis" translates to "Markov-chain Monte-Carlo"?

Dec 19, 2024 •

October 2024

AI-Generated Podcasts with NotebookLM

Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward now has a podcast! I mean, I didn't do any work, but Google did! Hear AI make a podcast explaining an article about AI…

Oct 5, 2024 •

August 2024

May 2024

In Defense of Useless Hobbies

Why do I waste my time learning useless skills and practicing useless crafts?

May 16, 2024 •

April 2024

Daenerys Targaryen, Humanitarian

So she burned half a city. The other half's still standing, isn't it?

Apr 27, 2024 •

October 2023

The Devil and the Cerulean Sweater

The Devil Wears Prada, Anne Hathaway's cerulean sweater, Rayleigh scattering, and and extraterrestrial solar spectra. Who is right, Dylan or Meryl…

Oct 21, 2023 •

August 2023

The Bookmarks Bin, September 2023

Shamelessly copying Scott Alexander's link compilation articles

Aug 31, 2023 •

July 2023

Spoken Egyptian in Age of Mythology

A Partial Answer to a Decades Old Mystery, and a Call for Help

Jul 9, 2023 •

June 2023

Top 16 History-Adjacent Podcasts of 2023

Are list-based articles even allowed anymore or did Buzzfeed already beat that horse to death?

Jun 19, 2023 •

May 2023

Guinea Pigs are Fermions -- Part 2

In part 2 of our series, we analytically solve the two-pigloo model, simulate an 8-pigloo lattice to observe pig density waves, and discuss the utility…

May 28, 2023 •

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