I'm a Master's student in Cognitive Science at Higher School of Economics in Moscow, where I previously studied Economics and Mathematics.
My long-term goal is to make the future humane, aesthetic, and to make it happen faster.
I'm inspired by Gwern, Derek Sivers, Spencer Greenberg.
You can contact me at alexey@guzey.com or via Twitter, Telegram, Facebook or VK.
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What Should You Do with Your Life? Directions and Advice
Every productivity thought I’ve ever had, as concisely as possible
RAPIDLY PRESS X TO REFUSE TO COME TO TERMS WITH YOUR OWN MORTALITY, an interactive experience.
17-20: a Retrospective on Four Years in College
Why You Should Not Go on a Tinder Date with Me
Instilling Novel Thought Patterns and Making Your Long-Term Memory Accountable with Anki
People and Things I Would Fund If I were a Billionaire
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What Should You Do with Your Life? Directions and Advice
An Ad Hominem Argument Against GDP
Every productivity thought I’ve ever had, as concisely as possible
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Every productivity thought I’ve ever had, as concisely as possible
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My Favorite Movies, TV Shows, Books, Podcasts, Music, Videogames
Most Important Slate Star Codex Posts
Personal
What Should You Do with Your Life? Directions and Advice
17-20: a Retrospective on Four Years in College
On Friendship and on Finding Your People
People and Things I Would Fund If I were a Billionaire
Why You Should Not Go on a Tinder Date with Me
Julian Jaynes and the Ancient Tablets
RAPIDLY PRESS X TO REFUSE TO COME TO TERMS WITH YOUR OWN MORTALITY, an interactive experience.
Economics
Contra Scott Alexander’s “The Tails Coming Apart as Metaphor for Life”
An Ad Hominem Argument Against GDP — because every other argument has been written about a thousand times by now
Fun Economic Facts, e.g. if a firm develops a new technology and starts selling the same product in the same quantity but cheaper, GDP will fall and GDP per capita will fall
Faulty Reasoning in Dalio’s “How The Economic Machine Works”
Things
Why You Should Join Twitter Right Now
Instilling Novel Thought Patterns and Making Your Long-Term Memory Accountable with Anki
Make Your Android Experience Better
Books
William MacAskill misrepresents the evidence underlying his key arguments in “Doing Good Better”
Politics
People
Where does talent come from? How easy is it to discover talent?
Education
MOOCs I Recommend And How to Study with Them
Is anything inherently difficult?
Polynomial Time Reductions and the P vs NP problem