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0:00 - Ghosts in the Machine by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/3HyeNiEpvbQQaqeoH/p/cnYHFNBF3kZEyx24v

7:48 - Artificial Addition by Eliezer Yudkowsky

19:59 - Terminal Values and Instrumental Values by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Assigned excerpt: Stop right before you get to the line "So now let's look at some complications"

32:39 - (Optional) The Blue-Minimizing Robot by Scott Alexander
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hQHuXuRGZxxWXaPgg/the-blue-minimizing-robot
Audio-only optional; not assigned in the meetup announcement.

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-101

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696
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0:00 - Belief in Intelligence by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/3HyeNiEpvbQQaqeoH/p/HktFCy6dgsqJ9WPpX

6:39 - Humans in Funny Suits by Eliezer Yudkowsky

17:54 - Optimization and the Intelligence Explosion by Eliezer Yudkowsky

32:16 - (Optional) Yudkowsky Contra Christiano On AI Takeoff Speeds by Scott Alexander
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/yudkowsky-contra-christiano-on-ai

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-100

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
https://sscpodcast.libsyn.com/yudkowsky-contra-christiano-on-ai-takeoff-speeds
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      <itunes:author>Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander</itunes:author>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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0:00 - An Especially Elegant Evpsych Experiment by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/MH2b8NfWv22dBtrs8/p/J4vdsSKB7LzAvaAMB

7:38 - Superstimuli and the Collapse of Western Civilization by Eliezer Yudkowsky

15:52 - Thou Art Godshatter by Eliezer Yudkowsky

27:40 - (Optional) The Goddess of Everything Else by Scott Alexander
https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/08/17/the-goddess-of-everything-else-2/

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-99

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
https://sscpodcast.libsyn.com/classic-the-goddess-of-everything-else
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      <itunes:episode>99</itunes:episode>
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0:00 - The Tragedy of Group Selectionism by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/MH2b8NfWv22dBtrs8/p/QsMJQSFj7WfoTMNgW

12:17 - Fake Optimization Criteria by Eliezer Yudkowsky

17:59 - Adaptation-Executers, not Fitness-Maximizers by Eliezer Yudkowsky

24:25 - Evolutionary Psychology by Eliezer Yudkowsky

34:23 - (Optional) Why Motivated Reasoning? by johnswentworth
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GnatTWjdfCNn6hrFM/why-motivated-reasoning

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-98

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696
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0:00 - Evolutions Are Stupid (But Work Anyway) by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/MH2b8NfWv22dBtrs8/p/jAToJHtg39AMTAuJo

9:19 - No Evolutions for Corporations or Nanodevices by Eliezer Yudkowsky

21:57 - Evolving to Extinction by Eliezer Yudkowsky

35:26 - (Optional) Studies on Slack by Scott Alexander
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GZSzMqr8hAB2dR8pk/studies-on-slack

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-97

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
https://sscpodcast.libsyn.com/studies-on-slack
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      <itunes:episode>97</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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0:00 - An Alien God by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/lw/kr/an_alien_god/

18:00 - The Wonder of Evolution by Eliezer Yudkowsky

27:09 - (Optional) Meditations on Moloch by Scott Alexander
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TxcRbCYHaeL59aY7E/meditations-on-moloch

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-96

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696

Astral Codex Ten Podcast, narrated by Jeremiah
https://sscpodcast.libsyn.com/meditations-on-moloch
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      <itunes:episode>96</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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0:00 - Minds: An Introduction by Rob Bensinger
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/MH2b8NfWv22dBtrs8/p/8GhSZzsQmusCN9is7

10:26 - The Power of Intelligence by Eliezer Yudkowsky

18:58 - (Optional) The ‘Breaking’ News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident by Eric Wallace and Michael Dalton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DyyMV0kCY

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-95

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696
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      <itunes:episode>95</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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0:00 - Leave a Line of Retreat by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/lw/o4/leave_a_line_of_retreat/

7:48 - Crisis of Faith by Eliezer Yudkowsky

24:29 - The Ritual by Eliezer Yudkowsky

33:42 - (Optional) Crony Beliefs by Kevin Simler
https://meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-94

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696

Second Enumerations, narrated by Grognor
http://secondenumerations.blogspot.com/2017/04/episode-10-crony-beliefs.html
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      <itunes:episode>94</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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0:00 - The Importance of Saying “Oops” by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/lw/i9/the_importance_of_saying_oops/

5:13 - The Crackpot Offer by Eliezer Yudkowsky

10:05 - Just Lose Hope Already by Eliezer Yudkowsky

12:38 - The Proper Use of Doubt by Eliezer Yudkowsky

18:31 - You Can Face Reality by Eliezer Yudkowsky

19:04 - The Meditation on Curiosity by Eliezer Yudkowsky

26:32 - No One Can Exempt You From Rationality’s Laws by Eliezer Yudkowsky

32:21 - (Optional) The Cowpox of Doubt by Scott Alexander
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/15/the-cowpox-of-doubt/

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-93

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696
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      <itunes:author>Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander</itunes:author>
      <itunes:episode>93</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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0:00 - Asch’s Conformity Experiment by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/lw/m9/aschs_conformity_experiment/

7:47 - On Expressing Your Concerns by Eliezer Yudkowsky

13:38 - Lonely Dissent by Eliezer Yudkowsky

22:10 - Cultish Countercultishness by Eliezer Yudkowsky

41:42 - (Optional) Asches to Asches by Scott Alexander
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/B384FrQNrxSq4hZoS/p/pfmZ5cYQCahABGZzi

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-92

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696

UNSONG Audiobook Version, narrated by Matt Arnold
https://podtail.com/en/podcast/unsong-audiobook-version/asches-to-asches/
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      <itunes:author>Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander</itunes:author>
      <itunes:episode>92</itunes:episode>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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0:00 - Guardians of the Truth by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/etBrzxdfNop3DqJvA/guardians-of-the-truth

9:04 - Guardians of the Gene Pool by Eliezer Yudkowsky

11:05 - Guardians of Ayn Rand by Eliezer Yudkowsky

22:24 - Two Cult Koans by Eliezer Yudkowsky

26:31 - (Optional) Cargo Cult Science by Richard Feynman
https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm

Read along: https://diegozc.com/sequences-audio.html#lsrg-90

Sources
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies/id1299826696

Nullius in Verba podcast
https://nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e/cargo-cult-science/
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      <itunes:author>Eliezer Yudkowsky and Richard Feynman</itunes:author>
      <itunes:episode>91</itunes:episode>
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