It's a quiet week so let's do the monthly right on schedule.

Table of Contents

  1. Bad News.
  2. Good Advice.
  3. Opportunity Knocks.
  4. While I Cannot Condone This.
  5. Good News, Everyone.
  6. For Your Entertainment.
  7. Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game.
  8. I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars.
  9. Sports Go Sports.
  10. Antisocial Media.
  11. Government Working.
  12. Jones Act Watch.
  13. Highly Effective Altruism.
  14. Variously Effective Altruism.
  15. Ineffective Altruism.
  16. Prediction Markets.
  17. The Lighter Side.

Bad News

I wouldn’t have explained or modeled it quite the way Paola does here but the principle seems right to me. If people don’t trust you, or don’t trust people in general, that usually you can’t trust them either.

Paola: I feel like a lot of human morality works like a prisoner's dilemma in that you can only trust others to behave morally to the extent that you believe they trust you to do the same. Due to this, I’ve come to view people with a bunch of social paranoia, distrust, etc. as *quite* dangerous to be around.

And to be clear, I generally feel a [...]

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Outline:

(00:17) Bad News

(04:10) Good Advice

(07:11) Opportunity Knocks

(07:33) While I Cannot Condone This

(11:35) Good News, Everyone

(12:25) For Your Entertainment

(17:35) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

(22:45) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars

(26:20) Sports Go Sports

(28:06) Antisocial Media

(29:49) Government Working

(33:55) Jones Act Watch

(35:29) Highly Effective Altruism

(40:32) Variously Effective Altruism

(46:11) Ineffective Altruism

(50:22) Prediction Markets

(50:56) The Lighter Side

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First published:
July 15th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KiCwcAGHx4rdwJgzD/monthly-roundup-44-july-2026

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