Rationality

Rationality is the quality or state of being reasonable, based on facts or reason. Rationality implies the conformity of one's beliefs with one's reasons to believe, or of one's actions with one's reasons for action. "Rationality" has different specialized meanings in economics, sociology, psychology, evolutionary biology, and political science.

Determining optimality for rational behavior requires a quantifiable formulation of the problem, and making several key assumptions. When the goal or problem involves making a decision, rationality factors in how much information is available (e.g. comp
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making
Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck
Rationality
Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
Thinking and Deciding
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Doing Good Better by William MacAskillSuperintelligence by Nick BostromThe Life You Can Save by Peter SingerThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer
Effective Altruism Books
262 books — 154 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyBioterror! by Laurence E. DahnersArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferWood Sprites by Wen Spencer
Pre-Teen Genius
7 books — 4 voters

The Oxford Handbook of Rationality by Alfred R. MeleObliquity by John KayUlysses and the Sirens by Jon ElsterRationality in Action by John Rogers SearleThe Limits of Rationality by Karen Schweers Cook
Rationality
100 books — 3 voters
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Ravenclaw's Rationality
131 books — 86 voters

Summa technologiae by Stanisław LemThe Knowledge Machine by Michael StrevensThe Epistemic Life of Groups by Michael S. BradyThe Engines of Cognition by LessWrongEmpire and Communications by Harold A. Innis
PIBBSS Library
71 books — 1 voter
Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxConstitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, MoscowAnti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph StalinSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Planned Economies - Socialism
17 books — 1 voter

Euripides
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides, The Bacchae

Abhaidev
You know, there is a thin line between hope and confidence. What separates the two is rationality.
Abhaidev, The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit

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