# Sunday June 21st – talks by Abram Demski, alkjash, orthonormal, eukaryote, Vaniver

This Sunday at 11am (PDT), we're running a session of four "lightning talks" by curated LessWrong authors.

*   Each talk will be 3-5 minutes followed by discussion. Afterwards, we'll have a hangout in breakout rooms. The talks will be short and focus on presenting one core idea well, rather than rushing through a lot of content.
*   We want this to give top LessWrong writers an interesting space to discuss their ideas, and have more fruitful collaboration between users. Think of it like a cross between an academic colloquium and some friends chatting by a whiteboard.

[**Please RVSP here for the event here**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBN-4_FIPddLV955nWY21uIumUNrNjYNaDJjiFyPUDg0hZUg/viewform), so we know how many people are coming.

Speakers
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*   **Abram Demski** \[[*Talk transcript*](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZM63n353vh2ag7z4p/radical-probabilism-transcript)\]
    *   Curated posts: [An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions,](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/A8iGaZ3uHNNGgJeaD/an-orthodox-case-against-utility-functions) [Toward a New Technical Explanation of Technical Explanation)](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tKwJQbo6SfWF2ifKh/toward-a-new-technical-explanation-of-technical-explanation), ...
*   **alkjash** \[[*Talk transcript*](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hAvGi9YAPZAnnjZNY/prediction-compression-transcript-1)\]
    *   Curated posts: [Babble](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/i42Dfoh4HtsCAfXxL/babble), [Hammers and Nails](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QzBuuNEqJGQFeWM4f/hammers-and-nails), [Hammertime Final Exam](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Q7MsMshzbzhEs729s/hammertime-final-exam)
*   **orthonormal** \[[*Talk transcript*](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tyQFi564wrJ2xxJEy/negotiating-with-yourself-transcript)\]
    *   Curated posts: [The Loudest Alarm Is Probably False](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/B2CfMNfay2P8f2yyc/the-loudest-alarm-is-probably-false)
*   **eukaryote** \[[*Talk transcript*](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6P4WbyzEQGbtzSrxh/missing-dog-reasoning-transcript)\]
    *   Curated posts: [The funnel of human experience](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SwBEJapZNzWFifLN6/the-funnel-of-human-experience), [Spaghetti Towers](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NQgWL7tvAPgN2LTLn/spaghetti-towers), [Naked mole-rats: A case study in biological weirdness](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fDKZZtTMTcGqvHnXd/naked-mole-rats-a-case-study-in-biological-weirdness)
*   **Vaniver** \[[*Talk transcript*](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yxicyJZaHLfFFs2c8/public-positions-and-private-guts-transcript)\]
    *   Curated posts: [Steelmanning divination](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fnkbdwckdfHS2H22Q/steelmanning-divination-1), [Public Positions and Private Guts](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zbf2L4ZJf4ykZqmPA/public-positions-and-private-guts)

Details
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**When?** Sunday June 21, at 11am, Pacific Daylight Time

**Where?** On this zoom link \[now removed\].

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