num_pages: 167
description: When should you think that you may be able to do something unusually well?Whether youre trying to outperform in science or in business or just in finding good deals shopping on eBay its important that you have a sober understanding of your relative competencies. The story only ends there however if youre fortunate enough to live in an adequate civilization.Eliezer Yudkowskys Inadequate Equilibria is a sharp and lively guidebook for anyone questioning when and how they can know better and do better than the status quo. Freely mixing debates on the foundations of rational decision-making with tips for everyday life Yudkowsky explores the central question of when we can (and cant) expect to spot systemic inefficiencies and exploit them.
language: English
title: Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck
publisher: Machine Intelligence Research institute