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When the rationality dojo has become a reality. Part Two of the Beisutsukai series by Eliezer Yudkowsky https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Beisutsukai The author has granted me permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Darij & Ana https://www.flickr.com/photos/darij/3934266730/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
When the rationality dojo has become a reality. Part One of the Beisutsukai series by Eliezer Yudkowsky https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Beisutsukai The author has granted me permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Darij & Ana https://www.flickr.com/photos/darij/3934266730/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
Do you want to build A LOT of snowmen? A different look at the Frozen universe. Part Three of A Bluer Shade of White by Alexander Wales https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10327510/1/A-Bluer-Shade-of-White The author has granted me permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by James Case https://www.flickr.com/photos/capcase/46411495261/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Do you want to build A LOT of snowmen? A different look at the Frozen universe. Part Two of A Bluer Shade of White by Alexander Wales https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10327510/1/A-Bluer-Shade-of-White The author has granted me permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by James Case https://www.flickr.com/photos/capcase/46411495261/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Do you want to build A LOT of snowmen? A different look at the Frozen universe. A Bluer Shade of White by Alexander Wales https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10327510/1/A-Bluer-Shade-of-White The author has granted me permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by James Case https://www.flickr.com/photos/capcase/46411495261/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Love isn’t what they think it is. Truer Love’s Kiss by Eliezer Yudkowsky https://www.facebook.com/yudkowsky/posts/10157928403149228 They think it’s all a game. Waves of Stone Cascading by u/vi-fi https://vi-fi.github.io/Waves%20of%20Stone%20Cascading.html The authors have granted me permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Jeremy Arcarola https://www.flickr.com/photos/49414448@N04/6616219315/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
There’s eight ways this casino heist can go wrong. Cedric’s Eight written by reddit user u/vi_fi https://vi-fi.github.io/Cedric's%20Eight.html Author has granted permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by J Mu https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/26970174971/ Public Domain Mark 1.0
There’s eight ways this casino heist can go wrong. Cedric’s Eight written by reddit user u/vi_fi https://vi-fi.github.io/Cedric's%20Eight.html Author has granted permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by J Mu https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/26970174971/ Public Domain Mark 1.0
Humanity at its ballsiest. A pair of short stores from r/HFY, a writing sub focused on humanity killing aliens. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The B Team by u/thashepherd https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/coo022/the_bteam/ HFY Untitled, "Okay, Listen up" by u/CherubielOne https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/dlmgyx/pi_youre_an_alien_soldier_preparing_for_the/ Episode Image by Beckie https://www.flickr.com/photos/50066720@N03/5051540562/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
The Masculine Mongoose protects the innocent. Who protects the 'Goose? Not all heroes wear capes. A rational fiction story written by Eliezer Yudkowsky. https://yudkowsky.tumblr.com/post/188511784460/prokopetz-bad-superhero-whose-secret-identity https://yudkowsky.tumblr.com/post/188572976735/mirasorastone-yudkowsky-prokopetz-bad This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Thomas Hawk https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/2219217841/ Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
The conclusion to "The Last Christmas" where a new Santa Claus learns some uncomfortable truths. And a Magical examination of cooperation vs competition. "The Last Christmas" was written by Alexander Wales. https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-5-2/ "Collaboration" was written by reddit user u/blasted0glass https://archiveofourown.org/works/18686869 This episode was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Ian Sane https://flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/38523529135/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
A new Santa Claus learns some uncomfortable truths. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The Last Christmas was written by Alexander Wales. https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-3-2/ https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-4-2/ Text is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Ian Sane https://flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/38523529135/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
A new Santa Claus learns some uncomfortable truths. Audio version of the beginning of the rational story "The Last Christmas” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau. Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This story was written by Alexander Wales. https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-1-2/ https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-2-2/ Text is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Ian Sane https://flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/38523529135/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
Humanity's first contact with galactic civilization must go well but a mysterious word threatens their place in the universe. Audio version of the rational web fiction "The Grakian Choice” by u/ExiledQuixoticMage read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Story link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rXcWkV-ce39d4091MEjaOIs691Y9bmGzJeRxzXcxj7Y Text is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode image by Chris Bloom. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bigshock/1961311143 Image is licensed “Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)”
A man is locked in a room with the most dangerous intelligence in the world. Will he be talked into freeing it for the good of all humanity? Audio version of the "Boxed In" the rational science fiction story by Alexander Wales. Read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://alexanderwales.com/boxed-in/ Original text licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode image by Pamela Carls. https://www.flickr.com/photos/irisdragon/304681123/ Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
A city full of doors. A girl seeking her father. Will she find her way? Audio version of the rational web fiction, "The Key to Every Door" by u/CeruleanTresses read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20761817 Secret Krampus voting thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/cxzttw/secret_krampus_story_voting/ Episode image by Rob Hurson is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/robhurson/9556844015/
What would happen if a malevolent artificial intelligence traveled back in time to kill the mother of the human’s resistance leader, but she was a brilliant AI researcher? Part six of six. Audio version of the conclusion of the rational science fiction time-bending classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales. Read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143 Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
What would happen if a malevolent artificial intelligence traveled back in time to kill the mother of the human’s resistance leader, but she was a brilliant AI researcher? Part five of six. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143 Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
What would happen if a malevolent artificial intelligence traveled back in time to kill the mother of the human’s resistance leader, but she was a brilliant AI researcher? Part four of six. Audio version of the rational science fiction time-bending classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143 Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
What would happen if a malevolent artificial intelligence traveled back in time to kill the mother of the human’s resistance leader, but she was a brilliant AI researcher? Part three of six. Audio version of the chapters 7,8,9 of the rational science fiction classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143 Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
What would happen if a malevolent artificial intelligence traveled back in time to kill the mother of the human’s resistance leader, but she was a brilliant AI researcher? Part two of six. Audio version of chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the rational science fiction classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143 Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
What would happen if a malevolent artificial intelligence traveled back in time to kill the mother of the human’s resistance leader, but she was a brilliant AI researcher? Part one of six. Audio version of the first three chapters of the rational science fiction classic “Branches on the Tree of Time” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau. Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9658524/1/Branches-on-the-Tree-of-Time Episode image by Jed Record. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedrecord/23546764143 Image licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0