Potential problems with Idea number 1 (thanks to a chat w/ Romeo Stevens):
A lot of ideas being explored are now several inferential distances from the baseline rationality literature, meaning that short summaries might not be great. (There’d be lots of dependencies / things.)
The incentive structure as it stands doesn’t seem to necessarily encourage this sort of compilation. (Coordination problem / poor returns on effort spent on summaries, esp. if it’s all being summarized by one person?)
In addition to there being lots of rationality blogs, the emergence of rationality hubs in meatspace like Berkeley mean that there’s progress that’s likely happening offline, and writing things up in a way that bridges inferential gaps is costly.
I follow several programming newsletters, and I don’t have context to fully understand and appreciate most links they share (although I usually have a general idea about what they are talking about). It’s still very valuable to me find out about new stuff in the field.
I’d patreon a few dollars for something like this.
Potential problems with Idea number 1 (thanks to a chat w/ Romeo Stevens):
A lot of ideas being explored are now several inferential distances from the baseline rationality literature, meaning that short summaries might not be great. (There’d be lots of dependencies / things.)
The incentive structure as it stands doesn’t seem to necessarily encourage this sort of compilation. (Coordination problem / poor returns on effort spent on summaries, esp. if it’s all being summarized by one person?)
In addition to there being lots of rationality blogs, the emergence of rationality hubs in meatspace like Berkeley mean that there’s progress that’s likely happening offline, and writing things up in a way that bridges inferential gaps is costly.
I follow several programming newsletters, and I don’t have context to fully understand and appreciate most links they share (although I usually have a general idea about what they are talking about). It’s still very valuable to me find out about new stuff in the field.
I’d patreon a few dollars for something like this.
Thanks for bringing this up again. I think I’ll try a weekly roundup next week and see how it goes (along with short summaries).