I like the ideas of (1) providing an alternative video introduction, because some people like that stuff, and (2) having the last part of “what to do after reading LessWrong”.
I think the rationality videos should be even linked from the LW starting page. Or even better, the LW starting page should start with a link saying “if you are here for the first time, click here”, which would go to a wiki page, which would contain the links to videos (with small preview images) on the top.
Cheers—yeah, especially for my friends for whom reading a couple of those posts would be a big deal, the talks are very useful. I’ll make a top-level comment on next week’s open thread proposing the idea :)
Added: By the way, as to the ‘post LW’ section, you might’ve noticed that the last post in ‘welcome to Bayesianism’ is a critique of LessWrong as a shiny distraction rather than of actual practical use. I’m hoping the whole thing leads people to be more practically rational and involved in EA and CFAR.
Might be useful to hae introduction points for people with a certain degree of preexisting knowledge of the subject but from other sources. E.g. If I want to introduce a philosophy postgrad to lesswrong I would want to start with a summary of lesswrong’s specific definition of ‘rationality’ and how it compares to other versions, rather than starting from scratch.
I’m sorry, I had a little difficulty parsing your comment; are you saying that my introduction would be useful for a philosophy postgrad, or that my summary is starting from scratch and the former would be something for someone to work on?
My current guide to reading LessWrong can be found here.
I would like to know what people think about my potentially adding it to the sequences page, along with Academian’s and XiXiDu’s guides.
Just looking for feedback. Cheers.
I like the ideas of (1) providing an alternative video introduction, because some people like that stuff, and (2) having the last part of “what to do after reading LessWrong”.
I think the rationality videos should be even linked from the LW starting page. Or even better, the LW starting page should start with a link saying “if you are here for the first time, click here”, which would go to a wiki page, which would contain the links to videos (with small preview images) on the top.
Cheers—yeah, especially for my friends for whom reading a couple of those posts would be a big deal, the talks are very useful. I’ll make a top-level comment on next week’s open thread proposing the idea :)
Added: By the way, as to the ‘post LW’ section, you might’ve noticed that the last post in ‘welcome to Bayesianism’ is a critique of LessWrong as a shiny distraction rather than of actual practical use. I’m hoping the whole thing leads people to be more practically rational and involved in EA and CFAR.
Might be useful to hae introduction points for people with a certain degree of preexisting knowledge of the subject but from other sources. E.g. If I want to introduce a philosophy postgrad to lesswrong I would want to start with a summary of lesswrong’s specific definition of ‘rationality’ and how it compares to other versions, rather than starting from scratch.
I’m sorry, I had a little difficulty parsing your comment; are you saying that my introduction would be useful for a philosophy postgrad, or that my summary is starting from scratch and the former would be something for someone to work on?