Glad to see this being updated! Having a sensible map to use really motivates me towards study and helps me gamify the task. I’m working my way through the “Discrete Math” textbook right now (at about the 25% mark), and Set Theory is next on the list.
I’m new to Less Wrong and became interested in learning some of the material in the MIRI research guide when I discovered the now outdated MIRI recommended course list. I’m currently working my way through the sequences while also going through Rosen’s discrete math textbook (I’m also about 25% through the book right now).
You mention that the new guide has helped to motivate you and I can relate to this. Something else that may help with motivation (thinking of myself here but could apply to others) might be to provide a way for people who plan to go through this material on their own to interact somehow (even if it’s just sharing information related to their own progress, setting goals that other people can see, etc.). Also, this could create an easy way to provide MIRI with some idea of the number of people interested, what area of the guide they’re in, the kind of progress they are making, and whether or not they encounter any obstacles.
One might argue that LessWrong is such a thing. :-)
Since we seem to be in more or less the same place, would you like to orchestrate some kind of coordinated study schedule? We could very easily use this site’s private messages to have a brief conversation at a prescheduled time every week- hold one another to study schedules, discuss challenging exercises.
Less Wrong Study Hall is also still a reality I think, although not one I’ve tried personally.
Sure, I’ll go ahead and send you a private message shortly. Anyone else that comes across this and is interested in participating is welcome to send me a private message.
The Less Wrong Study Hall suggestion is worth considering for this. We can discuss other possible options as well.
Glad to see this being updated! Having a sensible map to use really motivates me towards study and helps me gamify the task. I’m working my way through the “Discrete Math” textbook right now (at about the 25% mark), and Set Theory is next on the list.
I’m new to Less Wrong and became interested in learning some of the material in the MIRI research guide when I discovered the now outdated MIRI recommended course list. I’m currently working my way through the sequences while also going through Rosen’s discrete math textbook (I’m also about 25% through the book right now).
You mention that the new guide has helped to motivate you and I can relate to this. Something else that may help with motivation (thinking of myself here but could apply to others) might be to provide a way for people who plan to go through this material on their own to interact somehow (even if it’s just sharing information related to their own progress, setting goals that other people can see, etc.). Also, this could create an easy way to provide MIRI with some idea of the number of people interested, what area of the guide they’re in, the kind of progress they are making, and whether or not they encounter any obstacles.
One might argue that LessWrong is such a thing. :-)
Since we seem to be in more or less the same place, would you like to orchestrate some kind of coordinated study schedule? We could very easily use this site’s private messages to have a brief conversation at a prescheduled time every week- hold one another to study schedules, discuss challenging exercises.
Less Wrong Study Hall is also still a reality I think, although not one I’ve tried personally.
Sure, I’ll go ahead and send you a private message shortly. Anyone else that comes across this and is interested in participating is welcome to send me a private message.
The Less Wrong Study Hall suggestion is worth considering for this. We can discuss other possible options as well.