In the same way that we have other periodic threads, how much of a good or a bad idea would it be to have a periodically posted thread where we could post our recent rationality failures?
I recently posted a discussion post on a similar topic, albeit for archival reasons, rather than regular community support. Either way, I’d encourage you try it out. There seems to be a cautious attitude on LessWrong that if one asks about starting a regular or periodic type of thread, a consensus will come forth giving great reasons either for or against the thread’s institution. This doesn’t really seem to happen. If you start this thread, include for the first one a note like ’If this is used lots, or well-received, then we can make it a monthly thread”. If it gets lots of comments, or gets lots of upvotes, or even gets a few upvotes with a decent upvote:downvote ratio, I figure that’s grounds for posting the thread a second time. The group rationality diary encourages people to report mistakes and failure modes, but trying a thread explicitly and only about reporting failures and mistakes might work.
I wouldn’t mind a new monthly thread for that topic, but I think it’s (in theory) already covered by the Group Rationality Diary series, at least in the sense of trying to do something rationally and failing. There’s also the Mistakes repository for major life mistakes.
In the same way that we have other periodic threads, how much of a good or a bad idea would it be to have a periodically posted thread where we could post our recent rationality failures?
I recently posted a discussion post on a similar topic, albeit for archival reasons, rather than regular community support. Either way, I’d encourage you try it out. There seems to be a cautious attitude on LessWrong that if one asks about starting a regular or periodic type of thread, a consensus will come forth giving great reasons either for or against the thread’s institution. This doesn’t really seem to happen. If you start this thread, include for the first one a note like ’If this is used lots, or well-received, then we can make it a monthly thread”. If it gets lots of comments, or gets lots of upvotes, or even gets a few upvotes with a decent upvote:downvote ratio, I figure that’s grounds for posting the thread a second time. The group rationality diary encourages people to report mistakes and failure modes, but trying a thread explicitly and only about reporting failures and mistakes might work.
I wouldn’t mind a new monthly thread for that topic, but I think it’s (in theory) already covered by the Group Rationality Diary series, at least in the sense of trying to do something rationally and failing. There’s also the Mistakes repository for major life mistakes.