I agree I could have spent a paragraph reinforcing the originality of The Sequences.
As for asking Eliezer to check the article before posting: I’ve sent Eliezer things for feedback before, and he usually doesn’t give feedback on them until after I stop waiting and post them to LW. But as a result of this post, we’ve arranged a new heuristic: If I think Eliezer plausibly disagrees with a thing I’m going to post to LW, I’ll give him a chance to give feedback on it before I post it.
I agree I could have spent a paragraph reinforcing the originality of The Sequences.
As for asking Eliezer to check the article before posting: I’ve sent Eliezer things for feedback before, and he usually doesn’t give feedback on them until after I stop waiting and post them to LW. But as a result of this post, we’ve arranged a new heuristic: If I think Eliezer plausibly disagrees with a thing I’m going to post to LW, I’ll give him a chance to give feedback on it before I post it.