Well, it’s very subjective. I tried to optimise heavily for originality, ideas that I’ve seen on Slatestarcodex, but haven’t seen anywhere else. On the other hand, I’ve also included comprehensive rebuttals like Why I hate your freedom, Consequentialism FAQ and Who by very slow decay. Here it isn’t so much the ideas that are unique, but how comprehensively he tackles these issues and with how much charity.
The reason why the list is so long is that I’ve tried to be inclusive. My aim is to try ensure that it includes all the “must read” articles, even if this results in the list being very long.
I think that if someone who is completely unfamiliar with Yvain’s writings saw your post, she/he would likely be scared of a wall of links. If you want your list to be useful, you should provide a recommended reading order for new readers. I’ve upvoted you, but at the moment the list is ordered randomly.
That’s an interesting idea. However, the most likely outcome is that I’ll be distracted by other projects and never get round to this. Compiling that list already took way too much of my time.
I’m only one data point, but I am fairly similar to the hypothetical “someone” that Stingray described, and I do intend to actually read most of these. This should slightly shift your estimate toward fewer people being scared off by the wall of links.
On the other hand, if you went through and bolded the important articles, I’d probably read just them. So, I’d still be getting a little value out of your prioritization work, but much less value than any hypothetical people scared off by the wall of links.
EDIT: Rob Bensinger made a useful comment on the LW facebook page about what he’d take off and add to this list. I’ve taken the intersection of the two to make a more selective list of what you both recommend. I’ll probably just read through those, with the exception of a few interesting-sounding items.
What criteria have you used to decide which posts are the most important?
Well, it’s very subjective. I tried to optimise heavily for originality, ideas that I’ve seen on Slatestarcodex, but haven’t seen anywhere else. On the other hand, I’ve also included comprehensive rebuttals like Why I hate your freedom, Consequentialism FAQ and Who by very slow decay. Here it isn’t so much the ideas that are unique, but how comprehensively he tackles these issues and with how much charity.
The reason why the list is so long is that I’ve tried to be inclusive. My aim is to try ensure that it includes all the “must read” articles, even if this results in the list being very long.
I think that if someone who is completely unfamiliar with Yvain’s writings saw your post, she/he would likely be scared of a wall of links. If you want your list to be useful, you should provide a recommended reading order for new readers. I’ve upvoted you, but at the moment the list is ordered randomly.
That’s an interesting idea. However, the most likely outcome is that I’ll be distracted by other projects and never get round to this. Compiling that list already took way too much of my time.
I’m only one data point, but I am fairly similar to the hypothetical “someone” that Stingray described, and I do intend to actually read most of these. This should slightly shift your estimate toward fewer people being scared off by the wall of links.
On the other hand, if you went through and bolded the important articles, I’d probably read just them. So, I’d still be getting a little value out of your prioritization work, but much less value than any hypothetical people scared off by the wall of links.
EDIT: Rob Bensinger made a useful comment on the LW facebook page about what he’d take off and add to this list. I’ve taken the intersection of the two to make a more selective list of what you both recommend. I’ll probably just read through those, with the exception of a few interesting-sounding items.