I’m working on it, but you have to admit they are extremely long. They’re several years of content and not all of them are easy to internalize.
I understand that joining (and more importantly becoming accepted in) an (online) community should require some effort. You don’t join /r/HPMOR without having read at least a couple of chapters. You don’t join a Magic: The Gathering or Dungeons and Dragons forum without at least knowing a little bit about the games.
But more importantly, I think, isn’t the effort that preceded joining the community. It’s the commitment to improvement that matters. When you join a baseball team, you’re not judged on your ability to throw or hit a ball, you’re judged on your willingness to come to trainings and observe the games your team plays.
So having the Sequences as (part of) a rite of initiation is okay, but there would need to be some system of support to help newcomers through them.
I’m working on it, but you have to admit they are extremely long. They’re several years of content and not all of them are easy to internalize.
I understand that joining (and more importantly becoming accepted in) an (online) community should require some effort. You don’t join /r/HPMOR without having read at least a couple of chapters. You don’t join a Magic: The Gathering or Dungeons and Dragons forum without at least knowing a little bit about the games.
But more importantly, I think, isn’t the effort that preceded joining the community. It’s the commitment to improvement that matters. When you join a baseball team, you’re not judged on your ability to throw or hit a ball, you’re judged on your willingness to come to trainings and observe the games your team plays.
So having the Sequences as (part of) a rite of initiation is okay, but there would need to be some system of support to help newcomers through them.