Pay lots of attention to the first articles. Definitely don’t lead with The Simple Truth; it’s not a good hook and it’s much too long. I made a suggested reading order awhile back, which you might find useful; I also have the spreadsheet which generated it (though the sheet really just records the subjective judgments I made). That reading order includes other authors in addition to Eliezer, and it doesn’t have anything after July 2011 when it was made.
Oh good. The best predictor for whether or not I successfully introduce someone to LW is whether or not I remember to tell them not to read The Simple Truth first.
Pay lots of attention to the first articles. Definitely don’t lead with The Simple Truth; it’s not a good hook and it’s much too long. I made a suggested reading order awhile back, which you might find useful; I also have the spreadsheet which generated it (though the sheet really just records the subjective judgments I made). That reading order includes other authors in addition to Eliezer, and it doesn’t have anything after July 2011 when it was made.
The current plan is to include The Simple Truth and An Intuitive Explanation as “appendix” items, so not at the start of the book.
Oh good. The best predictor for whether or not I successfully introduce someone to LW is whether or not I remember to tell them not to read The Simple Truth first.