I think there are a lot of good sources out there on finance, and a LW author wouldn’t necessarily have any particular credibility or special knowledge on the subject.
I’ve been running one of the world’s largest crypto quant hedge funds for the past 3 years. We’re still pretty small when you compare us to hedge funds outside of crypto, sure, but it’s become less true every month.
There’s a number of other authors on LW who have decent qualifications.
I see how quants or other people who run hedge funds would have some special knowledge. But most LWers do not run hedge funds, and I don’t think smart nerdy LWers are more qualified to write about money than smart nerdy non-LWers. I like to hear from analytical nonconformist types, but they’re already out there writing about money! Don’t assume rationality is only to be found here.
I think many people here go outside of LW to source ideas and bring them back here to share. I agree that there are plenty of high level discussions happening outside of LW. But I don’t understand why those same discussions shouldn’t also happen here.
When writing posts, people usually write posts when they think they have some knowledge to share that the average person in the audience doesn’t have.
Don’t assume rationality is only to be found here.
Taking all your information about a significant topic from one source is generally a bad idea. To me that in no way implies that LessWrong shouldn’t be one of the sources to inform oneselves about a given topic.
I think there are a lot of good sources out there on finance, and a LW author wouldn’t necessarily have any particular credibility or special knowledge on the subject.
I’ve been running one of the world’s largest crypto quant hedge funds for the past 3 years. We’re still pretty small when you compare us to hedge funds outside of crypto, sure, but it’s become less true every month.
There’s a number of other authors on LW who have decent qualifications.
After https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rPe6b7MCxaK8ZzYdC/you-need-more-money?commentId=qESxHMdp7dKjbbEYq this seems to be a second comment by you asserting that specific people have no special knowledge.
LessWrong brings together a bunch of smart nerds and some of those happen to be Quants who do have special knowledge on finance.
I see how quants or other people who run hedge funds would have some special knowledge. But most LWers do not run hedge funds, and I don’t think smart nerdy LWers are more qualified to write about money than smart nerdy non-LWers. I like to hear from analytical nonconformist types, but they’re already out there writing about money! Don’t assume rationality is only to be found here.
And most LWers are not writing financial posts.
I think many people here go outside of LW to source ideas and bring them back here to share. I agree that there are plenty of high level discussions happening outside of LW. But I don’t understand why those same discussions shouldn’t also happen here.
When writing posts, people usually write posts when they think they have some knowledge to share that the average person in the audience doesn’t have.
Taking all your information about a significant topic from one source is generally a bad idea. To me that in no way implies that LessWrong shouldn’t be one of the sources to inform oneselves about a given topic.