There is disagreement about using the word “Sequences”. I think it would be nice to remove it from the book’s official title, but to keep it with small letters at the bottom of the cover. You know, something mysterious, something for insiders.
Some of the suggested names are great and could be successful (they should be tested on non-LW readers), but sometimes they sound too generic. I mean, anyone could (and some already did) write a book about “Thinking” or “Rationality” or “Mistakes” etc. There is nothing LW-specific about that.
But calling the ebook, for example, “The Craft of Rationality”, and having the mysterious “The Sequences, 2006-2009″ at the bottom of the page would allow us to refer this book to others as “The Sequences” book, which would make it different from dozens of other rationality-related books.
Some of the suggested names are great and could be successful (they should be tested on non-LW readers), but sometimes they sound too generic.
Exactly—I just assumed Luke at al would do market research, but please remember that this site is not necessarily representative of who you want the title to influence (LWers will probably be buying the book, but I doubt many will do so on the basis of the title.)
There is disagreement about using the word “Sequences”. I think it would be nice to remove it from the book’s official title, but to keep it with small letters at the bottom of the cover. You know, something mysterious, something for insiders.
Some of the suggested names are great and could be successful (they should be tested on non-LW readers), but sometimes they sound too generic. I mean, anyone could (and some already did) write a book about “Thinking” or “Rationality” or “Mistakes” etc. There is nothing LW-specific about that.
But calling the ebook, for example, “The Craft of Rationality”, and having the mysterious “The Sequences, 2006-2009″ at the bottom of the page would allow us to refer this book to others as “The Sequences” book, which would make it different from dozens of other rationality-related books.
Exactly—I just assumed Luke at al would do market research, but please remember that this site is not necessarily representative of who you want the title to influence (LWers will probably be buying the book, but I doubt many will do so on the basis of the title.)