Why not something catchy? The sequences often had extremely catchy titles (eg “An Alien God”). “Becoming Less Wrong” is pretty good, but it doesn’t have enough pizzazz. How’sabout something like:
“If you’re reading this, Phase One of my master plan is already complete” (yes, stolen from a T-shirt, but rather appropriate)
or
“The world is mad, you don’t have to be”
or some variety of the ‘rationality is applied winning’ meme:
“On Winning”
“Winning—Theory and Practice”
Maybe a take on defeating Azathoth?
“Kill a God—Become an Agent”
“Wresting Control of Yourself from Evolution’s Grasp”
At any rate, the Memetic Hazard sign should be somewhere on the cover. :)
The word “Winning” has its association with specific situations and not with the LW context in the mind of a prospective reader, who would wonder why they ought to care about winning competitions and fights. The second and last one are both pretty good though.
I like the general point about something catchy with pizzazz. “Being Less Wrong” is my favorite so far, but it could probably be improved on. “Winning: Theory and Practice” is also pretty good, though I wonder whether there’s too much of an association between “winning” and Charlie Sheen. Maybe that’s a silly concern, but we wouldn’t want anyone to think this was just a joking reference to that.
Why not something catchy? The sequences often had extremely catchy titles (eg “An Alien God”). “Becoming Less Wrong” is pretty good, but it doesn’t have enough pizzazz. How’sabout something like:
“If you’re reading this, Phase One of my master plan is already complete” (yes, stolen from a T-shirt, but rather appropriate) or
“The world is mad, you don’t have to be”
or some variety of the ‘rationality is applied winning’ meme:
“On Winning”
“Winning—Theory and Practice”
Maybe a take on defeating Azathoth?
“Kill a God—Become an Agent”
“Wresting Control of Yourself from Evolution’s Grasp”
At any rate, the Memetic Hazard sign should be somewhere on the cover. :)
Azathoth Shrugged
Referencing Rand would bring along a lot of baggage from Objectivists as well as Objectivist Haters.
The word “Winning” has its association with specific situations and not with the LW context in the mind of a prospective reader, who would wonder why they ought to care about winning competitions and fights. The second and last one are both pretty good though.
I actually found LW while googling for Charlie Sheen jokes.
I like the general point about something catchy with pizzazz. “Being Less Wrong” is my favorite so far, but it could probably be improved on. “Winning: Theory and Practice” is also pretty good, though I wonder whether there’s too much of an association between “winning” and Charlie Sheen. Maybe that’s a silly concern, but we wouldn’t want anyone to think this was just a joking reference to that.