So, somewhat inconsequential stylistic thing. I open a PDF link, see it’s written in LaTeX, I start expecting something written more or less like an academic paper. This is written in very much a chatty, free-flowing blog post style, with jokes like calling neologisms “newords”, so the whole thing feels a bit more off-kilter than was intended. This style of writing would probably work better as an HTML blog post (which could then be posted directly as a Lesswrong post here instead of hosted elsewhere and linked).
Just noting that I had the opposite reaction—I was pleasantly surprised by the fun style after the formal framing, and this made the whole thing more fun for me
Interesting that the format gives a (in this case incorrect) indicator of the type of article it is.
In the early days of word processors the fear was that first drafts would be typed and look like they were far more done than they were, resulting in worse final drafts. I don’t think this happened- in fact the opposite has happened- people can just keep on polishing and polishing.
So, somewhat inconsequential stylistic thing. I open a PDF link, see it’s written in LaTeX, I start expecting something written more or less like an academic paper. This is written in very much a chatty, free-flowing blog post style, with jokes like calling neologisms “newords”, so the whole thing feels a bit more off-kilter than was intended. This style of writing would probably work better as an HTML blog post (which could then be posted directly as a Lesswrong post here instead of hosted elsewhere and linked).
Just noting that I had the opposite reaction—I was pleasantly surprised by the fun style after the formal framing, and this made the whole thing more fun for me
Interesting that the format gives a (in this case incorrect) indicator of the type of article it is.
In the early days of word processors the fear was that first drafts would be typed and look like they were far more done than they were, resulting in worse final drafts. I don’t think this happened- in fact the opposite has happened- people can just keep on polishing and polishing.