In hindsight, leaving my personal opinion out was the right call: It would’ve distracted from the (at least by intention) descriptive nature of the post, and my personal take on What’s Wrong with LessWrong™ would’ve made conveying the general pattern less straightforward.
I perhaps already regret having had that section title in there at all.
I think you’re right. I revise my original contention to:
I have recently worried that the rationality community is at substantial risk here. In particular, I am worried about lack of benchmarks and legible track records. I was glad to see you hint at a discussion of this kind of issue. I think someone should write that post. I agree that it’s good that your post wasn’t that post.
I wish this had been part of the post and not left as an exercise.
In hindsight, leaving my personal opinion out was the right call: It would’ve distracted from the (at least by intention) descriptive nature of the post, and my personal take on What’s Wrong with LessWrong™ would’ve made conveying the general pattern less straightforward.
I perhaps already regret having had that section title in there at all.
I think you’re right. I revise my original contention to:
I have recently worried that the rationality community is at substantial risk here. In particular, I am worried about lack of benchmarks and legible track records. I was glad to see you hint at a discussion of this kind of issue. I think someone should write that post. I agree that it’s good that your post wasn’t that post.