LW’s strongest, most dedicated writers all seem to have moved on to other projects or venues, as has the better part of its commentariat.
In some ways, this is a good thing. There is now, for example, a wider rationalist blogosphere, including interesting people who were previously put off by idiosyncrasies of Less Wrong. In other ways, it’s less good; LW is no longer a focal point for this sort of material. I’m not sure if such a focal point exists any more.
LW’s strongest, most dedicated writers all seem to have moved on to other projects or venues, as has the better part of its commentariat.
In some ways, this is a good thing. There is now, for example, a wider rationalist blogosphere, including interesting people who were previously put off by idiosyncrasies of Less Wrong. In other ways, it’s less good; LW is no longer a focal point for this sort of material. I’m not sure if such a focal point exists any more.
Where, exactly? All I’ve noticed is that there’s less interesting material to read, and I don’t know where to go for more.
Okay, SSC. That’s about it.
Here’s one discussion. One thing that came out of it is the RationalistDiaspora subreddit.
Agentfoundations.org
http://agentfoundations.org/ , https://intelligence.org/ , offline.
Tumblr is the new place.
LW as an incubator?
Or a host for a beautiful parasitic wasp?
Toxoplasmosis is a better metaphor if you want to go that way :-D