I like your proposal. I note, in addition, that the best introduction is probably linking people to particular articles that you think they may find interesting, instead of the main page (which is what someone will find if you just tell them the name).
I strongly agree with this. They didn’t become a regular user, but I have a friend who views LW positively because they found Pain and gain motivation very helpful. (Funnily enough that’s PJ Eby’s work.) My friend wanted to be a comedian and would always punish himself for not working harder at it; he stopped punishing himself and now he has notebooks full of comedy bits written down. I find that typical LW users are all about epistemic rationality, but most other people don’t really care until they see the benefits of some instrumental rationality.
Hopefully I can indoctrinate him further at a later date. >:D
I like your proposal. I note, in addition, that the best introduction is probably linking people to particular articles that you think they may find interesting, instead of the main page (which is what someone will find if you just tell them the name).
I strongly agree with this. They didn’t become a regular user, but I have a friend who views LW positively because they found Pain and gain motivation very helpful. (Funnily enough that’s PJ Eby’s work.) My friend wanted to be a comedian and would always punish himself for not working harder at it; he stopped punishing himself and now he has notebooks full of comedy bits written down. I find that typical LW users are all about epistemic rationality, but most other people don’t really care until they see the benefits of some instrumental rationality.
Hopefully I can indoctrinate him further at a later date. >:D