Hello! I’m gostaks, and I’m new to LessWrong and the rationalism community in general. I’m an engineering major who took a philosophy class in January, and ever since I’ve been poking around the internet looking for folks with interesting ideas. I found LessWrong through a link on Slate Star Codex, and I figure that six hours of reading is enough to justify making an account (at the very least so I can track which posts I have or haven’t read). Planning to lurk for a while, plug through the sequences, and then figure out how to get interesting LessWrong posts to show up on my dreamwidth reading page.
I would very much appreciate recommendations of blogs/LessWrong users/posts/books that would make a good starting point for a rationalism noob!
In terms of users/blogs/posts that I don’t expect you to stumble across naturally as you hang out on the site, there is all of Nate Soare’s writing, both on LW and on his own blog.
Hello! I’m gostaks, and I’m new to LessWrong and the rationalism community in general. I’m an engineering major who took a philosophy class in January, and ever since I’ve been poking around the internet looking for folks with interesting ideas. I found LessWrong through a link on Slate Star Codex, and I figure that six hours of reading is enough to justify making an account (at the very least so I can track which posts I have or haven’t read). Planning to lurk for a while, plug through the sequences, and then figure out how to get interesting LessWrong posts to show up on my dreamwidth reading page.
I would very much appreciate recommendations of blogs/LessWrong users/posts/books that would make a good starting point for a rationalism noob!
Welcome!
In terms of users/blogs/posts that I don’t expect you to stumble across naturally as you hang out on the site, there is all of Nate Soare’s writing, both on LW and on his own blog.
How many of you are there, and what is your dosh-distimming schedule like these days?