The problem is that unlike Cypherpunks or the Bitcoin people, LW is not a group whose agenda can be summarized meaningfully in a soundbite. This normally means that there isn’t going to be any media interest in it, except insofar as it might get entangled with some other news story by accident.
The only other way for a blog/website to get publicity is if it’s interesting enough to gain a very wide audience. However, the audience size that’s necessary for traditional media to take note is probably incompatible with the intellectual standards that are supposed to be followed here.
LW is not a group whose agenda can be summarized meaningfully in a soundbite.
“Thinking and deciding are central to our daily lives. The Less Wrong community aims to gain expertise in how human brains think and decide, so that we can do so more successfully. We use the latest insights from cognitive science, social psychology, probability theory, and decision theory to improve our understanding of how the world works and what we can do to achieve our goals.”
Taken right from LW’s homepage. That sounds to me like a very good start, and it’s only a couple of sentences.
The problem is that unlike Cypherpunks or the Bitcoin people, LW is not a group whose agenda can be summarized meaningfully in a soundbite. This normally means that there isn’t going to be any media interest in it, except insofar as it might get entangled with some other news story by accident.
The only other way for a blog/website to get publicity is if it’s interesting enough to gain a very wide audience. However, the audience size that’s necessary for traditional media to take note is probably incompatible with the intellectual standards that are supposed to be followed here.
Taken right from LW’s homepage. That sounds to me like a very good start, and it’s only a couple of sentences.
How’s that for a soundbite?