To be clear, my current epistemic state is not at all that a curated “epistemic sequences” should replace the existing things. The thing I see as potentially valuable here is to carve them into different subsections focusing on different things that can serve people with different backgrounds and learning goals. (I hadn’t at all thinking of this as “purifying” anything, or at least that’s not my interest in it)
Ruby/I listened to some of Critch’s feedback earlier, and still decided to have have the Sequence Highlights cover a swatch of motivational/instrumental posts, because they seemed important part of the Sequences experience.
I think my own take (not necessarily matching Ruby or Habryka’s) is that I disagree with Critch’s overall assessment of “the how to behave” parts of the sequences are “toxic.” But I do think there is something about the motivation-orientation of the sequences that is… high variance, at least. I see it getting at something that feels important to engage with. (My guess is, if I reflected a bunch of double cruxed with Critch about it, the disagreement here would be less about concrete claims the sequences make and more about a vibe, sorta like how I think disgreements with Post Rationalists are not actually about claims and are more about vibe).
I haven’t gotten into that in this comment section since Critch went out of his way to avoid making that the topic here. (Also somewhat because it feels like a big discussion and I’m kinda busy atm)
To be clear, my current epistemic state is not at all that a curated “epistemic sequences” should replace the existing things. The thing I see as potentially valuable here is to carve them into different subsections focusing on different things that can serve people with different backgrounds and learning goals. (I hadn’t at all thinking of this as “purifying” anything, or at least that’s not my interest in it)
Ruby/I listened to some of Critch’s feedback earlier, and still decided to have have the Sequence Highlights cover a swatch of motivational/instrumental posts, because they seemed important part of the Sequences experience.
I think my own take (not necessarily matching Ruby or Habryka’s) is that I disagree with Critch’s overall assessment of “the how to behave” parts of the sequences are “toxic.” But I do think there is something about the motivation-orientation of the sequences that is… high variance, at least. I see it getting at something that feels important to engage with. (My guess is, if I reflected a bunch of double cruxed with Critch about it, the disagreement here would be less about concrete claims the sequences make and more about a vibe, sorta like how I think disgreements with Post Rationalists are not actually about claims and are more about vibe).
I haven’t gotten into that in this comment section since Critch went out of his way to avoid making that the topic here. (Also somewhat because it feels like a big discussion and I’m kinda busy atm)