One thing to keep in mind is that, just because something already exists somewhere on earth, doesn’t make it useless on LW. The thing that – in theory – makes this site valuable in my experience, is that you have a guarantee of content being high quality if it is being received well. Sure I could study for years and read all content of the sequences from various fields, but I can’t read them all in one place without anything wasting my time in between.
So I don’t think “this has already been figured out in book XX” implies that it isn’t worth reading. Because I won’t go out to read book XX, but I might read this post.
I think we all need to read more, thanks for the book recommendation.
One thing to keep in mind is that, just because something already exists somewhere on earth, doesn’t make it useless on LW. The thing that – in theory – makes this site valuable in my experience, is that you have a guarantee of content being high quality if it is being received well. Sure I could study for years and read all content of the sequences from various fields, but I can’t read them all in one place without anything wasting my time in between.
So I don’t think “this has already been figured out in book XX” implies that it isn’t worth reading. Because I won’t go out to read book XX, but I might read this post.