One idea at a time is great for getting feedback. It is not so good for a reader trying to develop understanding. And the "sequences" don't really help much, trying to read/reread several to try to get context for understanding something is too choppy. I don't know what the best trade-off may be, but I can hope things will improve.
And the "sequences" don't really help much, trying to read/reread several to try to get context for understanding something is too choppy.
The 'Eliezer' sequences were great. Without absorbing the foundations progressively like that it would have been extremely difficult to understand his most interesting points. Most other sequences I haven't found nearly as useful, for the 'choppy' reason that you mention.
(To be fair I suspect the "Could/Should/Would Agent" sequence was quite worthwhile. I put off giving it much more than an introdu...
Sivers just posted an important point about getting feedback, to get feedback on a post, present only one idea at a time.
Original post here http://sivers.org/1idea ; Hacker News comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=964183 ; my post on it http://williambswift.blogspot.com/2009/11/many-ideas-or-one-idea-or-both.html
The main point of my post is: I wonder if there is any way to combine the two views? To provide more background and context, with the necessarily larger numbers of ideas being presented, while still getting useful feedback from readers.