I've long said that Truly Part of You is the article with, by far, the highest ratio of "Less Wrong philosophy content" to length. (Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be listed in any sequence despite being a follow-up to two others.)
Other than knowing specific jargon, that would get people reasonably up to speed and should probably be what we're pointing newcomers to.
Maybe. Except someone who has never looked at program code is going to be really confused.
The Open Thread posted at the beginning of the month has gotten really, really big, so I've gone ahead and made another one. Post your new discussions here!
This thread is for the discussion of Less Wrong topics that have not appeared in recent posts. If a discussion gets unwieldy, celebrate by turning it into a top-level post.