JackV comments on Intellectual insularity and productivity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 11 June 2012 08:39:36PM 2 points [-]

I concur. I read the sequences, then I read every post from the end of the sequences until that time (May 2011). I was amazed just how little seemed to have been taken in even from the posts on LW since the end of the sequences.

I have faint hopes the Center for Modern Rationality can seed a new set of community norms.

Comment author: JackV 12 June 2012 09:05:10AM 3 points [-]

Hm. Now you say it, I think I've definitely read some excellent non-Elizier articles on Less Wrong. But not as systematically. Are they collated together ("The further sequences") anywhere? I mean, in some sense, "all promoted articles" is supposed to serve that function, but I'm not sure that's the best way to start reading. And there are some good "collections of best articles". But they don't seem as promoted as the sequences.

If there's not already, maybe there should be a bit of work in collecting the best articles by theme, and seeing which of them could do with some revising to make whatever the (in retrospect) best point more clear. Preferably enough bit of revising (or just disclaimers) to make it clear that they're not the the Word of God, but not so much they become bland.

Comment author: David_Gerard 12 June 2012 09:25:40AM -1 points [-]

People have indeed started on this, but we could probably do with more. Go for it :-)

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 13 June 2012 04:30:17AM *  0 points [-]

People have indeed started on this

Where?

Comment author: David_Gerard 13 June 2012 09:35:42AM 1 point [-]