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I'm Aaron Swartz. I used to work in software (including as a cofounder of Reddit, whose software that powers this site) and now I work in politics. I'm interested in maximizing positive impact, so I follow GiveWell carefully. I've always enjoyed the rationality improvement stuff here, but I tend to find the lukeprog-style self-improvement stuff much more valuable. I've been following Eliezer's writing since before even the OvercomingBias days, I believe, but have recently started following LW much more carefully after a couple friends mentioned it to me in close succession.
I found myself wanting to post but don't have any karma, so I thought I'd start by introducing myself.
I've been thinking on-and-off about starting a LessWrong spinoff around the self-improvement stuff (current name proposal: LessWeak). Is anyone else interested in that sort of thing? It'd be a bit like the Akrasia Tactics Review, but applied to more topics.
Instead of a spinoff, maybe Discussion should be split into more sections (one being primarily about instrumental rationality/self-help).
Topic-related discussion seems a good idea to me. Some here may be interested in rationality/cognitive bias but not in IA or not in space exploration or not in cryonics, ...
This would also allow to lift the "bans" like "no politics", if it says in a dedicated section not "polluting" those not interested in it.
I endorse this idea.
Yay, it is you!
(I've followed your blog and your various other deeds on-and-off since 2002-2003ish and have always been a fan; good to have you here.)
LessWeak - good idea. On the name: cute but I imagine it getting old. But it's not as embarrassing as something unironically Courage Wolf, like 'LiveStrong'.
Welcome to LessWrong!
Apparently I used to comment on your blog back in 2004 - my, how time flies!