passive_fist comments on Announcement: The Sequences eBook will be released in mid-March - Less Wrong

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Comment author: passive_fist 03 March 2015 03:20:30AM *  2 points [-]

A very nice project and thanks for the effort. I look forward to picking it up.

What are your opinions on a shorter, abridged version of the book (perhaps fitting into the 'standard' 300 pages or so)?

Comment author: RobbBB 03 March 2015 03:28:16AM *  3 points [-]

My hope is that Book I of the eBook (Map and Territory), which will be released as its own print volume, will be able to serve a purpose a bit like that. Book II (How to Actually Change Your Mind) may also be viable as a stand-alone work, though its main intended audience is people who have read Map and Territory.

Compressing the entire 1800 pages into just 300 pages is a harder task, since it would require rewriting a lot of material. At that point it might be more useful to just write an entirely new rationality handbook loosely inspired by the Sequences.