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

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Comment author: Vaniver 04 March 2015 05:24:46PM 3 points [-]

(I'll update this post when we have a more precise release date.)

I strongly recommend releasing it on the 14th or 15th, and advertising it at the HPMoR wrapup. What additional resources would that require?

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 04 March 2015 10:40:44PM *  6 points [-]

I think it should be linked from the last chapter of HPMoR.

Comment author: RobbBB 04 March 2015 05:34:52PM *  1 point [-]

Yes, if the project is ready in time we'd like to use HPMoR's conclusion to advertise it.

Why release on the 15th as opposed to, e.g., the 13th?

Comment author: Vaniver 04 March 2015 05:42:26PM *  6 points [-]

First, to maintain the similarity to upcoming HPMoR release dates; saying "this is the final chapter of this story, but the next text released by Eliezer comes out at 10:00 AM Pacific Time on March 15th, and is a nonfiction work explaining the actual methods of rationality" seems like it will manage to capture many HPMoR readers whose attention Eliezer might not have again. I suspect that a day-long wait before release does a good job of accruing benefits from anticipation without paying too many costs from exhaustion or attention loss.

Second, I assume that it will be easier to release it on the 15th than the 14th, and the 14th will be easier than the 13th, and so on.