John_Maxwell_IV comments on Open Thread, May 11 - May 17, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 11 May 2015 07:42:42AM * 3 points [-]

I recently found this blog post by Ben Kuhn where he briefly summarizes ~5 classic LW posts in the space of one blog post. A couple points:

I don't think that much of the content of the original posts is lost in Ben's summary, and it's a lot faster to read. Do others agree? Do we think producing a condensed summary of the LW archives at some point might be valuable? (It's possible that, for instance, the longer treatment of these concepts in the original posts pushes them deeper in to your brain, or that since people are so used to skimming, conceptually dense content can actually be bad.)
Might it be worthwhile to link to this from the LW about page or FAQ for newcomers?

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Comment author: Kindly 11 May 2015 11:37:06PM 5 points [-]

This ought to be verified by someone to whom the ideas are genuinely unfamiliar.