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Comment author: Wei_Dai 11 March 2011 11:22:44PM 10 points [-]

This post is why LessWrong needs to be separated from SIAI.

As an alternative, perhaps we should get other causes to participate/recruit on LW?

Actually, why aren't they here already? We have a bunch of individuals with non-SIAI interests, but no causes other than SIAI, despite Eliezer repeatedly saying that they would be welcome.

Comment author: David_Gerard 12 March 2011 07:16:19AM *  0 points [-]

Can I plug Wikimedia at this point? As I've noted, that's more analogous to a software project than an ordinary charity - your money is useful and most welcomed, but the real contribution is your knowledge.

(Then we need to fix the things wrong with the editor experience on Wikipedia ... though the Wikimedia Foundation is paying serious attention to that as well of late.)

Or, more generally: create educational material under a free content licence. If it's CC-by-sa, CC-by or PD, it can interbreed.

I suggest you make your comment a discussion post.

Comment author: Wei_Dai 12 March 2011 07:31:25AM 5 points [-]

the real contribution is your knowledge

I wonder if there is even more leverage that LWers can apply. Maybe we could try come up with possible solutions to some of the institutional problems of Wikipedia, such as dark side editing? (Notice that article was written by our own gwern.)

I suggest you make your comment a discussion post.

Or you can just write a plug for Wikipedia for the front page, and lead by example. :)

Comment author: David_Gerard 12 March 2011 10:13:35AM 0 points [-]

Not front page, but posted!