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I'd like to see less about the application of rationality to various different everyday life skills (which usually end up being bad self-help), less navel-gazing about how great we are and how great rationality is, fewer gimmicks, and more attempt to dissolve confusions. explain previously puzzling things, and point out logical pitfalls that one might otherwise fall into. This is what Eliezer did so well in the Sequences, and I can't believe that there aren't any good problems left to cover.
For reference, on the main page right now, here are my classifications:
2 naval gazing 3 reduction attempts 2 self help 2 meetup 1 charity (not sure how to classify)
Agree, agree, but ...
... what do you mean by gimmicks, here?
I don't want to say anything specific enough to offend anyone, but some of the ideas I saw on the "neat stuff" thread seemed sort of gimmicky to me.
... yeah, guest posts and illustration contests are pretty gimmicky, I don't know what kind of fool would propose those :D
I thought yo were talking about gimmicky stuff on LessWrong right now, of which I don't see many examples (maybe the Diplomacy games?). Navel gazing and bad self help though, yup, plenty of those (and my last two threads - this one and the "neat stuff" - probably fall under navel gazing too)