I decided to start reading the Sequences today. I will read one post per day because I'm also learning math and programming at the same time. I also intent to use this link (all articles from Less Wrong, in chronological order) rather than this one.
Actually I plan to alternate between the following activities in my spare-time. Either each for half an hour per day or a certain amount (x videos, LW posts etc.):
Mathematics
Programming
One miscellaneous book
Starting with Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Daniel Dennett.
LessWrong Sequences
One post/article per day.
Thinking
Taking some time to meditate about the big picture, what I want, what I should do or some miscellaneous problem.
Sports
3 times per week running and weightlifting.
Relaxing
Alternating between playing a video game or reading science fiction for 30 minutes each evening.
What do you think? Is it too much at the same time, should I concentrate more on a certain activity or maybe dismiss one altogether, am I missing something important? My fear is that some of the activities might be more important for various reasons. For example, should I solely concentrate on math because I'll be unable to learn much when I get older (I'm already 27)? Any suggestions are appreciated!
Note that I am already systematically blogging through every single Eliezer post. Here is the latest.
Given that
1. Deciding to read and actually reading the sequences is 'work'
2. Reading the latest frontpaged article on LessWrong is 'fun'
3. We frequently have gaps in the posting rate of articles that make it to the front page
4. There are many people who joined this community after the sequences were written and haven't gone through all of them
...would it make sense to start bringing articles from the sequences to the front page, either at a set pace or whenever there is a gap in posting?
I have actually read most of the sequences, but wouldn't mind going through them once again. However, taking it up as a project seems like too much work. By bringing an article to the front page, either with the old comment thread or with a fresh one (plus a reference to the old one), it becomes something that the community is doing. Following things that a group you belong to is doing is fun. But for that to happen, we need to share a common pointer to which article is 'the one we are reading now'. Hence, the front page.
In short, I think if people in this community reading (and re-reading) more of the sequences is something we want, then recycling them through the front page is also a good idea.
If the barrier is implementation modifications needed, I may be able to assist.