The original reason I'm here is because Eliezer is an engaging essayist. I started reading the sequences and didn't stop until I was finished.

I've since noticed that I'm disappointed in other internet forums; they seem now muddled and sluggish-thinking by comparison. I don't know if I've become spoiled, or if I've justifiedly altered my rationality set-point, or if I'm becoming a narrow-minded crank. But LW seems to me to have that magic balance of intelligent people saying intelligent things, together with the ideas being presented in a clear, accessible fashion.