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14 Post author: Grognor 15 May 2012 10:21AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 May 2012 02:36:57AM *  5 points [-]

Yes, but newcomers aren't expected/instructed to read those. They are expected to be familiar with the Core/Major Sequences, which are all by Eliezer Yudkowsky and are not incrementally updated.

Another way of putting it: When an LWer tells a newbie to "read the Sequences," that list is not the Sequences they are talking about.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 16 May 2012 07:56:01AM 4 points [-]

The Sequences should be reorganized. It would be rational to admit that most new readers will not read all the articles (at least not now; later they may change opinion), so we could have a short list, a medium list, and a long list of articles. And even the short list should contain the best articles written by other authors.

Well, it's a wiki, anyone can edit it. Also anyone can make their suggested list of "Short Sequences" and put it to discussion for comments.