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sixes_and_sevens comments on May 2013 Media Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 01 May 2013 01:49:54PM 1 point [-]

I don't have any recommendations on the subject just yet, but I would like to start talking about textbooks at some point in the near future. I don't know if the monthly media thread is the best place for this, so I thought I'd throw the subject out in meta and see what came back.

Comment author: bogus 01 May 2013 02:13:08PM *  4 points [-]

Are you aware of this thread? It seems more effective to consolidate advice about textbooks to a single thread, since textbooks are less time-dependent and less subject to short-term fads that even other kinds of informational, non-fiction media.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 01 May 2013 06:27:03PM 5 points [-]

I'm aware of it, but it's buried. There seem to be enough people on Less Wrong who consume textbooks in an extracurricular fashion that it could be worth having semi-frequent discussions on the subject. Perhaps not every month (hence why I wasn't sure the media thread was the best place for it), but also perhaps more than once every two or three years.