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Comment author: James_Miller 18 July 2014 05:52:26AM *  29 points [-]

Since LW is going to get a lot of visitors someone should put an old post that would make an excellent first impression in a prominent position. I nominate How to Be Happy.

Comment author: solipsist 18 July 2014 12:08:15PM 6 points [-]

If an AI article is used, I nominate sorting pebbles into correct heaps.

Comment author: solipsist 18 July 2014 04:00:23PM 7 points [-]

Or perhaps a publicity boost would be better utilized by directing traffic to effective altruism information, e.g. at givewell or 80000 hours.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 19 July 2014 09:01:05AM 4 points [-]

Maybe all of them together... because we have more than one topic here, and different people are interested in different things.

Something about AI math. Something about values. Something about improving your life. Something about helping others. Something about spreading rationality.