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peter_hurford comments on Open thread, Oct. 6 - Oct. 12, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: peter_hurford 09 October 2014 06:27:01AM 3 points [-]

Sounds good to me. I've wanted to write a "what EA/LW has done for me" post for awhile and may still do so.

Comment author: Evan_Gaensbauer 10 October 2014 10:43:35AM 1 point [-]

Gunnar got enough upvotes for merely suggesting that I post this in Discussion that it shows a lot of promise. I didn't anticipate this, and know I'm feeling ambitious. More than just generating a single thread of positive Less Wrong responses, I'd prefer to a call for any members of the site with a deep, broad enough experience of getting great advice from Less Wrong to make a post of their own as I will. So, yes, make your own.

However, if we can get others to come out of the woodwork to write reports, inspire more users to ask personal questions of Less Wrong, and then get them to turn that into future posts, there potential for personal growth for dozens of users on this site. I wouldn't call it a chain reaction, per se, but I anticipate an unknown unknown value of positive externalities to be generated, and I want us to capture that value.