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John_Maxwell_IV comments on The Limits of My Rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: JoshuaMyer 09 December 2014 09:08PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 10 December 2014 08:57:32AM 2 points [-]

Agreed that your post is impressively mindful. In terms of writing style, maybe try writing more like Steven Pinker or Paul Graham. (If you've haven't read Paul Graham yet, the low-hanging fruit here is to go to his essays page and read a few essays that appeal to you, then copy that style as closely as possible. Here are some favorites of mine. Paul Graham is great at both writing and thinking so you'll do triple duty learning about writing, thinking, and also whatever idea he's trying to communicate.)

Comment author: JoshuaMyer 10 December 2014 02:36:37PM 1 point [-]

I've read both. Paul Graham's style is wonderful ... so long as he keeps himself from reducing all of history to a triangular diagram. I prefer Stanley Fish for clarity on linguistics.