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Comment author: Elo 30 November 2015 11:10:36PM 1 point [-]

it's worth considering: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Help:User_Guide

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

maybe we should keep the contents of that page to a minimum, link to InIn and let it stand for itself.

Worth noting as well - the following affiliates do not have their own pages;

  • mealsquares
  • beeminder
  • prediction book
  • omnilibrium

While it does not necessarily mean that they should not; InIn would do well to stand with it's peers.

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Intentional Insights(link) is a nonprofit started by a lesswrong user Gleb_Tsipursky(link) (gleb[at]intentionalinsights.org)

it has been targetted towards a relatively lowbrow audience, and has been criticized for doing so (optional link to discussions).

they have successfully published content into popular venues, and while taking on board the critical feedback; will at this point in time likely continue to publish into the future.

more information can be found on their website.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 01 December 2015 03:04:12AM -2 points [-]

Worth noting as well - the following affiliates do not have their own pages;

  • mealsquares
  • beeminder
  • prediction book
  • omnilibrium

This is a good point, certainly prediction book and omnilibrium are much more worthy of a wiki page then Gleb's pseudo-rationality site.

Comment author: Elo 01 December 2015 06:27:13AM 2 points [-]

Such is the nature of a wiki: if no one has put in effort to make it; it won't be there.

Given that Gleb demonstrates his motivation to publish; it comes as no surprise that he is trying to put inin there; however I would have expected beeminder (as a profiting entity) to be motivated to grow similarly (although not as voraciously).

I have reached out to beeminder to put themselves onto the wiki. Would you be interested in putting omni in?

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 02 December 2015 12:43:08AM 1 point [-]

Unfortunately the end result is likely to be the wiki getting taken over by shameless self-promoters.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 02 December 2015 12:55:09AM 3 points [-]

It doesn't have to be a bad thing. LW itself was born from EY's self-promotion.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 02 December 2015 06:26:45AM 0 points [-]

True, however, most shameless self promoters are BS artists.

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