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Probably no one here needs another review of the content of the book. If you do, try Scott’s or Zvi’s; I don’t think I have anything to say on that front that they haven’t. I do have a few thoughts on its presentation that I haven’t seen elsewhere.[1] It made...

Meta: Last year I wrote a retrospective of the first LessOnline. This year, several people told me that they’d read it and found it helpful/interesting/entertaining, so I figure I’ll do it again. It is once again later and longer than I wished. I’m going to try not to repeat myself...

Meta: This post turned out longer, slower, and less well-written than I hoped. I don’t see any similar posts in a quick search, though, so I'm posting it anyway. I’ve tried to front-load feedback that might be useful to the organizers, and put more personal stuff towards the end. For...

(spoiler alert: may meta-spoil future iterations of the LOPH, if you haven’t already read other posts about it) I knew early on that I wouldn’t be able to finish the LessOnline puzzle hunt. I contributed to solving two of the first six puzzles, each of which revealed the combination to...

Sometimes I'll be speaking to someone and use an obscure word or concept they're unfamiliar with. There's a few different reactions, and, well, I understand mine and do not understand the ones that are not mine. I spent five minutes thinking about it, trying to model why people are crazy...

(Part of a sequence on discussion technology and NNTP. As last time, I should probably emphasize that I am a crank on this subject and do not actually expect anything I recommend to be implemented. Add whatever salt you feel is necessary)1 If there is one thing I hope readers...

A few months ago, Vaniver wrote a really long post speculating about potential futures for Less Wrong, with a focus on the idea that the spread of the Less Wrong diaspora has left the site weak and fragmented. I wasn't here for our high water mark, so I don't really...