Can LessWrong provide me with something I find obviously highly useful to my own practical life?
When I meet new people, I often like to figure out how I can be useful in a really short amount of time, just by talking. Example: Often this will involve evangelizing some items from a short list of technologies that have impacted my life a lot, such as erotic...
I was personally acquainted with Avraham Eisenberg via EA, who is now convicted of fraud. I work in crypto and it would be genuinely difficult for me to find a professional contact who isn't familiar with what he did, it was that high profile.