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6th Apr 2015

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Pardon me, please, if this is not the way to go about asking such questions (it's all I know). Is this more for LessWrong itself, or for LessWrong Discussion?

Is there some kind of comprehensive organization by subject of LessWrong posts?

I know there are the sequences, but also a lot of other useful posts.

If I want to learn about learning, about lifespan extension, about charity work, about happiness, etc., is there a place I can go to view all relevant posts in each respective area?

Thanks much

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[-]Ruby5y40

Yes, of course! www.lesswrong.com/concepts

There are tags for each of those and many more. Scholarship & Learning, Life Extension, Effective Altruism, Happiness.

[-]MalcolmOcean10y40

I think tagging is pretty inconsistent. Any index would probably not be maintained. I'd recommend the search feature.

[-]Vaniver10y80

I wonder if it's worth empowering a moderator to unify tags, which may be more effective long-term than a community-maintained index.

[-]MalcolmOcean10y30

Probably. I'd be curious to see what the long tail looks like for tags.

[-]Mati_Roy5y30

The new tagging system should do that well

[-]Viliam10y30

Random idea: Once in a while we could do something like "LessWrong Wiki Improvement Thread". Choose a topic that is important, and start a discussion about how the wiki page on that topic could be improved. People can use search and submit relevant links in comments; or propose different ways of how the page could be organized. Later someone can implement the best suggestions and add links (the thread author could precommit to do that in a week).

Alternative title for the threads: "LessWrong Wiki Article of the Week / Month: ".

[-]Larks10y10

Sounds like a great plan, except that historically

Later someone can implement the best suggestions and add links (the thread author could precommit to do that in a week).

has essentially never happened.

[-]casebash10y00

I think that this is a great idea. Less Wrong needs to work on more collaborative projects, but there isn't enough organisation to do anything massive. These projects are about the right size.

[-]RyanCarey10y20

I don't know of any index. However, Top scoring posts is good, as are user pages. Luke has collated research posts before. Beyond that, as you mention, the sequences are good.

[-]Gunnar_Zarncke10y10

On the home-page under rationality materials.

And you should have asked this question e.g. in the open thread.

By the way did you introduce yourself in the welcome thread?

[-]ChristianKl10y10

And you should have asked this question e.g. in the open thread.

I don't see any reason why this thread shouldn't stand on it's own.

[-]VincentYu10y00

There is the References & Resources for LessWrong (last updated in 2011), which has a good selection of older posts and other resources by subject.

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