For this reason, I wouldn’t want this post included in the 2019 highlights. I just looked at this for the review, and the part which some people report finding useful is in the brief description of the concept at the very beginning. The bulk of the post is a freeform, rambling exploration of the concept and its implications which I mostly couldn’t bring myself to focus on; this exploratory style seems totally appropriate for a personal blog post, but it’s not the sort of thing I’d want to read if I were looking back at a curated list of the best stuff from 2019.
(note: it’d actually be helpful if you re-posted this as a Review comment so that our system for checking which posts have been reviewed at least once can notice it)
For this reason, I wouldn’t want this post included in the 2019 highlights. I just looked at this for the review, and the part which some people report finding useful is in the brief description of the concept at the very beginning. The bulk of the post is a freeform, rambling exploration of the concept and its implications which I mostly couldn’t bring myself to focus on; this exploratory style seems totally appropriate for a personal blog post, but it’s not the sort of thing I’d want to read if I were looking back at a curated list of the best stuff from 2019.
(I strong upvoted this comment because it is wise.)
In the spirit of “how could this post be improved, such that it makes sense to include in a ‘Best Of’, or otherwise enter into Lesswrong’s longterm memory”, my suggestion would be “publish an summary version which is just an abridgment of the current piece’s introduction plus maaaybe a few selected paragraphs from deeper in, probably no need to bother writing any new words.”
(note: it’d actually be helpful if you re-posted this as a Review comment so that our system for checking which posts have been reviewed at least once can notice it)