Here is something that could be useful to have, but would require a lot of work and talent. As a side effect, it would solve the problem mentioned in the article:
Rewrite parts of the Sequences, for wider audience.
For example, the Bayesian math. Rewrite the explanation in a way that is easy to read for a high school student, without any LW lingo. A lot of pictures. Sample problems. Then debate the more complex topics, such as how you can never get 0 and 1 as a result of Bayesian updating, conservation of expected evidence, etc. Then distribute the book as part of “raising the sanity waterline”, which will also serve as an advertising for CFAR.
It needs to be rewritten to get rid of the jargon and the hyperlink maze. Probably just written again, using the original text only as a list of ideas that should be included. Use the standard and simple vocabulary whenever possible. Design the structure for a linear (book), not hypertext (website) medium.
The result will be probably longer than the corresponding part of the Sequences, but much shorter than the whole Sequences. And it needs to be written by someone else, because Eliezer doesn’t have time for this.
Then we can do the same with some other part of LW wisdom.
Here is something that could be useful to have, but would require a lot of work and talent. As a side effect, it would solve the problem mentioned in the article:
Rewrite parts of the Sequences, for wider audience.
For example, the Bayesian math. Rewrite the explanation in a way that is easy to read for a high school student, without any LW lingo. A lot of pictures. Sample problems. Then debate the more complex topics, such as how you can never get 0 and 1 as a result of Bayesian updating, conservation of expected evidence, etc. Then distribute the book as part of “raising the sanity waterline”, which will also serve as an advertising for CFAR.
It needs to be rewritten to get rid of the jargon and the hyperlink maze. Probably just written again, using the original text only as a list of ideas that should be included. Use the standard and simple vocabulary whenever possible. Design the structure for a linear (book), not hypertext (website) medium.
The result will be probably longer than the corresponding part of the Sequences, but much shorter than the whole Sequences. And it needs to be written by someone else, because Eliezer doesn’t have time for this.
Then we can do the same with some other part of LW wisdom.