Inclusiveness is not a terminal value for me. Certain types of people are attracted to a community such as LW, as with every other type of community. I do not see this as a problem.
Which of the following statements would you endorse if any?
1) LW should change in such a way as to be more inclusive to a wider variety of people.
1 a) LW members should change how they comment (perhaps avoiding jargon?) so as to be more inclusive.
1 b) LW members should talk change the topics that they discuss in order to be more inclusive.
2) LW should compose a rewritten set of sequences to replace the current sequence as a way of making the community more inclusive.
3) LW should compose a rewritten set of sequences and publish it somewhere (perhaps a book or a different website)) to spread the tools of rationality.
4) LW should try to actively recruit different types of people than the ones that are naturally inclined to read it already.
I don’t think LW needs to change dramatically (though more activity would be nice), I just think it should be acknowledged that the demographic focus is narrow; a wider focus could mean a new community or a growth of LW, or something else.
Mainly #3 and to an extent #4.
I’d modify and combine #4 and #1a/1b into:
5) We should have inclusionary, non-jargony explanations and examples at the ready to express almost any idea on rationality that we understand within LW’s context. Especially ideas that have mainstream analogues, which is most of them. This has many potential uses including #1 and #4.
Inclusiveness is not a terminal value for me. Certain types of people are attracted to a community such as LW, as with every other type of community. I do not see this as a problem.
Which of the following statements would you endorse if any?
1) LW should change in such a way as to be more inclusive to a wider variety of people.
1 a) LW members should change how they comment (perhaps avoiding jargon?) so as to be more inclusive.
1 b) LW members should talk change the topics that they discuss in order to be more inclusive.
2) LW should compose a rewritten set of sequences to replace the current sequence as a way of making the community more inclusive.
3) LW should compose a rewritten set of sequences and publish it somewhere (perhaps a book or a different website)) to spread the tools of rationality.
4) LW should try to actively recruit different types of people than the ones that are naturally inclined to read it already.
I don’t think LW needs to change dramatically (though more activity would be nice), I just think it should be acknowledged that the demographic focus is narrow; a wider focus could mean a new community or a growth of LW, or something else.
Mainly #3 and to an extent #4.
I’d modify and combine #4 and #1a/1b into:
5) We should have inclusionary, non-jargony explanations and examples at the ready to express almost any idea on rationality that we understand within LW’s context. Especially ideas that have mainstream analogues, which is most of them. This has many potential uses including #1 and #4.