Improving your own maps and describing how, I’m totally in favor. That’s awesome. Improving the maps of LessWrong readers, by refining or correcting ideas discussed here, also great. Improving the maps of people who aren’t reading LessWrong? I think that’s an error to undertake as a LessWrong post.
Not sure about your “very old friends” question. I don’t recognize the quote, and don’t know what you’re referring to.
“And what about very old friends?”
I think this is also a good place for making better maps, or is that what you meant by “applied rationality”?
Improving your own maps and describing how, I’m totally in favor. That’s awesome. Improving the maps of LessWrong readers, by refining or correcting ideas discussed here, also great. Improving the maps of people who aren’t reading LessWrong? I think that’s an error to undertake as a LessWrong post.
Not sure about your “very old friends” question. I don’t recognize the quote, and don’t know what you’re referring to.