The only failure mode to avoid is implicitly or explicitly stating “Because you haven’t read X, your input is not worth considering.”
There was a time when that was a common failure mode on LW (“Go read the Sequences, then we’ll talk”). Less so now.
The only failure mode to avoid is implicitly or explicitly stating “Because you haven’t read X, your input is not worth considering.”
There was a time when that was a common failure mode on LW (“Go read the Sequences, then we’ll talk”). Less so now.