I also really want both of these, and have needed to restrain myself from just building them, since I do think for now we should focus on the core experience of the website (and you know, finally actually move to LessWrong.com and properly import all the old content and stuff). But I definitely want to have both of them in the long run.
If you want to build them so badly that you feel like you need to restrain yourself from doing so, I’m sure you’d receive a nice morale boost from just building them now. And morale matters. I’m not sure if the benefit of morale outweighs the benefits of priority, just offering it as something to consider if you haven’t already.
+1, I’m increasingly convinced that the best strategy for productivity is to juggle 3-5 projects and just work on whichever seems most appealing at any given time. See structured procrastination. Pro tip: If you start having ideas related to an important topic like AI safety, that’s a blank check to procrastinate on anything else.
I also really want both of these, and have needed to restrain myself from just building them, since I do think for now we should focus on the core experience of the website (and you know, finally actually move to LessWrong.com and properly import all the old content and stuff). But I definitely want to have both of them in the long run.
If you want to build them so badly that you feel like you need to restrain yourself from doing so, I’m sure you’d receive a nice morale boost from just building them now. And morale matters. I’m not sure if the benefit of morale outweighs the benefits of priority, just offering it as something to consider if you haven’t already.
+1, I’m increasingly convinced that the best strategy for productivity is to juggle 3-5 projects and just work on whichever seems most appealing at any given time. See structured procrastination. Pro tip: If you start having ideas related to an important topic like AI safety, that’s a blank check to procrastinate on anything else.