Oh, that makes sense. Yepp, if you’re talking about essays from throughout history then breaking the top 10 does seem like a high bar.
Though I think, for me, that the following probably make it in (especially when I weight more heavily on usefulness to me, rather than prescience): https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yA4gF5KrboK2m2Xu7/how-an-algorithm-feels-from-inside https://www.lesswrong.com/s/SGB7Y5WERh4skwtnb/p/FaJaCgqBKphrDzDSj https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/conflict-vs-mistake/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/ https://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/09/this-is-the-dream-time.html
‘This is the dream time’ is definitely one of the best modern essays. Interestingly the two SSC essays you picked I found to be quite average for Scott Alexander, I thought some of his book reviews to be extraordinary, like ‘Albion’s Seed’.
Oh, that makes sense. Yepp, if you’re talking about essays from throughout history then breaking the top 10 does seem like a high bar.
Though I think, for me, that the following probably make it in (especially when I weight more heavily on usefulness to me, rather than prescience): https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yA4gF5KrboK2m2Xu7/how-an-algorithm-feels-from-inside https://www.lesswrong.com/s/SGB7Y5WERh4skwtnb/p/FaJaCgqBKphrDzDSj https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/conflict-vs-mistake/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/ https://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/09/this-is-the-dream-time.html
‘This is the dream time’ is definitely one of the best modern essays. Interestingly the two SSC essays you picked I found to be quite average for Scott Alexander, I thought some of his book reviews to be extraordinary, like ‘Albion’s Seed’.