I know I set myself up for this by sounding like the classic “I’m not asking for me, I’m asking for a friend” thing, but I actually am asking for a friend. Specifically, I want to make and print my own compilation of high-impact material, which I personally curate such that it optimizes to makes people butterfly effect/diverge from their former self.
I’m asking for help because I need it to be net-positive, and because people here are more familiar with good stuff in all sorts of places.
If the Highlights are too long, then print off a single post from each section. If that’s too long, print off your top three. If that’s too long, print off one post.
Summarizing the post usually doesn’t help, as you’ve discovered. So I’m not really sure what else to tell you. You have a lot of curated options to choose from to start. The Highlights, the Best of LessWrong, the Curated Sequences, Codex. Find stuff you like, and print it off for your friend.
Or, alternatively, tell them about HPMOR. That’s how I introduced myself to the concepts in a fashion where the protagonist had need of them. So the techniques stuck with me.
I know I set myself up for this by sounding like the classic “I’m not asking for me, I’m asking for a friend” thing, but I actually am asking for a friend. Specifically, I want to make and print my own compilation of high-impact material, which I personally curate such that it optimizes to makes people butterfly effect/diverge from their former self.
I’m asking for help because I need it to be net-positive, and because people here are more familiar with good stuff in all sorts of places.
If the Highlights are too long, then print off a single post from each section. If that’s too long, print off your top three. If that’s too long, print off one post.
Summarizing the post usually doesn’t help, as you’ve discovered. So I’m not really sure what else to tell you. You have a lot of curated options to choose from to start. The Highlights, the Best of LessWrong, the Curated Sequences, Codex. Find stuff you like, and print it off for your friend.
Or, alternatively, tell them about HPMOR. That’s how I introduced myself to the concepts in a fashion where the protagonist had need of them. So the techniques stuck with me.