The made-up word being too easy to notice is a good point.
“I believe Wulky is a post-utopian.”
“The professor says Wulky is a post-utopian, and I expect to figure out what the term means and confirm or disconfirm this claim by reading his book.”
When I first read this post I thought (2), and if I understand it right, the post is attacking (1).
I may be getting too tied-up with the labels being used...
Any idea how long it will take to select applicants?
I’m going to a conference the entire second weekend of the mini-camp. I will cancel the conference without hesitation if I am accepted, but since that is only a month away I need to know asap to try get my money back for the conference, plus I need to book my flight soon.
I’m interested in helping!
Particularly with “User friendly guides to existing LW material”. I’ve been making these for myself as I work through the sequences as a learning tool.
Also very interested in “Explicit guides to applying LW material to your life, smaller sequences and exercises”, though wouldn’t have much to contribute yet, since I haven’t been very successful with this yet in my life.
I too would love to have this in PDF form.
Awesome, thanks for the list!
I’m part-way through Mistakes Were Made and it’s great so far.
Thanks for this Luke. Personally I like the shorter single-point posts in general, but this level of depth/scope is refreshing (and awesome).
RSS’d. Thanks.
GEB has been sitting on my shelf for almost a year. I didn’t realize I might be missing out that much. Starting it today.
Wishing I lived in NYC. Can’t wait to read the PDF. Give me a shout if you need someone to proof read, format, and/or make any visual suggestions.
The Whyte (1986) reference links to Arkes-Blumer-The-psychology-of-sunk-cost.pdf.
Fixed. Thanks :)
Absolutely. The original example was explicit “male looks for female”, but no reason for the summary to keep that. Fixed, and thanks.
That’s a good point. I like your wording. Fixed, and thanks.
That crossed my mind while writing, but I didn’t want to stray too far from the wording in the presentation. I just changed it to “Straw Vulcan Principle #x”. Is that a good compromise?
Fixed, thanks.
It seems to end a little prematurely. Are there plans for a “closing thoughts” or “going forward” chapter or section? I’m left with “woah, that’s a big deal… but now what? What can I do to face the singularity?”
If it merely isn’t done yet (which I think you hint at here), then you can disregard this comment.
Otherwise, quite fantastic.
This is great. Thanks for putting in the time to make it.
“Or suppose your postmodern English professor teaches you that the famous Wulky Wilkinsen is actually a “post-utopian”. What does this mean you should expect from his book? Nothing.”
When I first read this I thought, “Huh? Surely it tells you something, because I already have beliefs about what ‘utopian’ probably means, and what the ‘post’ part of it probably means, and what context these types of terms are usually used in… That sounds like a whole bag of reasons to expect certain things/themes/ideas in his book!”
But I think this missed the point Eliezer is making; a point I suggest would be more clear if he said:
“Or suppose your postmodern English professor teaches you that the famous Wulky Wilkinsen is actually a “barnbeanbaggle”. What does this mean you should expect from his book? Nothing.”
Darn right. I have no idea what a “barnbeanbaggle” is. It creates no anticipations about what I”ll find in his book; it’s free-floating.