Sharing Aaron Swartz's review from 2011
"Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
This is a book whose title still makes me laugh and yet it may just turn out to be one of the greatest books ever written. The writing is shockingly good, the plotting is some of the best in all of literature, and the stories are simply pure genius. I fear this book may never get the accolades it deserves, because it’s too hard to look past the silly name and publishing model, but I hope you, dear reader, are wiser than that! A must-read.
As it says at the beginning, you really need to give it a couple chapters to get started before passing judgment — the first bunch are quite silly and it doesn’t seem worth sticking with until you’ve gotten past them."
It's been ten years since Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality made its final post. I think that's cause for celebration.
HPMOR is still one of the largest on-ramps to the rationality community. If you've just finished it, don't worry, you're not the only one. If you were there when the first chapter came out, c'mon over, we're glad you're still around.
We'll have some HPMOR-themed games, the voice of the HPMOR Podcast, and at least one person in a wizard cloak. Paperback copies of the fic will be around to aid in excitedly reading your favourite quotes aloud. We might or might not have a game of Quidditch, but we certainly won't have a snitch.
Kids welcome, no pets please
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