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Lesswrong Community's How-Tos and Recommendations

7th May 2012

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[-]John_Maxwell13y100

On social skills:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/818/how_to_understand_people_better/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/6tb/developing_empathy/

Career network for folks interested in reducing existential risks:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/a93/existential_risk_reduction_career_network/

Car buying advice I just posted:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/c4h/rationality_quotes_may_2012/6j75

[-]NancyLebovitz13y70

http://lesswrong.com/lw/a08/topics_from_procedural_knowledge_gaps/

A list of what's covered in the original post

[-]EE43026F13y10

Thanks! Added.

[-]NancyLebovitz13y60

Your post title is misleading, or at least ambiguous-- I thought the post would be about building the LW community.

I think How-To and Recommendation Posts would be better, though it may be improvable.

[-]EE43026F13y10

Fair. However, such topics can can get people together, as well as attract /interest newcomers. How could I still explicitly emphasize the idea that these posts are a benefit and an aspect of the Lesswrong community while removing the ambiguity about this being about community building?

(I'll change it to "Lesswrong Community's How-Tos and Recommendations" for the time being).

[-]duckduckMOO13y30

great idea.

[-][anonymous]13y20

say, all those links point to just http://lesswrong.com. Fix it please.

[-]EE43026F13y10

Oops. Thanks. Done.

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The Lesswrong community is often a dependable source of recommendations, network help, and advice. When I'm looking for a book or learning material on a topic I'll often try and search here to see what residents have found useful. Similarly, social advice, anecdotes and explanations as seen from the point of view of the community have regularly been insightful or eye-opening. The prototypical examples of such articles are, on top of my head :

http://lesswrong.com/lw/3gu/the_best_textbooks_on_every_subject/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/453/procedural_knowledge_gaps/

the topics of which are neatly listed on

http://lesswrong.com/lw/a08/topics_from_procedural_knowledge_gaps/

And lately

http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/c6y/why_do_people/

the latter prompted me to write this article. We don't keep track of such resources as far as I know. This probably belongs in the wiki as well.

Other potentially useful resources were:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/12d/recommended_reading_for_new_rationalists/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/2kk/book_recommendations/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/2ua/recommended_reading_for_friendly_ai_research/

math learning

http://lesswrong.com/lw/9qq/what_math_should_i_learn/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/8js/what_mathematics_to_learn/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/a54/seeking_education/

misc learning

http://lesswrong.com/lw/5me/scholarship_how_to_do_it_efficiently/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/4yv/i_want_to_learn_programming/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/3qr/i_want_to_learn_economics/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/3us/i_want_to_learn_about_education/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/8e3/which_fields_of_learning_have_clarified_your/

social

http://lesswrong.com/lw/6ey/learning_how_to_explain_things/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/818/how_to_understand_people_better/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/6tb/developing_empathy/

community

http://lesswrong.com/lw/929/less_wrong_mentoring_network/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/7hi/free_research_help_editing_and_article_downloads/

Employment

http://lesswrong.com/lw/43m/optimal_employment/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/2qp/virtual_employment_open_thread/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/38u/best_career_models_for_doing_research/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/4ad/optimal_employment_open_thread/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/626/job_search_advice/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/8cp/any_thoughts_on_how_to_locate_job_opportunities/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/7yl/more_shameless_ploys_for_job_advice/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/a93/existential_risk_reduction_career_network/

Entertainment

http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/tag/recommendations/?sort=new