Lesswrong Community's How-Tos and Recommendations

Interesting part-time jobs

Gap year ideas

Optimal employment (follow-ups: 1, 2)

Teaching English in Shanghai

Cognito Mentoring is a website started by Less Wrong users that's full of resources for curious young people.

Learning Optimization

Economy gossip open thread

The Lesswrong community is often a dependable source of recommendations, network help, and advice.advice. This page keeps track of such resources. A short summary should ideally be provided for each link.

The Lesswrong community is often a dependable source of recommendations, network help, and advice. This page keeps track of such resources. A short summary should be provided for each link.

Prototypical examples of such are :

The best textbooks on every subject

Procedural knowledge gaps

Other potentially useful resources were:

Reading list

Recommended reading for new rationalists

Book recommendations

Recommended reading for Friendly AI research

Mathematics learning

What math should I learn

What mathematics to learn

Seeking education

Misc learning

Scholarship: how to do it efficiently

I want to learn programming

I want to learn economics

I want to learn about education

Which fields of learning have clarified your thinking? How and why?

Social

Why do people ____?

Learning how to explain things

Community

Lesswrong mentoring network

Free research help editing and article downloads

Employment

Optimal employment

Virtual employment open thread

Best career models for doing research

Optimal employment open thread

Job search advice

Any thoughts on how to locate job opportunities?

More shameless ploys for job advice

Entertainment

Recommendations