This is a collection of interesting discussion threads that have appeared on Less Wrong. Note: this page has not been updated since 2015 and does not include all relevant threads since then.

Related: Open Threads Tag

Periodic threads

These special threads are created periodically. ('All' links lead to the latest thread as of December 25th, 2013. Rationality Quotes, Rationality Diary and Open Thread threads now have an automatically updating link on the main and discussion sections of LW, respectively, so will not be updated here.)

Welcome to LessWrong!: introduce yourself here if you are new
Open thread for December 24-31, 2013: posted fortnightly to collect "random" topics not deserving a whole post
Rationality Quotes December 2013: posted monthly to collect quotes of interest
What are you working on? October 2013: posted bimonthly(but often skipped) for discussing users' current projects
December 2013 Media Thread: posted monthly to collect recommendations/reviews for media (books, movies, anime etc)
HPMoR Discussion thread, part 28, chapter 99-101: posted sporadically for discussing the fanfic Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Group Rationality Diary, December 16-31: posted bimonthly for people to talk about how they applied rationality in their lives
December Monthly Bragging Thread: posted monthly to collect the most awesome things people have done in that month

One-time threads

Technical

Issues and bugs: use this bug tracker to raise issues about blog's underlying software (open-ended discussion of suggestions is more appropriate in open threads)
Here is some information about contributing to the Less Wrong code base

Repository Threads

Solved Problems Repository A collection of "solved problems in instrumental rationality."
Useful Concepts Repository A collection of concepts that Less Wrong users have "found particularly useful for understanding the world."
Boring Advice Repository A collection of advice that is optimized for helpfulness rather than depth of insight
Useful Questions Repository Questions that are useful to keep in mind in various situations
Bad Concepts Repository A collection of useless or harmful concepts
Grad Student Advice Repository A collection of advice for graduate students
Textbook Repository The best textbooks on every subject
Reference Repository List of references and resources for LessWrong
Procedural Knowledge Gaps How to do things that are "common sense" but that you may not know.
Mistakes Repository Life course changing mistakes made by LW members.
Good Things to have Learned Skills and life lessons learned and considered valuable by LW members.
Financial Effectiveness Repository Some advice on ways to increase financial rewards from different kinds of not necessarily market investments.

Archived

Previous welcome threads:
- 2010
- original thread
All threads for rationality quotes
Some open threads and older ones (not all open threads are tagged with open_thread)
All 'What are you working on?' threads
All media threads
Where we are: a hierarchically organized thread for locating other Less Wrong users (somewhat obsolete due to new meetup system).

Special Threads