Given that wikis benefit so much from critical mass, is there a reason not to just include this content on Wikipedia? Or have you considered merging with the EA Wiki under a broader banner? EA and forecasting, alongside progress studies and the rationalists, can all be viewed as part of a new enlightenment type idea.
Nikos and I spoke about the possibility of having the Forecasting Wiki as part of the EA Wiki, but we concluded that the planned articles were just too specific for our wiki, and decided that it made more sense for the Forecasting Wiki to launch as a separate project. It would, however, be nice to explore ways to merge forecasting, rationalist and EA content in some sort of meta-wiki.
I agree with this, the success rate for wikis appears to be fairly low, at least in my anecdotal experience: who has read articles on the Cause Priorization wiki or the LessDead wiki or the LessWrong wiki? Even the EA forum wiki or the LessWrong tags are barely read or updated (perhaps a merge of the two would be helpful?).
Unfortunately, the wildest inclusionists have lost, so we can’t just put everything onto Wikipedia, which would be the best option.
Good content gathers dust on those isolated wikis, sadly.
Unrelated, but one story for why the new enlightenment groups have been so successful is that they draw on people with really high (>3SD) interest in analytic reasoning, and traits like WEIRD and systematising have increased over time, so there are now way more >3SD people, among leaders and billionaires especially, enabling fast growth.
Given that wikis benefit so much from critical mass, is there a reason not to just include this content on Wikipedia? Or have you considered merging with the EA Wiki under a broader banner? EA and forecasting, alongside progress studies and the rationalists, can all be viewed as part of a new enlightenment type idea.
Nikos and I spoke about the possibility of having the Forecasting Wiki as part of the EA Wiki, but we concluded that the planned articles were just too specific for our wiki, and decided that it made more sense for the Forecasting Wiki to launch as a separate project. It would, however, be nice to explore ways to merge forecasting, rationalist and EA content in some sort of meta-wiki.
I agree with this, the success rate for wikis appears to be fairly low, at least in my anecdotal experience: who has read articles on the Cause Priorization wiki or the LessDead wiki or the LessWrong wiki? Even the EA forum wiki or the LessWrong tags are barely read or updated (perhaps a merge of the two would be helpful?).
Unfortunately, the wildest inclusionists have lost, so we can’t just put everything onto Wikipedia, which would be the best option.
Good content gathers dust on those isolated wikis, sadly.
Unrelated, but one story for why the new enlightenment groups have been so successful is that they draw on people with really high (>3SD) interest in analytic reasoning, and traits like WEIRD and systematising have increased over time, so there are now way more >3SD people, among leaders and billionaires especially, enabling fast growth.