That might achieve the “these might be directly useful goal” and “produce interesting content” goals, if the reviewers knew about how to summarize the books from an EA perspective, how to do epistemic spot checks, and so on, which they probably don’t. It wouldn’t achieve any of the other goals, though.
I wonder if there are better ways to encourage and reward talented writers to look for outside ideas—although I agree book reviews are attractive in their simplicity!
That might achieve the “these might be directly useful goal” and “produce interesting content” goals, if the reviewers knew about how to summarize the books from an EA perspective, how to do epistemic spot checks, and so on, which they probably don’t. It wouldn’t achieve any of the other goals, though.
I wonder if there are better ways to encourage and reward talented writers to look for outside ideas—although I agree book reviews are attractive in their simplicity!