Just want to say that I like it when people (a) try to create nice, quick summaries that can be sent to people or linked to in other things,[1] and (b) take a quite iterative approach to posting on the forum, where the author continues to solicit feedback and make edits even after posting.
On (b), I’ve often appreciated input on my posts from commenters on the EA Forum and LessWrong, and felt that it helped me improve posts in ways that I likely wouldn’t have thought of if I’d just sat on the post for a few more weeks, trying to think of more improvements myself. (Though obviously it’s also possible to get some of this before posting, via sharing Google Docs.)
[1] EA Concepts already partly serves this role, and is great, but there are concepts it doesn’t cover, and those that it does cover it covers very briefly and in a slightly out-of-date way.
I wrote this up because I wanted a single resource I could send to people that explained differential technological development.
I made it quite quickly in about 1 hour, so I’m sure it’s quite lacking and would appreciate any comments and suggestions people may have to improve it. You can also comment on a GDoc version of this here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HcLcu-WObHO8y45yEMICfmqNpeugbmUX9HdRfeu7foM/edit?usp=sharing
Just want to say that I like it when people (a) try to create nice, quick summaries that can be sent to people or linked to in other things,[1] and (b) take a quite iterative approach to posting on the forum, where the author continues to solicit feedback and make edits even after posting.
On (b), I’ve often appreciated input on my posts from commenters on the EA Forum and LessWrong, and felt that it helped me improve posts in ways that I likely wouldn’t have thought of if I’d just sat on the post for a few more weeks, trying to think of more improvements myself. (Though obviously it’s also possible to get some of this before posting, via sharing Google Docs.)
[1] EA Concepts already partly serves this role, and is great, but there are concepts it doesn’t cover, and those that it does cover it covers very briefly and in a slightly out-of-date way.