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[[Eliezer Yudkowsky]]'s Sequences on [[LessWrong]] and [[evergreen notes]] in the style of [[Andy Matuschak]] have a number of similarities: | [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]]'s Sequences on [[LessWrong]] and [[evergreen notes]] in the style of [[Andy Matuschak]] have a number of similarities: | ||
| − | * | + | * They try to give labels to concepts, and are not afraid of coining new jargon in order to make subsequent thinking clearer |
| − | * | + | * They package atomic insights into notes or blog posts, to be cited in other places in the work |
| − | * | + | * They link out in a wiki-like fashion so readers can crawl the site to find prerequisites, related thoughts, and so on |
Some big differences are: | Some big differences are: | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 24 March 2021
Eliezer Yudkowsky's Sequences on LessWrong and evergreen notes in the style of Andy Matuschak have a number of similarities:
- They try to give labels to concepts, and are not afraid of coining new jargon in order to make subsequent thinking clearer
- They package atomic insights into notes or blog posts, to be cited in other places in the work
- They link out in a wiki-like fashion so readers can crawl the site to find prerequisites, related thoughts, and so on
Some big differences are:
- Andy does not seem to view his evergreen notes as a final product; rather, they are a base of knowledge to pull from when writing an actual public-facing product such as an essay. In contrast, Eliezer views the Sequences as the main product.
- Evergreen notes are constantly revised, whereas the Sequences were written down so as to externalize a coherent worldview that Eliezer already held.
- Evergreen notes pages tend to be much smaller than a typical post from the Sequences.
