Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?(alexwennerberg.com)
384 points by epestr | 362 comments
Blog post by Alex Wennerberg arguing that rationalist community blog posts are excessively long and that verbosity substitutes for thoroughness.
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3 stories tagged gwern, newest first.
Samon: Designing a Zen Garden Raking Puzzle(gwern.net)
51 points by networked | 23 comments
A design document by Gwern for Samon, a one-stroke Zen garden sand-raking puzzle game, covering rules, solver experiments, level generation, and a playable prototype.
First, make me care(gwern.net)
742 points by andsoitis | 221 comments
Gwern blog post arguing that nonfiction writing should open by making the reader care, e.g. with a compelling question, rather than with background.