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Comment by nottilthursday on Open Thread Fall 2024 · 2024-12-04T21:49:25.034Z · LW · GW

I've been lurking for years. I'm a lifelong rationalist who was hesitant to join because I didn't like HPMOR. (Didn't have a problem with the methods of rationality; I just didn't like how the characters' personalities changed, and I didn't find them relatable anymore.) I finally signed up due to an irrepressible urge to upvote a particular comment I really liked.

I struggle with LW content, tbh. It takes so long to translate it into something readable, something that isn't too littered with jargon and self-reference to be understandable for a generalist with ADHD. By the time I've spent 3 hours doing that for any given "8 minute" article, I'm typically left thinking, "No shit, Sherlock. Thanks for wasting another 3 hours of my life on your need to prove your academic worth to a community of people who talk like they still think IQ is an accurate way to assess intelligence."

AI helps, but still, it's just... ugh. How do I find the good shit? I want to LEARN MORE FASTER BETTER. 

Halp, pls.