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Meta: Last year I wrote a retrospective of the first
LessOnline. This year, several people told me that they’d read
it and found it helpful/interesting/entertaining, so I figure I’ll do it
again. It is once again later and longer than I wished. I’m going to try
not to repeat myself unnecessarily, so the previous post may still be of
interest.
Also I don’t know what tags belong on LO-related posts. Mods please
advise if you happen to see this.
Ideas bouncing freely, feeling less alone
Comfortably confused, in a space that feels like home
-- Fooming Shoggoths, Right Here
At the first iteration of LessOnline -- last year, 2024 -- I didn't
know, when I left home, if it would be worth it. I didn’t know the city,
I didn’t know the venue, I didn’t know the people as any more than
bylines on essays. [...]
---
Outline:
(03:06) Events
(07:28) Quiethaven
(08:14) Writehaven
(09:18) Fooming Shoggoth
(11:28) Miscellaneous observations
(12:47) Some things I did...and didn't do
(18:42) Abort Summer Camp
(21:46) Reasons
(26:33) Manifest
(29:00) Personal Minutia
(30:02) The Complaints Romantic Solid
(32:00) Last Thoughts
The original text contained 15 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
July 29th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GpwH2hvKdn9LBuz9A/recursions-on-lessonline-2025
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By LessWrongMeta: Last year I wrote a retrospective of the first
LessOnline. This year, several people told me that they’d read
it and found it helpful/interesting/entertaining, so I figure I’ll do it
again. It is once again later and longer than I wished. I’m going to try
not to repeat myself unnecessarily, so the previous post may still be of
interest.
Also I don’t know what tags belong on LO-related posts. Mods please
advise if you happen to see this.
Ideas bouncing freely, feeling less alone
Comfortably confused, in a space that feels like home
-- Fooming Shoggoths, Right Here
At the first iteration of LessOnline -- last year, 2024 -- I didn't
know, when I left home, if it would be worth it. I didn’t know the city,
I didn’t know the venue, I didn’t know the people as any more than
bylines on essays. [...]
---
Outline:
(03:06) Events
(07:28) Quiethaven
(08:14) Writehaven
(09:18) Fooming Shoggoth
(11:28) Miscellaneous observations
(12:47) Some things I did...and didn't do
(18:42) Abort Summer Camp
(21:46) Reasons
(26:33) Manifest
(29:00) Personal Minutia
(30:02) The Complaints Romantic Solid
(32:00) Last Thoughts
The original text contained 15 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
---
First published:
July 29th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GpwH2hvKdn9LBuz9A/recursions-on-lessonline-2025
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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