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As an adjunct to his new map/territory essay,

wrote a great blog post introducing his readers to

and describing how it might help people build meta-rationality. His descriptions of Orbit are in many ways much better than mine! metarationality.com/now-with-orbit

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

· Jan 25, 2021

This essay beautifully unspools the limitations of the classic map/territory metaphor. I'm extra excited because this essay integrates @withorbit to help you internalize its ideas. But it's a philosophy essay—very unlike Quantum Country—so its prompts are quite different. twitter.com/Meaningness/st…

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Jan 25, 2021

I'm particularly tickled by his description of how the prompt-writing process impacted the prose during the editing process. I had a similar experience with "How to write good prompts." I don't understand this very well yet!

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Jan 25, 2021

I also really enjoyed his observations about

@_awbery_

's use of SRS as part of a program to shift the way they think, a "fundamental reorganization of their worldview and way of thinking and acting."

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Because the medium is so unfamiliar, I expect each author will need to write an introduction like this, framing Orbit's role for their readers. Will be interesting to see the different angles each author brings. And perhaps eventually such intros will no longer be necessary.

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I wonder if it needs an more immediate call to action / intro level on the page. Like right here (image). "hey try this. A map is not the ____" [I knew it] [I forgot it]. (yes alter the words) or maybe this is a gif. Then write intro. Then continue, but use it again real soon

Scott Farrar

@farrarscott

Jan 25, 2021

feels like you have to balance the readers' expectations of what they came here for (an essay) and the authors expectations of usage (readers be more active please!)