“This is a review of the reviews” by Recurrented

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

This is a review of the reviews, a meta review if you will, but first a tangent. and then a history lesson. This felt boring and obvious and somewhat annoying to write, which apparently writers say is a good sign to write about the things you think are obvious. I felt like pointing towards a thing I was noticing, like 36 hours ago, which in internet speed means this is somewhat cached. Alas.
I previously rode a motorcycle. I rode it for about a year while working on semiconductors until I got a concussion, which slowed me down but did not update me to stop, until it eventually got stolen. The risk in dying from riding a motorcycle for a year is about 1 in 800 depending on the source.
I previously sailed across an ocean. I wanted to calibrate towards how dangerous it was. The forums [...]
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First published:
September 22nd, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/anFrGMskALuH7aZDw/this-is-a-review-of-the-reviews
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.