# Help us Optimize the Contents of the Sequences eBook

MIRI's ongoing effort to publish [the sequences](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences) as an eBook has given us the opportunity to update their contents and organization.

We're looking for suggested posts to **reorder, add, or remove**.

To help with this, here is a breakdown of the _current planned contents of the eBook_ and any currently planned modifications. Following that is a list of the most popular links within the sequences to posts that are _not included_ therein.

Now's a good time to suggested changes or improvements!

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[Map and Territory](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Map_and_Territory_(sequence))
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Added […What's a Bias Again?](/lw/gp/whats_a_bias_again/) because it's meant to immediately follow [Why Truth, And…](/lw/go/why_truth_and/).

[Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mysterious_Answers_to_Mysterious_Questions)
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No changes.

[A Human's Guide to Words](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/A_Human%27s_Guide_to_Words)
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No changes.

[How to Actually Change Your Mind](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/How_To_Actually_Change_Your_Mind)
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#### [Politics is the Mind-Killer](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Politics_is_the_Mind-Killer)

Removed [The Robbers Cave Experiment](/lw/lt/the_robbers_cave_experiment/) because it already appears in Death Spirals and the Cult Attractor, and there in the original chronological order which flows better.

#### [Death Spirals and the Cult Attractor](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Death_Spirals_and_the_Cult_Attractor)

Removed [The Litany Against Gurus](/lw/m2/the_litany_against_gurus/) because it already appears in Politics is the Mind-killer.

#### [Seeing with Fresh Eyes](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Seeing_with_Fresh_Eyes)

Removed [Asch's Conformity Experiment](/lw/m9/aschs_conformity_experiment/) and [Lonely Dissent](/lw/mb/lonely_dissent/) because they both appear at the end of Death Spirals. Removed [The Genetic Fallacy](/lw/s3/the_genetic_fallacy/) because it's in the Metaethics sequence: that's where it falls chronologically and it fits better there with the surrounding posts.

#### [Noticing Confusion](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/How_To_Actually_Change_Your_Mind#Noticing_Confusion)

_Removed this entire subsequence_ because it is entirely contained within Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions.

#### [Against Rationalization](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/How_To_Actually_Change_Your_Mind#Against_Rationalization)

Added [Pascal's Mugging](/lw/kd/pascals_mugging_tiny_probabilities_of_vast/) (before Torture vs Dust Specks) because it explains the 3^^^3 notation. Added [Torture vs Dust Specks](/lw/kn/torture_vs_dust_specks/) before [A Case Study of Motivated Continuation](/lw/ko/a_case_study_of_motivated_continuation/) because A Case Study refers to it frequently.

#### [Against Doublethink](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/How_To_Actually_Change_Your_Mind#Against_Doublethink)

No changes.

#### [Overly Convenient Excuses](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/How_To_Actually_Change_Your_Mind#Overly_Convenient_Excuses)

Removed [How to Convince Me that 2+2=3](/lw/jr/how_to_convince_me_that_2_2_3/) because it's already in Map & Territory.

#### [Letting Go](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/How_To_Actually_Change_Your_Mind#Letting_Go)

No change.

[The Simple Math of Evolution](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Evolution)
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Added [Evolutionary Psychology](/lw/l1/evolutionary_psychology/) because it fits nicely at the end and it's referred to by other posts many times.

[Challenging the Difficult](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Challenging_the_Difficult)
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No change.

[Yudkowsky's Coming of Age](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Yudkowsky%27s_coming_of_age)
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No change.

[Reductionism](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Reductionism_(sequence)
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No change. (Includes the Zombies subsequence.)

[Quantum Physics](/lw/r5/the_quantum_physics_sequence/)
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No change. Doesn't include any "Preliminaries" posts, since they'd all be duplicates

[Metaethics](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Metaethics_sequence)
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No change.

[Fun Theory](/lw/xy/the_fun_theory_sequence/)
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No change.

[The Craft and the Community](/lw/cz/the_craft_and_the_community/)
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No change.

Appendix
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Includes:

*   [The Simple Truth](http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth/)
*   [An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes' Theorem](http://yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes/)
*   [A Technical Explanation of Technical Explanation](http://yudkowsky.net/rational/technical/)

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Here are the most-frequently-referenced links within the sequences to posts outside of the sequences (with a count of three or more). This may help you notice posts that you think should be included in the sequences eBook.

*   [Newcomb's Problem and Regret of Rationality](/lw/nc/newcombs_problem_and_regret_of_rationality/) =\> 24
*   [The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition](/lw/o5/the_second_law_of_thermodynamics_and_engines_of/) =\> 22
*   [Terminal Values and Instrumental Values](/lw/l4/terminal_values_and_instrumental_values/) =\> 16
*   [Burdensome Details](/lw/jk/burdensome_details/) =\> 16
*   [Expecting Short Inferential Distances](/lw/kg/expecting_short_inferential_distances/) =\> 15
*   [Thou Art Godshatter](/lw/l3/thou_art_godshatter/) =\> 14
*   [Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable](/lw/i8/religions_claim_to_be_nondisprovable/) =\> 14
*   [Scope Insensitivity](/lw/hw/scope_insensitivity/) =\> 13
*   [The Ultimate Source](/lw/rc/the_ultimate_source/) =\> 13
*   [No One Knows What Science Doesn't Know](/lw/kj/no_one_knows_what_science_doesnt_know/) =\> 12
*   [The Design Space of Minds-In-General](/lw/rm/the_design_space_of_mindsingeneral/) =\> 11
*   [Think Like Reality](/lw/hs/think_like_reality/) =\> 10
*   [Passing the Recursive Buck](/lw/rd/passing_the_recursive_buck/) =\> 9
*   [Lost Purposes](/lw/le/lost_purposes/) =\> 9
*   [The Hidden Complexity of Wishes](/lw/ld/the_hidden_complexity_of_wishes/) =\> 9
*   [Scientific Evidence, Legal Evidence, Rational Evidence](/lw/in/scientific_evidence_legal_evidence_rational/) =\> 9
*   [A Priori](/lw/k2/a_priori/) =\> 8
*   [Beautiful Probability](/lw/mt/beautiful_probability/) =\> 8
*   [Possibility and Could-ness](/lw/rb/possibility_and_couldness/) =\> 8
*   [Why is the Future So Absurd?](/lw/j6/why_is_the_future_so_absurd/) =\> 8
*   [Fake Utility Functions](/lw/lq/fake_utility_functions/) =\> 8
*   [Availability](/lw/j5/availability/) =\> 7
*   [Ghosts in the Machine](/lw/rf/ghosts_in_the_machine/) =\> 7
*   [Nonsentient Optimizers](/lw/x5/nonsentient_optimizers/) =\> 7
*   [Fake Fake Utility Functions](/lw/lp/fake_fake_utility_functions/) =\> 7
*   [Searching for Bayes-Structure](/lw/o7/searching_for_bayesstructure/) =\> 7
*   [Outside the Laboratory](/lw/gv/outside_the_laboratory/) =\> 7
*   [Dreams of AI Design](/lw/tf/dreams_of_ai_design/) =\> 6
*   [Surface Analogies and Deep Causes](/lw/rj/surface_analogies_and_deep_causes/) =\> 6
*   [Artificial Addition](/lw/l9/artificial_addition/) =\> 6
*   [Not for the Sake of Happiness (Alone)](/lw/lb/not_for_the_sake_of_happiness_alone/) =\> 6
*   [Superstimuli and the Collapse of Western Civilization](/lw/h3/superstimuli_and_the_collapse_of_western/) =\> 5
*   [Decoherence is Falsifiable and Testable](/lw/q4/decoherence_is_falsifiable_and_testable/) =\> 5
*   [The Cartoon Guide to Löb's Theorem](/lw/t6/the_cartoon_guide_to_löbs_theorem/) =\> 5
*   [Can't Unbirth a Child](/lw/x7/cant_unbirth_a_child/) =\> 5
*   [The Psychological Unity of Humankind](/lw/rl/the_psychological_unity_of_humankind/) =\> 5
*   [Humans in Funny Suits](/lw/so/humans_in_funny_suits/) =\> 5
*   [Rationality is Systematized Winning](/lw/7i/rationality_is_systematized_winning/) =\> 5
*   [The True Prisoner's Dilemma](/lw/tn/the_true_prisoners_dilemma/) =\> 5
*   [Zen and the Art of Rationality](/lw/m7/zen_and_the_art_of_rationality/) =\> 5
*   [The "Intuitions" Behind "Utilitarianism"](/lw/n9/the_intuitions_behind_utilitarianism/) =\> 5
*   [For The People Who Are Still Alive](/lw/ws/for_the_people_who_are_still_alive/) =\> 4
*   [The Two-Party Swindle](/lw/mg/the_twoparty_swindle/) =\> 4
*   [Conjunction Fallacy](/lw/ji/conjunction_fallacy/) =\> 4
*   [Anthropomorphic Optimism](/lw/st/anthropomorphic_optimism/) =\> 4
*   [The Modesty Argument](/lw/gr/the_modesty_argument/) =\> 4
*   [Rational evidence](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rational_evidence) =\> 4
*   [Priors as Mathematical Objects](/lw/hk/priors_as_mathematical_objects/) =\> 4
*   [The Unfinished Mystery of the Shangri-La Diet/](/lw/a6/the_unfinished_mystery_of_the_shangrila_diet/) =\> 4
*   [I Defy the Data!](/lw/ig/i_defy_the_data/) =\> 4
*   [Bystander Apathy](/lw/9j/bystander_apathy/) =\> 3
*   [We Don't Really Want Your Participation](/lw/ja/we_dont_really_want_your_participation/) =\> 3
*   [You Only Live Twice](/lw/wq/you_only_live_twice/) =\> 3
*   [Lawful Creativity](/lw/vm/lawful_creativity/) =\> 3
*   [One Life Against the World](/lw/hx/one_life_against_the_world/) =\> 3
*   [Locate the hypothesis](http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Locate_the_hypothesis) =\> 3
*   [Cynical About Cynicism](/lw/ym/cynical_about_cynicism/) =\> 3
*   [Optimization](/lw/tx/optimization/) =\> 3
*   [Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You](/lw/ke/illusion_of_transparency_why_no_one_understands/) =\> 3
*   [Detached Lever Fallacy](/lw/sp/detached_lever_fallacy/) =\> 3
*   [Circular Altruism](/lw/n3/circular_altruism/) =\> 3
*   [The Allais Paradox](/lw/my/the_allais_paradox/) =\> 3
*   [The Martial Art of Rationality](/lw/gn/the_martial_art_of_rationality/) =\> 3
*   [Fake Morality](/lw/ky/fake_morality/) =\> 3

Suggestions?