Yudkowsky has posted a couple of new things to his tumblr that aren’t visible from his tumblr, so I’m reblogging this here for all y'all who don’t have facebook accounts.

Moral Conflicts: Yes, please, do more of this. Inspired me to consider a story about monocultures vs microcultures, possibly set in something loosely imagined by the Tower of Babel

Writing Level 1 Intelligent Characters: This is 20% of what makes Fall of Doc Future so fantastic (a bi character who is explicitly said to be bi and is shown as attracted to a male character and a female character, without being shown as more inclined to cheat than her presumably straight husband)(Characters that regularly make me laugh)(the best metaphysics. Actually the best metaphysics. You think I am joking but I am not. It’s parsimonious and includes superpowers and time travel.)(These make up another 40%). It makes characters more alive and more interesting.

Thoughtful Responses: Similar to Writing Level 1 Intelligent characters. Is also really interesting.

Empathy and Respect: Warning: may make a lot of your characters seem really similar. Benefit: they will seem really similar in really cool ways.

Update: Yudkowsky has posted the full list, including the names of future posts here.