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*Casual discussion with LW people (and others) can be had at the ANU Computer Science Student Association's weekly board games night, held weekly from 7 pm until late.
 
 
**Venue: Room N101 of the CSIT building: [https://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=CSIT+Building,+Acton,+Australian+Capital+Territory&aq=0&oq=CSIT+buil&sll=-35.358635,149.10482&sspn=0.69103,1.278534&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=&ll=-35.275247,149.12065&spn=0.010808,0.019977&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A&cid=2626780438576429652]
 
**Venue: Room N101 of the CSIT building: [https://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=CSIT+Building,+Acton,+Australian+Capital+Territory&aq=0&oq=CSIT+buil&sll=-35.358635,149.10482&sspn=0.69103,1.278534&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=&ll=-35.275247,149.12065&spn=0.010808,0.019977&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A&cid=2626780438576429652]
  

Revision as of 11:27, 21 August 2014

Less Wrong members sometimes arrange meetups to meet each other in meat space. Some geographic areas have groups that do this regularly. Also see: Less Wrong meetup group resources.

USA

Albany, NY

Atlanta, GA

Austin, TX

Bay Area, CA

Berkeley

  • Meets every Wednesday evening at 7pm
  • Meetings are at the CFAR office, at 2030 Addison, 3rd floor, Berkeley
  • For meetup announcements, see the BayAreaLessWrong mailing list.

San Francisco

  • Hasn't had a meetup in a while
  • Mailing list: lw-sf

South Bay

  • Wiki page
  • We mostly communicate over the Bay Area Less Wrong mailing list
  • Venue: Alternates between the Quixey office and a private residence; every Tuesday, 7pm.
  • Join the mailing list for topic announcements, specific locations, errata, etcetera.
  • Contact: fiddlemath

Sausalito (Marin)

Boston, MA

  • meetup.com group
  • Meets at 3:30pm biweekly on Sundays - 1st Sunday at the Citadel rationalist house (98 Elm St Apt 1, Somerville, MA), 3rd Sunday at MIT (25 Ames St Room 156, Cambridge, MA)
  • Also meets at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month at Citadel
  • Contact: Vika

Buffalo, NY

  • meetup.com group
  • Meeting are on the 1st Sundays(2pm) and 3rd Thursday(7pm) of every month at Panera Bread on Elmwood (765 Elmwood Ave)
  • Also hosts game nights about once a month based on people's availability
  • Contact: Email Buffalo LW

Chicago, IL

Columbus, OH

  • Columbus Rationality is a very active group. We hold workshops every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Monday of the month, at 7:30 PM, at the HCCO conference room.
  • Meetup page (posted under HCCO umbrella): [1]
  • Facebook group: [2]
  • Contact: ITakeBets

Dallas / Fort Worth, TX

  • Meets every Sunday at 1 PM at America's Best Coffee in Arlington
  • Mailing list: [3]

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Coral Gables (Miami),Fl

  • Weekend Afternoons
  • Meetings are at [4] Starbucks, 1122 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, Fl
  • Contact: Michael or text (305) 302- 6522

Washington, DC

Madison, WI

New York City, NY

The NYC meetup group is very large and meets frequently. The NYC community was profiled here as a case study. Please join the mailing list!

  • Weekly, Wednesday, 7:30-11pm, Most often Private Residence, but varies (check mailing list)
  • Self-improvement group meets every other Sunday, 3:30-5:30pm, Private Residence.
  • Mailing list: Main Google Group

Ohio

Phoenix, AZ

  • We meet irregularly on weekends at Hayden Library (In the middle of Arizona State University's Tempe Campus)
  • Contact: Danny_Hintze

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Portland, OR

  • 2014: Next meeting is:
1:00pm on Saturday, 11th January, 2014
Case Study Coffee, 5347 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR
  • Future meetups *MAY* be every two weeks thereafter; however, schedule & location may be changed before each meetup; check the mailing list to know for certain where it will be.
  • Mailing list: LessWrong Portland

Research Triangle, NC (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)

  • Mailing list: Research Triangle Less Wrong
  • Durham Bi-weekly LW meetups every other Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Cocoa Cinnamon (420 W Geer St, Durham NC 27701) if the weather is nice, otherwise the location in the announcement.
  • Durham occasional HPMoR/etc discussion meetups on Saturday around 12:00 p.m. at Fullsteam (726 Rigsbee Av, Durham NC 27701)
  • Refer to the calendar for exact meetup dates.

Salt Lake City, UT

  • Google Group/mailing list: [5]
  • and Google Site: [6]

Socorro, NM

Southern California, CA

For help with transportation, check for carpool opportunities in meetup announcements and comments.

Los Angeles

Seattle, WA

  • Meets the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month in the U-District, see mailing list for details.
  • Eastside meetups are happening on an ad-hoc schedule, see mailing list for details.
  • Mailing list: LW-Seattle

St Louis, MO

Canada

Toronto

Or: Bars by Dundas subway station, currently upstairs at The Imperial Public Library 54 Dundas St. E.

  • Schedule: Weekly, alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 PM. Join the meetup group for details.
  • Join our Toronto Meetup Group

London

  • We do not yet have regular meetups due to lack of members.
  • Contact Tuxedage for details.

Waterloo

  • Time: Tuesday at 8pm
  • Venue: We have recently moved to UW's Student Life Center and meet for ten minutes in front of the turnkey desk. This is likely to change in the summer, however.
  • Mailing list: Waterloo Google Group

Ottawa

Previous meetups have included presentations on books and discussions on HPMOR.

  • Mailing list: Ottawa Google Group
  • Meetup.com site: Less Wrong Ottawa will no longer be advertised on Meetup.com, though related Ottawa Skeptics pub events will cover the same interest group. If you are interested in RSVP'ing for the LW meetups, you can send a private message to user Swimmer963.

Nova Scotia

  • Venue: Private residence
  • Contact: [7]

Vancouver

We meet every week, usually somewhere in Kitsilano or downtown.

We do most of our organizing on a mailing list: Vancouver Rationalists

Montreal

Montreal Less Wrong meets up about once a week or so, on varying days of the week to accommodate as many people as possible. We do some structured content (CoZE exercises, de-bugging, other CfAR-inspired exercises) and some social meetups, the proportion depending on the group's interest at the time. The location and time varies; for information, message "bartimaeus" on Less Wrong or apply for membership to our Google Group named "Less Wrong Montreal".

Europe

Vienna, Austria

  • Facebook group[8]
  • Meets every month
  • Contact Ratcourse to be added to the mailing list

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels meetup group

  • contact : Axel
  • mailing list : lesswrong-brussels
  • venue : La Fleur en Papier Doré: Rue des Alexiens 55 1000 Bruxelles
  • frequency : monthly (usually Saturday at noon)
  • average attendance : see dedicated Brussels meetup group page

Sofia, Bulgaria

Copenhagen, Denmark

Helsinki, Finland

Paris, France

Berlin, Germany

Frankfurt/Mainz, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

  • Mailing list: [10]
  • Contact: [11]
  • Schedule: possibly bi-weekly, alternating Friday and Saturday/Sunday

Munich, Germany

  • Discussion and announcements (partly in German): here
  • Schedule: monthly (usually first weekend in the month, see announcements)

Budapest, Hungary

  • Venue: California Coffee Company Basilica (coffee shop), Szent Istvan ter 4-5. Link
  • Schedule: weekends, see mailing list.
  • Mailing list: BudLessWrong
  • Contact AlexeyM or katyusha

The Netherlands

Find us on meetup.com and The Facebook.

Warsaw, Poland

Poznan, Poland

Moscow, Russia

If you want to start meet up group in another Russian city, feel free contact us, we will help with anything we can.

St. Petersburg, Russia

If you want to start meet up group in another Russian city, feel free contact us, we will help with anything we can.

Bratislava, Slovakia

London, UK

Cambridge, UK

  • Venue: JCR, Trinity College (Directions).
  • Schedule: 11am Sundays during University term time. Meetings during university vacations with irregular times and places -- join the mailing list to see when something's going to happen, or to suggest a meetup.
  • Mailing list: CambridgeLessWrong
  • Contact AlexeyM or Jonathan_Lee

Oxford, UK

  • Oxford Rationality Meetups
  • Venue: Exeter College
  • Schedule: Saturday termtimes - normally 6-8pm.
  • Contact Larks or AlexFlint for details.

Australia

Melbourne

  • Rationality Dojos on the first Sunday of each month, held at the Trike Apps office.
  • Social Meetups on the third Friday night of each month.
  • We often organise impromptu social outings and excursions.

See our facebook group or mailing list for event details:

Sydney

  • General meetup on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Will include a combination of social and rationality-improvement exercises.
  • Rationality dojo on the first Sunday of the month. Focused on rationality improvement talks and exercises.
  • Irregular social meetups (whenever we come up with a good excuse) usually a fortnight after the main meetups

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/219526434802422/

Canberra

  • Structured meetups on the second Saturday and fourth Friday of the month from 6 pm.
    • Venue: Room N101 of the CSIT building: [14]

Perth

New Zealand

Christchurch

  • Schedule: Every second Sunday
  • Venue: Usually a discussion room in James Hight library (University of Canterbury)

Middle East

Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Schedule: Once every two weeks
  • Venue: Usually Google Israel offices (Electra tower: Yigal Allon 98, Tel Aviv)
  • Mailing list: [16]

South America

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Virtual

Online Study Hall

The Study Hall is password-protected. The password is "lw".

Blog posts

See also

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