Less Wrong meetup groups

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

• Weekly meetings, announced on mailing list: Less Wrong NY Capital Region

Atlanta, GA

• Facebook Group
• Mailing list
• Email Katie.

Austin, TX

• Venue: JP's Java, on Saturdays at 1:30pm.

Bay Area, CA

• Mailing list: BayAreaLessWrong

Berkeley

• Meets every Wednesday evening at 7pm
• Meetings are at Oxford Street Starbucks or Zendo, a private residence.
• 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
• Mailing list
• Venue: Private residence, every Tuesday, 7pm
• Formerly hosted at Tortuga
• Join the mailing list for announcements, new location, &c.
• Contact: fiddlemath

Sausalito (Marin)

• Venue: 475 Gate 5 Road, Suite #300, Sausalito, California 94903, Tuesdays, 7pm
• Hosted by: Gustave Wuterich, Nevin Freeman
• For further information: Email Gustave or stop by the SF Bay Area discussion group for further contact details.

Cambridge, MA

• meetup.com group
• First and third Sunday of every month, 2pm

Chicago, IL

• Meetup.com group
• Mailing list: Less Wrong Chicago

Dallas / Fort Worth, TX

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

Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Meetings every Saturday 6pm-9pm
• Location: map
• Contact: Lance Bush

Washington, DC

• Recurring meetup most Sundays at 15:00.
• Mailing list: Less Wrong DC
• Contacts: rocurley, maia or PhilipL.

Madison, WI

• Meets every Sunday at 7pm, often in people's houses or in coffee shops
• Mailing list: Madison mailing list
• Contact: orthonormal

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, Tuesday, 7-11pm, Private Residence.
• Self-improvement group meets every other Sunday, 3:30-5:30, Private Residence.
• Mailing list: Main Google Group

Ohio

• Active groups in: Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.
• Each active city has a meetup about once per month. Join mailing list for details!
• Mailing lists: Less Wrong: Ohio, Less Wrong: Cleveland
• Contacts: daenerys, or Raelifin(for Cleveland)

Philadelphia, PA

• We are in the process of establishing a regular meetup group and time. Please feel free to join us!
• Mailing list: LessWrong Philadelphia

Pittsburgh, PA

• Mailing list: Pittsburgh Less Wrong

Portland, OR

• Current schedule: Every two weeks, Saturday 12-2 PM. Kenton Station (8303 North Denver Avenue Portland, OR 97217). Next meeting is October 20th, 2012.
• 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 Francesca's Dessert Caffe (706 9th St, Durham NC 27705) or Whole Foods Market (621 Broad St, Durham NC 27705)
• Durham Bi-weekly HPMoR discussion meetups every other Saturday around 12:30 p.m. at Fullsteam (726 Rigsbee Av, Durham NC 27701)

Salt Lake City, UT

• Google Group/mailing list: [2]

• and Google Site: [3]

Socorro, NM

• Website: nmt.edu/~waffles/baycon
• Usually meets Sunday evenings in Cramer 101 at NMT (check website for firm schedule)
• Contact: jcrawfordor

Southern California, CA

• Typical Venue: Restaurants in Los Angeles and Orange County
• Schedule: About once a month, on a weekend
• Primary Organizer: JenniferRM JenniferRM
• Mailing List: Less Wrong Southern California Announcements
• Calendar: SoCal LW Meetups

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

Los Angeles

• Biweekly, Wednesdays, 7pm - 9pm, in the 2nd floor wine bar of the Westside Tavern in the Westside Pavillion.
• Mailing List: Less Wrong Southern California Announcements

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

• We have a new Less Wrong St. Louis group at meetup.com.

Canada

Toronto

• Venue: 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 mailing list for details.
• Mailing List: Toronto Google 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

We are currently meeting monthly. Our next meeting will be Monday May 13 at 7:00 pm, held at the Alpha Soul Café at 1015 Wellington Street W. Previous meetups have included presentations on books and discussions on HPMOR.

• Mailing list: Ottawa Google Group Not regularly in use.
• 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: [4]

Vancouver

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

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

Europe

London, UK

• Venue: variable, see list and LessWrong. Look for the Art Lebedev paperclip sign on our table.
• Schedule: No schedule at present.
• Mailing list: LessWrongLondon

Oxford, UK

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

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

Helsinki, Finland

• Helsinki meetup group

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

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

Berlin, Germany

• Mailing list: lw-berlin
• Contact spuckblase or blob
• Schedule: biweekly, alternating Saturday and a weekday

Munich, Germany

• Mailing list: lesswrong-munich
• Schedule: irregular

Copenhagen, Denmark

• Mailing list: less-wrong-copenhagen

Moscow, Russia

• Schedule: Sundays every two weeks, 4pm.
• Discussion and announcements in Russian: Rationality Forum.
• Mailing list: rationality-in-moscow
• Contact: lw@lesswrong.ru.

Paris, France

• Mailing list: lesswrong-france
• Contact Emile or Morendil
• Schedule: irregular

The Netherlands

Nothing yet, please contact me if you might be interested. I know I am! ~Mqrius

Vienna, Austria

• Facebook group[5]
• Meets every month
• Contact Ratcourse to be added to the mailing list

Australia

Melbourne

• Three regular meetups: Practical rationality (1st Fri each month), outreach (schedule still unsettled), and social (3rd Fri each month).
• Venue: Practical rationality at Trike (usually - check the meetup post), social at Ben's house (look for a meetup post with more hints).
• Mailing list: Melbourne Less Wrong

Virtual

Online Study Hall

• Study Hall norms and expectations
• Meets 24/7 at this Tinychat Room
• Documentation of the founding of the Study Hall
• Discussion, volunteering, and feature requests for v2

Blog posts

• Humans are not automatically strategic by AnnaSalamon
• Less Wrong NYC: Case Study of a Successful Rationalist Chapter by Cosmos
• Epistle to the New York Less Wrongians by Eliezer Yudkowsky

See also

• The Craft and the Community (sequence)
• Group rationality
• Less Wrong meetup group resources
• Yearly LW site visitors by city