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

Bay Area, CA

• Mailing list: BayAreaLessWrong

Berkeley

• Venue: Oxford Street Starbucks, on Wednesdays at 7pm

San Francisco

• Mailing list: lw-sf

Tortuga (in Mountain View)

• Mailing list
• Venue: Private residence, Thursdays, 7pm
• Hosted by: Shannon Friedman and Divia Melwani
• For venue information: Email Shannon or Divia.

Cambridge, MA

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

Chicago, IL

• Mailing list: Less Wrong Chicago

New York City, NY

The NYC meetup group is split into various groups based on interest. For more information on how to attend, please join the relevant mailing list.

Main Group

For general discussion, social activities, and games nights.

• Weekly, Tuesday, 7-11pm, Private Residence
• Mailing list: Main Google Group

Self-Improvement Group

For active self-improvement via goal-setting, commitment, and reinforcement, and getting things done.

• Weekly, Thursday, 7-11pm, Private Residence
• Mailing list: Self Improvement Group

Bayesian Conspiracy: NYC

For discussion of rationality topics related to the sequences / Columbia University student education group.

• Weekly, Monday, 8-9pm, Columbia University Campus (often room 316 in the Hamilton building)
• Mailing list: Columbia Group

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

• Mailing list: Research Triangle Less Wrong

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

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

Seattle, WA

• Has been meeting every other Sunday, see mailing list for details.
• Mailing list: LW-Seattle

St Louis, MO

• Weekly, Tuesday, 6-8pm, Kayak's cafe
• Mailing list: Less Wrong St Louis

Canada

Toronto

• Venue: Bars by St. George subway station, currently Bedford Academy.
• Schedule: Biweekly, Thursdays at 8 PM. Join the mailing list for details.
• Mailing List: Toronto Google Group

Ottawa

We're still working out where and how often the group will meet.

• Mailing list: Ottawa Google Group

Europe

London, UK

• Venue: Shakespeare's Head, Holborn. Look for the Art Lebedev paperclip sign on our table.
• Schedule: First Sunday of every second month (January and March 2011 so far).
• Mailing list: LessWrongLondon

Helsinki, Finland

• Helsinki meetup group

Australia

Melbourne

• Venue: Trike
• Mailing list: Melbourne Less Wrong

Blog posts

• Humans are not automatically strategic by AnnaSalamon
• Less Wrong NYC: Case Study of a Successful Rationalist Chapter by Cosmos

See also

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