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.
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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
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