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.
Contents
- 1 USA
- 1.1 Albany, NY
- 1.2 Atlanta, GA
- 1.3 Austin, TX
- 1.4 Bay Area, CA
- 1.5 Boston, MA
- 1.6 Buffalo, NY
- 1.7 Chicago, IL
- 1.8 Columbus, OH
- 1.9 Dallas / Fort Worth, TX
- 1.10 Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 1.11 Coral Gables (Miami),Fl
- 1.12 Washington, DC
- 1.13 Madison, WI
- 1.14 Minneapolis, MN
- 1.15 New York City, NY
- 1.16 Ohio
- 1.17 Phoenix, AZ
- 1.18 Philadelphia, PA
- 1.19 Pittsburgh, PA
- 1.20 Portland, OR
- 1.21 Research Triangle, NC (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)
- 1.22 Salt Lake City, UT
- 1.23 Socorro, NM
- 1.24 Southern California, CA
- 1.25 Seattle, WA
- 1.26 St Louis, MO
- 2 Canada
- 3 Europe
- 3.1 Vienna, Austria
- 3.2 Brussels, Belgium
- 3.3 Sofia, Bulgaria
- 3.4 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 3.5 Helsinki, Finland
- 3.6 Paris, France
- 3.7 Berlin, Germany
- 3.8 Frankfurt/Mainz, Germany
- 3.9 Hamburg, Germany
- 3.10 Munich, Germany
- 3.11 Budapest, Hungary
- 3.12 The Netherlands
- 3.13 Warsaw, Poland
- 3.14 Poznan, Poland
- 3.15 Moscow, Russia
- 3.16 St. Petersburg, Russia
- 3.17 Bratislava, Slovakia
- 3.18 London, UK
- 3.19 Cambridge, UK
- 3.20 Oxford, UK
- 4 Australia
- 5 New Zealand
- 6 Middle East
- 7 South America
- 8 Japan
- 9 Virtual
- 10 Blog posts
- 11 See also
USA
Albany, NY
- Weekly meetings, announced on mailing list: Less Wrong NY Capital Region
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
- Venue: Caffe Medici, on Saturdays at 1:30pm.
- Mailing List: Austin Less Wrong
Bay Area, CA
- Mailing list: BayAreaLessWrong
Berkeley
- Meets every Friday 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
Marin
- Has not had a meet up in a while
- Mailing list: lw-sf
Stanford\Palo Alto
- Venue: Stanford's Old Union, typically room 121, 4:30-6:00 Sundays
- Contact Caroline Ellison, Kelsey Piper, or Alex Richard,
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 usually on the 1st Sundays(2pm) and 3rd Monday(7pm) of every month at UB North Campus (31 Capen Hall) or Panera Bread on Elmwood (765 Elmwood Ave) respectively. Details are liable to change based on organizer's schedule. Visit meetup page for up to date information.
- Also hosts game nights about once a month based on people's availability
- Meetup location with parking info: map
- Contact: Email Buffalo LW
Chicago, IL
- Meetup.com group
- Mailing list: Less Wrong Chicago
- Alternate mailing list (since some people have had trouble registering with the original) Less Wrong Chicago 2
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
- Meetings every Saturday 6pm-9pm
- Location: map
- Contact: Stuart David
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
- Recurring meetup most Sundays at 15:00, usually in the courtyard of the Old Patent Office Building.
- Mailing list: Less Wrong DC
- Contacts: RobinZ or markas.
Madison, WI
- Meets every Sunday at 7pm, often in people's houses or in coffee shops
- Mailing list: Madison mailing list
- Contact: orthonormal
Minneapolis, MN
- NEW in 2015
- Meet first and third Sundays of the month at 2pm at Spyhouse Coffee (2451 Nicollet Ave).
- Mailing List: [5]
- Contact: brandoni
- Social Events such as board games, trivia nights, and potlucks on off-meeting weeks.
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
- Active groups in: Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.
- Each active city has a meetup about once two weeks. Join mailing list for details!
- Mailing lists: Less Wrong: Ohio, Less Wrong: Cleveland
- Columbus LW is also known as Columbus Rationality, details of which are here.
- Contacts: daenerys, or Raelifin(for Cleveland)
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
- We meet every other week. Welcome!
- Mailing list: LessWrong Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, PA
- Mailing list: Pittsburgh Less Wrong
Portland, OR
- October 2014: Next meeting is:
- 1:00pm on Saturday, 18th October, 2014
- 2945 NE 64th Ave, Portland, OR
- This month: Teaching improv techniques. Last month's discussion mentioned that they might be useful as a tool toward personal behavior modification.
- 1:00pm on Saturday, 18th October, 2014
- Meetups are planned for the 3rd Saturday of each month, at the same location and 1 PM.
- 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: [6]
- and Google Site: [7]
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
- NB: Defunct.
For help with transportation, check for carpool opportunities in meetup announcements and comments.
Los Angeles
- Weekly, Wednesdays at 7pm in the Del Taco near Santa Monica Blvd and Sepulveda Blvd.
- Mailing List: Less Wrong Southern California Announcements
Seattle, WA
- The Seattle Less Wrong group has shifted its focus to effective altruism and now meets as the Seattle Effective Altruists.
- Facebook group (public group, but need Facebook account to view): Seattle Effective Altruists Facebook group page.
- Meets about once a month in Seattle; see Facebook group page for details.
- LW Seattle mailing list (now mostly old): LW-Seattle.
- Eastside meetups are happening on an ad-hoc schedule, see mailing list for details.
St Louis, MO
- We have a new Less Wrong St. Louis group at meetup.com.
Canada
Toronto, ON
- Organization: Check on meetup.com
- Typical Venue: Libraries or people's homes
- Schedule: Thursdays
- Contact: Giles Edkins [8] or Tuxedage [9]
All meetups are announced and organized on meetup.com.
Waterloo
- Time: Meetings aren't held on a regular schedule currently. Join the google group to find out about meeting times.
- 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: [10]
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[11]
- Meets every month
- Contact Ratcourse to be added to the mailing list
Brussels, Belgium
- 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
- Contact: [12]
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Mailing list: less-wrong-copenhagen
Helsinki, Finland
Paris, France
- Mailing list: lesswrong-france
- Contact Emile or Morendil
- Schedule: irregular
Berlin, Germany
- Mailing list: lw-berlin
- Contact spuckblase or blob
- Schedule: at least once per month, usually biweekly
Frankfurt/Mainz, Germany
- Mailing list: less-wrong-frankfurt
- Contact: Kendra
- Schedule: irregular
Hamburg, Germany
- Mailing list: [13]
- Contact: [14]
- 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
- Facebook group: LessWrong Warsaw
Poznan, Poland
- Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/less-wrong-poznan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lw.poznan/
- Schedule: Sundays at 6 - 8 pm, but check mailing list or fb page for up-to-date info
- Contact: mail
Moscow, Russia
- Schedule: Sundays every two weeks, 2pm.
- Announcements in Russian: Russian meet ups.
- Mailing list: rationality-in-moscow
- Contact: um@umneem.org.
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
- Schedule: Sundays every two weeks, 4pm.
- Announcements in Russian: Russian meet ups.
- Mailing list: less-wrong-saint-petersburg
- Contact: efim.wool@gmail.com.
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
- Venue: Varies, see Mailing list and LessWrong. But very often the Shakespeare's Head, London WC2B 6BG map. Look for the Art Lebedev paperclip sign on our table.
- Schedule: Biweekly meetups every other Sunday at 2:00 pm.
- LessWrongLondon Mailing list
- Less Wrong London Facebook group
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
Online
- Australia-wide online meetups approximately once per month (currently on a Sunday around the middle of the month). Announced on the Less Wrong site and on the Facebook groups for Sydney and Melbourne. Upcoming meetups in 2014 are planned for 14 Nov & 16 Dec.
Brisbane
Brisbane has not yet had an in-person meetup but they are growing as a facebook group, when we have enough interest we will organise a meetup. Brisbane Facebook group
Canberra
- Structured meetups on the second Saturday and fourth Friday of the month from 6 pm.
- Venue: Room N101 of the CSIT building: [17]
- Facebook group: Less Wrong Canberra
- Contact: [18]
Melbourne
- Rationality Dojos on the first Sunday of each month, held at Ross House in the city.
- 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:
- Facebook group: Less Wrong Melbourne
- Mailing list: Melbourne Less Wrong
Perth
- Meetup group: Perth Less Wrong
- Contact: ab9
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/
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 for notification about each meeting: [19]
- Mailing list for discussion: [20]
- Facebook group: [21]
South America
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Schedule: Irregular.
- Venue: Starbucks or GarageLab
- Mailing list: Google Group
- Website: [22]
Japan
Tokyo
There is currently not a meetup for Tokyo, Japan. There is a Facebook group with the intention to gage interest and create a meetup.
Virtual
Australia mega-meetups
see Less_Wrong_meetup_groups#Australia
Online Study Hall
The Study Hall is password-protected. The password is "lw".
- 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