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

• Mailing list: BayAreaLessWrong

Berkeley

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

Tortuga (in Mountain View)

• Venue: Private residence, on Thursdays at 7pm (see mailing list for details)
• Hosted by: Shannon Friedman and Divia Melwani

Chicago

• Mailing list: Less Wrong Chicago

New York City

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, Sundays, Columbia University Campus
• Mailing list: Columbia Group

Southern California

• 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

• Not a regular meetup group yet, but there is a mailing list: LW-Seattle

Canada

Toronto

• Venue: Bars by St. George subway station, currently Bedford Academy
• Schedule: Biweekly, Thursdays at 8 PM. Join the mailing list to find out which Thursdays.
• Mailing List: Toronto 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