This was a spur of moment plan based on the opportunity created by the other event. It seems likely that there will be people at the SENS meeting who haven't "read the sequences" but are nonetheless friendly the the same rough family of ideas and might be introduced to LW on the basis of our attendance.
If anyone can't make the 3PM time, just coming to the SENS thing later on would probably also be pretty good, and I'm hoping that we can shake people out of the woodwork with this event, and then trade information to enable the next meetup to be better optimized.
Mostly I didn't want "good enough" to the enemy of "at all". If you want to organize the next one in a more efficient fashion, I'll do my best to go to that one too!
Oh wow! I didn't realize de Grey himself would be there! Ok, I will definitely come to the SENS thing and try to come to the earlier meetup.
Let's have the earlier meetup at Brew Co also (same location as the SENS meeting). Would that work?
There will be a meetup for people from lesswrong in Los Angeles, on Friday July 9th, 2010 at 3PM. Roundtrip carpooling from San Diego is definitely available and other carpooling options may develop. The time and location are designed to make it possible for people from lesswrong to get together and talk. Later, anyone interested should be able to walk to the first meeting of the LA Chapter of the SENS Foundation where Aubrey de Grey will be attending. It should be a good time if you can make it! See below the cut for more details.
The exact location of the meetup is no longer in flux. We will meet at the same place as the SENS Meeting but two hours earlier. That will be Friday 3PM at:
Westwood Brewing Company1097 Glendon AveLos Angeles, CA 90024The format will be very free form - mostly talking, eating, and/or drinking. Topics are especially likely to include cryonics and life extension given the proximity of the SENS Meeting, but saving the world and "rationality itself" will probably be on the menu as well :-)
See you there!