AnnaSalamon comments on Applied Rationality Workshops: Jan 25-28 and March 1-4 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AnnaSalamon 14 February 2013 04:17:28AM *  6 points [-]

March is shaping up to be a great group (Jaan Tallinn, Max Tegmark, Lukeprog, others), and has a few spots left, so if you've been thinking of applying but haven't filled in the 10-minute application yet, now is a great time.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 15 February 2013 07:11:24PM 6 points [-]

Tallinn and Tegmark? Are they participants?

Comment author: AnnaSalamon 17 February 2013 01:32:35AM 6 points [-]

Yep. And there is still one (but just one) spot left at this moment. (Workshop runs Feb 28 to March 4.)

You might think that folks like that would know too much to learn from the workshops... but in fact we've found that it's the folks who have most optimized their own lives already, and who most have tools for further digesting and learning from material, who gain the most.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 17 February 2013 03:05:57AM 4 points [-]

Well. I guess it might be a good idea to stop by the workshop party then.

Comment author: Giles 11 March 2013 04:05:36AM 4 points [-]

The best thing about this was that there was very little status dynamic within the CFAR house - we were all learning together as equals.