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Mexamark13y10

According to the Leverage Research's team page he directs the Institute for Ethics, Rationality and the Future of Humanity (Instituto Ética, Racionalidade e Futuro da Humanidade). They don't appear to have a site though.

I'd be glad to get more information about their activities as well.

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1 Meetup : São Paulo Meetup

by Gust

24th Feb 2012

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Discussion article for the meetup : São Paulo Meetup

WHEN: 14 March 2012 07:00:00PM (-0300)

WHERE: 1034 Alameda Santos, São Paulo, Brasil

I have no idea whether there are people in the area, but I guess it's worth a shot. In this first meetup I hope we can get know each other and plan the next ones.

I'm still thinking about a good place to do this, please offer any ideas you have. Somewhere near a Metro station would be great (maybe near Avenida Paulista?).

If you think another date and/or time would be better, say it in a comment. And PLEASE comment here if you live nearby, even if you can't show up!

EDIT: Meeting point: the Starbucks at Alameda Santos with Alameda Campinas.

Discussion article for the meetup : São Paulo Meetup

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[-]Gust13y10

The meetup was great! Diegocaleiro, leo arruda, dyokomizo, anthony and I were there, and I think we had a great time. I hope we can do this again, and that the others will show up in the next one!

[-]Paulovsk13y10

Hi guys!

It'd be nice attend to this meet up, but I'm from Recife. There are one more dude that I know of interested in rationality who lives here.

I've made a facebook group, for those who are interested in discuss about rationality in portuguese.

At least, this will easy up the next meet up!

[-]Bruno_Coelho13y00

Joined too. Living not so near(Belém-PA).

[-]Gust13y00

Joined. Even if you're far away, I guess facebook and speaking in our mother language provides a better feeling of "community" than the LessWrong website.

[-]zecaurubu13y00

Chalk up one more (Olinda, PE) :)

[-]Paulovsk13y00

Wow, one more. we're three, then.

Add me on facebook and let's talk.

[-]gracunha13y10

Hi guys, Glad to know there are active groups interested in rationality in Brazil! I'm living somewhat nearby in Rio de Janeiro, though I have family and friends in São Paulo. Unfortunately there's no way I can attend in the middle of the week, but good luck! Diego, do you have a link or something describing your work?

[-]roland13y10

Hey, I live in Rio de Janeiro, too. Lets do a meetup here?

[-]Mexamark13y10

I'd be glad to get more information about their activities as well.

[-]Gust13y00

Me, Mexamark, diogocaleiro, dyokomizo and joaolkf. 5 people, and diogo knows other people that might be interested in joining. I think we have enough people for a first meeting. Are the time and place good for everyone?

[-]Gust13y10

I'll be there at 7pm with a copy of "Good and Real" on the table. Cya!

[-]diegocaleiro13y00

http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/aez/brazilians_unite_and_what_is_ierfh_portuguese/ I responded some of the questions asked here in this topic. I also counted the number of brazilians we know of in Less Wrong.

Time and Place Fine for me.

[-]dyokomizo13y00

Count me in.

[-]joaolkf13y00

i'm from são paulo and would enjoy meeting some of you. my facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000668530806

[-]Mexamark13y00

Hello! I'm not a "user" but am from São Paulo as well. I just pass here to read something or other every once in a while. I don't know if I'll be able to attend but I'll certainly keep an eye on this thread.

[-]Gust13y00

I guess the meetup probably isn't going to happen, but another goal of the thread was to get brazilians to show up, and that's going well.

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[-]Pablo13y00

You may want to get in touch with Jonatas Müller and Leo Arruda. They both live in São Paulo and have a keen interest in many of the topics discussed in this forum.

I just came back from our own Buenos Aires meetup and it was a great success. Good luck!

[-]Gust13y10

Thank you!

[-]diegocaleiro13y00

Both of them part of the institution cited below, and only Leo lives in São Paulo.

[-]Pablo13y00

Ah, I thought Jonatas lived in São Paulo, too, since we were about the meet last time I was there (in the end we couldn't meet due to conflicting schedules).

[-]diegocaleiro13y00

HI Gust,

I've tried this before: http://lesswrong.com/lw/64h/checking_for_threshold_number_of_rationalists_in/ besides Us, there is only one user, dyokomizo that is from são paulo that I know of.

Anyway, Hi! Always good to know we are not the only ones. The best place would be Starbucks near avenida paulista, in Campinas com Santos. But sincerely, I don't think we should meet before there is 5 of us.

You may be interested to know that given this absurd lack of less wrongers in são paulo, I decided to start an institution, pretty similar in interest to Leverage, and a little less with singinst. There are about 10 of us now, and a Lot of stuff to do to effectively improve the world (including rationality training).

[-]albert13y00

I'm writing from Albert account, I'm his brother. I'm living in São Paulo and will probably be there!

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[-]Gust13y00

That Starbucks was my first idea, too.

I didn't think I'd find a lot of people here, but maybe 4 or 5 would pop up... I mean, we have a giant university right here, there should be some people interested in rationality who found LessWrong. But it seem like there isn't =/

What does this institution of yours do, and how is it called? I don't know what this "Leverage" is.

Edit: Oh, ok, I found Leverage Research website. Still, what are you people doing?

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