Youth hostel in the style of Hogwarts — The event location is AI-inspired by *Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality*

Join the 13th LessWrong Community Weekend (LWCW) in Berlin - one of the world’s largest rationalist social gathering which brings together 250+ aspiring rationalists from across Europe and beyond for 4 days of intellectual exploration, socialising and fun.

We will be taking over the whole hostel with a huge variety of spaces inside and outside to talk, relax, dance, play, learn, teach, connect, cuddle, practice, share... simply enjoy time together our way.

We invite everyone who shares a curiosity about new perspectives to gain a truthful understanding of the world and its inhabitants, a passion for developing practices and systems that achieve our personal goals and, consequently those of humanity at large, as well as a desire to nurture empathetic relationships that support and inspire us on our journey.

The whole event will be participant-driven in an unconference style: shortly before, and any time during, the weekend, a digital event schedule is filled with 100+ workshops, talks and activities by the attendees. Got a session idea? Plan it ahead for maximum impact, or jump in and create it on the spot when inspiration hits.

Previous years’ schedules have included…

Four Ways of Solving Your Problems

Bridging Science and Spirituality

The Great Divergence: A Theory of Accelerating Moral Change

Bisexual Meet+Greet 🌈

Applied Epistemology

Approaches to Radical Human Intelligence Augmentation

Authentic Relating Games

Is There Objective Moral Truth?

Double Crux: The Art of Productive Disagreement

Introduction to Radical Honesty

Nuclear Fusion as an Energy Source

Roundtable - Future of Education

Breathwork Session

Advanced Socratic Questioning

Social Deduction Game: Blood on the Clocktower

The Epistemic Reliability of Introspection

What is Good Sex, Really?

Dealing with Conflicts

The event takes place in the natural surroundings of Lake Wannsee on the outskirts of Berlin. So you can spend time recharging in between making new friends by hiking in the forests, sunbathing, or swimming in the lake.

aerial view of the hostel and its vicinity

LWCW is family & LGBTQIA+ friendly. After past years' amazing experiences we are increasing our effort into creating a diverse event where people of all ages, genders, backgrounds and experiences feel at home. Three things bring us together:
1. The curiosity for new perspectives to gain a t...