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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/were-underestimating-the-risk-of-human-extinction/253821/ My apologies if I've missed this posted anywhere else (google and my scanning the sidebar didn't turn it up). I'm not sure that there's much that will be new to those who have been following existential risk elsewhere, but it's nice to see an article like this in a...

Steven0461 and I will host a meetup this Sunday, March 13, starting at 3 pm, at the Elephant & Castle Pub on 111 West Adams Street. (Note: there’s more than one Elephant & Castle in Chicago, so you may want to check the address even if you think you know...

I thought some of you might enjoy this 2005 story published in Asimov's: Second Person, Present Tense by Daryl Gregory (plus some of the author's notes on the story) The story involves a a drug that (for a period of time) turns someone into a P-zombie. It's currently available for...

We’re holding the Chicago meetup discussed here on Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 2:00 pm. The tentative location is the Corner Bakery at the corner of State and Cedar (1121 N. State St.), but we’re also happy to move the meetup further up to the North side as has been...

Hey Chicagoans and any Midwesterners from further afield who would like to join us, let’s start building a vibrant Less Wrong community here in the Windy City! Steven0461 and I are proposing the first ever Less Wrong meetup in Chicago. The meet-up will be held at 2 pm on June...