We'll be having our next meetup on Thursday, April 26th at 7 P.M. at the Starbucks in Macy's Center City (same location as for our immediate past meetup on macroeconomics).

Topic of discussion will be the Against Rationalization subsequence of the critical How to Actually Change Your Mind sequence of Less Wrong.

Those interested in attending the meetup are kindly requested to please complete the following three tasks in advance of the 26th:

1. Read the articles (if you haven't already)!
2. Bring at least one question concerning the articles to discuss with the group (i.e maybe something which confused you, or which you think would make for thought-provoking discussion).
3. Bring in a real-world example/case study which illustrates a concept from the articles, or else why you find said concepts important (or not important!). Your example/case study can be from your own life, someone else's life, world news, or pretty much whatever other field suits your needs best.

The Starbucks closes at 9 P.M. that night, so we should have a good 2 hours to get through all the material the above three tasks should (hopefully) fuel in the conversation.

Looking forward to seeing many of you again soon!

We'll be meeting at the Starbucks in Macy's Center City (conveniently located near Suburban Station for you traingoers!) from 6:30 - 8:30 P.M.

This week's featured topic will be a "crash course" in macroeconomics from one of our members, who also happens to be a graduate student in economics, in continuation of some fairly lengthy and interesting economic discussions that came out of our first meetup in January (not that you shouldn't come if you weren't there...please feel free to stop by regardless of your history with either LW meetups or economics in general!).

Agenda will also include general self-improvement, planning future meetups, and, of course, better getting to know new members and attendees from last meetup alike. We hope to see you there!

Also: please feel free to request an invitation to our Google group (http://groups.google.com/group/lesswrong-philadelphia) if you would like to discuss meetup ideas (including the details of this upcoming one) in real time, and/or would generally like to start talking to people prior to convening in meat space!

Consider this one a "just for fun" event, rather than a "hard" meetup (such as we will be having on Wednesday the 15th!) dealing with more serious rationality-related topics.

The Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill holds jazz concerts every Friday. A couple of us are attending this Friday's concert, "Tribute to Miles Davis: A Kinda Blue Valentine" featuring Philadelphia trumpeter Tony Smith; feel free to come out and meet some area Less-Wrongers, particularly if you weren't in the area for our last meetup!

Tickets are $15 for Woodmere members or $20 for the general public, and are available at the door or online (http://woodmereartmuseum.org/music.html). Feel free to message me for my cell in case you're afraid you might have trouble finding the place!

If turnout is good and people are interested, we may also venture out into Chestnut Hill or elsewhere for food/coffee after the concert ends at 8. Hope to see you there!

Hello Philadelphian Less-Wrongers!

A couple of people have expressed interest in restarting regular Philadelphia-area Less Wrong meetups, so I thought it would be fun to hold one once the December holiday season has wound to a close.

Tentative date is Sunday, January 8th at 2 P.M.; if you're interested in coming, please fill out the Doodle poll at http://www.doodle.com/s2afikbngrz3d42z to give me an idea of how your schedule looks for the week (may be handy in determining if a better time will work after all).

Location is also flexible; the meetup is currently scheduled at the Chestnut Hill Coffee Company for its pleasant atmosphere, proximity to free Chestnut Hill parking, and - as the name might suggest - excellent coffee, but other ideas are also quite welcome.

Formal agenda will include general introductions, picking a time and place for regular meetups, and deciding what content we want to pursue at them: I was thinking that a combination of discussions of rational methods, project planning, and self-improvement a la Overcoming Bias NYC might be a good place to start, but we can obviously discuss this more in person.

Have a very Happy New Year, and I look forward to meeting all of you soon!