Sort of amused that this got upvoted.
Sorry again!
This is frustrating, but I think I'm going to have to go with the original date. I will miss Roger and (potentially) you, but there's almost certainly going to be people who can't make one date or the other and I think it's better to stick with the original plan.
This works for me (ish) when I bother to stick to it.
Works less well when my goal is less clearly defined and will take more than an hour.
Did not think to check for that. Crap indeed. I think at least one person has bought plane tickets already. But if several people would like to attend but can't due to minicamp, would be able to attend the following week, and say so within the next 24 hours, I may move it to the 30th (first talking it over with said person who bought plane tickets already)
Mega Meetup : Summer Festival, hosted by New York
Discussion article for the meetup : New York Summer Festival Megameetup
WHEN: Saturday, June 23rd 2012, 1 PM (as well as additional meetups the surrounding days)
WHERE: Central Park, New York, NY
The weekend of June 23rd, the New York Less Wrong community will be hosting a summer festival. Less Wrongers from around the world are invited to intend. Features include:
- A Saturday of sun and fun in Central Park. (Unless rain is forecast, in which case this will be on Sunday).
- Picnic Lunch. Share food and swap stories with Less Wrong folks. Engage in intellectual discussion while stimulating your monkey brain's desire for tribal bonding.
- Compete in feats of strength and sport.
- Singing and dancing.
While the main outdoor event will be on Saturday the 23rd, other meetups and parties will likely occur in surrounding days. There will almost certainly be a gatherings on Thursday the 21st and Friday the 22nd. More information will be available as we get a better headcount.
Let us know if you're thinking of coming, so that we can get an approximate headcount and plan logistics.
If you'll be in New York any length of time, you may want to join theNew York mailing list, to learn about additional meetups.
Discussion article for the meetup : New York Summer Festival Megameetup
I think there exists in hypothetical-discussion-post-space a worthwhile discussion of this topic, but this post is almost certainly not it.
There are things I value in addition to being happy. Creating quality art. Contributing to global human flourishing. But I definitely value happiness for its own sake. I don't try to maximize happiness, but there's a certain amount that I need to satisfice on.
I don't know exactly what makes me happy - it's includes "working on fulfilling projects," "having a good social network", "getting exercise", and "having close, intimate friends/romantic-partners". but not necessarily all of those things, all the time.
One important thing I learned last year is that sometimes, something I think of as "important" turns out to be making me unhappy. It's useful to me to look at "total happiness GDP", see when it started going down, and then figure out which variable was the cause.
This year, I started going to a bunch of new meetups, which were individually fun and valuable for my long-term non-happiness goals. But for some reason I became increasingly stressed and unhappy. Eventually I realized that I had forgotten I was an introvert, and even though I enjoy extroverted activities, I need to ensure I get alone time.
I cut back on meetups, and I feel much better now. I appreciate this because I feeling good is good, and also because it means I can get other things done.
Not sure if that explained it very well. I could write multiple pages about how I think about happiness, but if I'm doing that it probably should be a fully-formed post.
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Aww. Seriously?
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