WARNING: We might meet at c-base instead which is also at S Jannowitzbruecke. If it works out, the change of location will be announced on the mailing list and here at least a day in advance.

Our plans for this time are:

• Discuss plans and make public commitments
• Discuss answers to LW census survey
• Self-improvement open space

As usual, I'll be there slightly early and bring a sign.

Warning: The meetup will start 19:30 local time, the time shown in the description already adjusts for the change in daylight-saving time.

We're meeting in a new location with less noise and round tables! There'll be a sign saying 'Less Wrong' on our table.

Plans:

• Alexander: Discuss: http://lesswrong.com/lw/he/knowing_about_biases_can_hurt_people/
• Christian: Discuss: http://lesswrong.com/lw/eqn/the_useful_idea_of_truth/
• Christian: Commitments
• Christian: Self-improvement open space

Please read the articles before the meetup. Alexander and me will provide brief summaries so you can participate even if you haven't read them - but it'll be more interesting if you have.

NOTE: We switched venue to Spreegold ALEXANDERPLATZ, Rosa Luxemburg-Straße 2, 10178 Berlin.

It looks like we'll be at least eight people, so it'll likely be our biggest gathering yet! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

If you're attending for the first time: We have a mailing list where the planning happens. Feel free to sign up. I'll also bring a sign saying 'LessWrong' in big, friendly - although red - letters.

Here's the current plan and comments:

• Michael: Discuss recent sequence http://lesswrong.com/tag/seq_epistemology/
• Christian: Meta discussion limited to 30 minutes: How to improve the meetup? What do we want to achieve?
• Christian: Share goals and projects. Let’s start with just sharing so the others know what interests us. No long discussion intended, so it shouldn’t consume too much time.
• Jan: Calibration game using Gambit 7 questions
• Christian: rejection therapy follow-up
• Christian: evaluate commitments and make new ones
• Christian: agree on meetup scheduling for next time: suggestion: use doodle again, clarify ifneedbe, use highest yes+ifneedbe. If >8 attendants again next time, switch to fixed-day schedule. (we'll make a new poll, but this one would suggest meeting every 2 weeks and alternating saturday and tuesday)
• Alexander: 'Hypothetical Apostasies' game from booklet. Choosing a belief in advance would help. The current candidate is 'taking untested recreational drugs is good'. Note feedback comment below.

Semi-anonymous feedback:

• Some kind of moderation during focused discussion would be nice - to end or defer tangents and keep discussion moving
• Jan: Seconded. I volunteer to moderate.
• Jan: And I looked at the ‘Hypothetical Apostasies’ game. The current belief seems not too well suited (too easy to argue against and not important enough). But I don’t think we need one in advance, since one of the purposes seems arguing against it on the spot. I have a few ideas we could use though.

Plans from last meetup:

• discuss http://lesswrong.com/lw/4su/how_to_be_happy/
• WingedViper wanted to look at and maybe prepare something from the LW meetup booklet (http://lesswrong.com/lw/crs/how_to_run_a_successful_less_wrong_meetup/)
• another round of spuckblase's prediction game

The scheduling poll indicated that there should be at least 3-5 people. I'll bring a sign to point us out to anyone dropping by spontaneously.

See you there!

We're meeting for dinner at http://www.spreegold.com . There'll be a sign. Please leave a comment if you're planning to attend.

This time we meet in the Japanese noodle bar Susuru. I'll bring a sign.