We're meeting at my house again for a meetup on Saturday, March 23rd. Everyone is welcome. Please check the thread on our mailing list for details and the precise location.

Primarily, this is a social event where we talk and play games. There's one extra activity on the agenda:

• Everyone shares one goal. No matter whether it's something big or a short-term thing. State it, explain why, have a 2-minute pause to think, talk about how to achieve it as well as about alternatives for getting the same effect a different way.

Food worked out really well last time, we'll try that again unchanged. That means I'll make some soup, we will probably order pizza and you are encouraged to bring something tasty. It's perfectly ok to bring just a little, last time there was a lot left over.

See you there!

It's the first meetup at John's place! Check the mailing list for the exact location and details.

This is where we come together in person to chat!

We will experiment with emulating a small meetup by having two tables, hopefully leading to more personal discussions. There are no special activities this time. We'll talk about our plans and make commitments.

Everyone is welcome, I'll bring a sign.

We're meeting to chat and talk about practical rationality.

This time we'll

• discuss the first few items of the checklist of rationality habits,
• maybe get an personal account of mindfulness meditation practice,
• discuss our plans and make commitments.

Everyone is welcome, I'll bring a sign.

We're meeting at my house for a social meetup on Jan 26th. Everyone is welcome. Please check the thread on our mailing list for details and the precise location.

This is an informal event where we plan to play Go, Resistance, maybe other boardgames and chat. Some people have volunteered to bring food and you're welcome to participate (organize on mailing list). I expect we'll have food delivered for dinner.

It's the first meetup in 2013 and apart from the inevitable talk about the new year celebrations, there'll be:

• An introduction to Bayes rule: an explanation of what people mean when they say they updated on some evidence - with lots of exercises
• Space reserved for public commitments and predictions

New people are always welcome! There'll be a sign saying "LessWrong" on our table.

This will mainly be a social meetup with games and discussion.

• Helen: Resistance game
• Christian: Plans, Commitments, Predictions

As usual, there'll be a 'LessWrong' sign our table.

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.