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Discussion article for the meetup : Mountain View: More on Reinforcement WHEN: 23 April 2013 07:30:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 167 Jasmine Ct, Mountain View, CA More from Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog, as we only got through about half of it last time. Including: * A (fast!) review of last...

Discussion article for the meetup : Mountain View: Reinforcement WHEN: 16 April 2013 07:30:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 167 Jasmine Ct, Mountain View, CA I just read Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog. It's full of things relevant to our interests, like: * how to learn skills and good habits * how...

Discussion article for the meetup : Mountain View: Board Game Night WHEN: 09 April 2013 07:30:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 278 Castro St, Mountain View, CA It's been four whole weeks since we last played board games! How has this happened!? The Quixey office has quite a few board games, so we...

Discussion article for the meetup : Mountain View: Cure Light Aversions WHEN: 02 April 2013 07:30:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 167 Jasmine Ct, Mountain View, CA In the time I've spent volunteering with DI, I've learned a few fun improv games. I also know a few other tricks for evoking helpful, unusual...

Discussion article for the meetup : Mountain View: Invoking Curiosity WHEN: 26 March 2013 07:30:00AM (-0700) WHERE: 278 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94041 Get Curious is an explicit injunction to practice becoming curious whenever it's useful. Or pleasant, I suppose. I've just started, in the very most tiny way,...

Discussion article for the meetup : South Bay Meetup: Be Specific WHEN: 19 March 2013 07:30:00PM (-0700) WHERE: 278 Castro St, Mountain View, CA "Being specific" doesn't seem like a skill that we can say much about, in the abstract. (Though this post does anyway.) Nonetheless, we usually aren't all...

Discussion article for the meetup : Mountain View: Rough Numbers WHEN: 05 March 2013 07:30:00PM (-0800) WHERE: 278 Castro St, Mountain View, CA Various techniques for performing estimation in your head, how you can actually practice this on a day-to-day basis, and why you should care. This is the first...