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People have been celebrating Secular Solstice for over a decade now, in our small community. Many different programs and versions have been collected at Secular Solstice Resources (and elsewhere). The amount of material can be overwhelming. Many Solstice programs are based around original material being written or updated, speeches that...

I have been teaching my oldest son to read with Anki and techniques recommended here on LessWrong as well as in Larry Sanger's post, and it's going great! I thought I'd pay it forward a bit by talking about the techniques I've been using. Anki and songs for letter names...

Posting this here in advance of Petrov Day. This is intended to be an archive of rationalist ritual material. We already have Secular Solstice Resources for such material related to Winter Solstice; this compendium is for Summer Solstice, Petrov Day, and everything else. If you have anything to add, please...

Passover is coming, which means some of us will be celebrating Secular Seders. For those wanting to celebrate but looking for resources, I present: the Rationalist Haggadot Collection, an archive of all rationalist Seder ritual books known to me. Pick and choose whatever parts you like best from these, or...

1. Meta Note: This post has been languishing in a Google doc for many months as I've procrastinated on cleaning it up to be more coherent and polished. So... I'm posting it as is, with very little cleanup, in the hopes that it's valuable in the current state. I'm sure...

Posting this because I recently had a conversation that went like this: Friend: Hey, you used to live in SF. Is there any rationalist stuff actually happening in San Francisco? There don't seem to be many events, or even that many aspiring rationalists living here. What's up with that? [Paraphrased....

I wrote this up for a meetup I ran recently, where we held a Quaker-style Meeting for Worship session. I recommend doing this in a group setting, but you can also do it by yourself if the ideas appeal to you. Why Quaker meeting I’ve had depressive episodes throughout my...