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Meetup : London social meetup in my flat
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup in my flat
(It is also James/kerspoon's flat, but I don't know a way to put both of us in that phrase without it sounding atrocious.)
The meetup on Sunday will (for the first time) be at our flat in Aldgate East. No fixed theme, but I recently got back from volunteering at a CFAR workshop, so that's a plausible topic of conversation.
Join us from 2 pm. I'm not sure yet what we'll do about food, ordering takeout is one possibility.
Directions:
We are practically next door to Aldgate East Station. Come out Aldgate East Station and hotfoot towards Whitechapel along Whitechapel Road, turn right just before little Altab Ali Park (which is also on the right) on to White Church Lane, about 30 ft down the road, just after the Mekyle shop is a black door on the right (technically our door is number 9). Buzz for flat number 3.
If you have difficulty finding us, my number is 07792009646.
About London LessWrong:
We run this meetup approximately every other week; these days we tend to get in the region of 5-15 people in attendance. By default, meetups are just unstructured social discussion about whatever strikes our fancy: books we're reading, recent posts on LW/related blogs, logic puzzles, toilet usage statistics....
Sometimes we play The Resistance or other games. We usually finish around 7pm, give or take an hour, but people arrive and leave whenever suits them.
Related discussion happens on both our google group and our facebook group.
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup in my flat
Meetup : London social meetup
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup
The next LW London meetup will be on September 28th. Join us from 2pm to talk about the sorts of things that your other friends will look funny at you for talking about.
I likely won't be there myself this week, but if you have trouble finding us, you can contact Leon on 07860466862.
About London LessWrong:
We run this meetup approximately every other week; these days we tend to get in the region of 5-15 people in attendance. By default, meetups are just unstructured social discussion about whatever strikes our fancy: books we're reading, recent posts on LW/related blogs, logic puzzles, toilet usage statistics....
Sometimes we play The Resistance or other games. We usually finish around 7pm, give or take an hour, but people arrive and leave whenever suits them.
Related discussion happens on both our google group and our facebook group.
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup
Meetup : London social meetup
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup
The next LW London meetup will be on September 14th. Join us from 2pm to talk about the sorts of things that your other friends will look funny at you for talking about.
I'll try to remember to bring an identifying sign, but if you have difficulty finding us, my number is 07792009646.
About London LessWrong:
We run this meetup approximately every other week; these days we tend to get in the region of 5-15 people in attendance. By default, meetups are just unstructured social discussion about whatever strikes our fancy: books we're reading, recent posts on LW/related blogs, logic puzzles, toilet usage statistics....
Sometimes we play The Resistance or other games. We usually finish around 7pm, give or take an hour, but people arrive and leave whenever suits them.
Related discussion happens on both our google group and our facebook group.
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup
Meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
The next LW London meetup will be on July 27th. Join us from 2pm to talk about the sorts of things that your other friends will look funny at you for talking about.
If the weather is nice, we'll head to Lincoln's Inn Fields, probably somewhere in the northwest quadrant. If not, we'll be in the usual Shakespeare's Head. If the weather is variable, we might move from one to the other - give me a call or text if you're not sure. My number is 07792009646.
Update: Yay park!
About London LessWrong:
We run this meetup almost every week; these days we tend to get in the region of 5-15 people in attendance. By default, meetups are just unstructured social discussion about whatever strikes our fancy: books we're reading, recent posts on LW/related blogs, logic puzzles, toilet usage statistics....
Sometimes we play The Resistance or other games. We usually finish around 7pm, give or take an hour, but people arrive and leave whenever suits them.
Related discussion happens on both our google group and our facebook group.
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
We've decided to go back to meeting every other week. As such, the next LW meetup will be on July 13th. Join us from 2pm to talk about the sorts of things that your other friends will look funny at you for talking about.
If the weather is nice, we'll head to Lincoln's Inn Fields, probably somewhere in the northwest quadrant. If not, we'll be in the usual Shakespeare's Head. If the weather is variable, we might move from one to the other - give me a call or text if you're not sure. My number is 07792009646.
Update: Bad weather. :( To the pub we go.
About London LessWrong:
We run this meetup almost every week; these days we tend to get in the region of 5-15 people in attendance. By default, meetups are just unstructured social discussion about whatever strikes our fancy: books we're reading, recent posts on LW/related blogs, logic puzzles, toilet usage statistics....
Sometimes we play The Resistance or other games. We usually finish around 7pm, give or take an hour, but people arrive and leave whenever suits them.
Related discussion happens on both our google group and our facebook group.
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
How has technology changed social skills?
At LW London last week, someone mentioned the possibility of a Google Glass app doing face recognition on people. If you've met someone before, it tells you their name, how you know them, etc. Someone else mentioned that this could reduce the social capital of people who are already good at this.
A third person said that something similar happened when Facebook started telling everyone when everyone else's birthday was. Previously he got points by making an effort to remember, but those points are no longer available.
Are there other social skills that technology has made obsolete? And the reverse question that it only just occured to me to ask, are there social skills that are only useful because of technology?
I'm not really sure what sorts of things I'm looking for here. "Ability to ask for directions" seems like one example, but it feels kind of noncentral to me, I don't know why. But I'm mostly just curious.
Meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Your regularly scheduled meetup. Join us from 2pm to talk about the sorts of things that your other friends will look funny at you for talking about.
If the weather is nice, we'll head to Lincoln's Inn Fields, probably somewhere in the northwest quadrant. If not, we'll be in the usual Shakespeare's Head. If the weather is variable, we might move from one to the other - give me a call or text if you're not sure. My number is 07792009646.
Update: Calling it in favor of the pub.
About London LessWrong:
We run this meetup almost every week; these days we tend to get in the region of 5-15 people in attendance. By default, meetups are just unstructured social discussion about whatever strikes our fancy: books we're reading, recent posts on LW/related blogs, logic puzzles, toilet usage statistics....
Sometimes we play The Resistance or other games. We usually finish around 7pm, give or take an hour, but people arrive and leave whenever suits them.
Related discussion happens on both our google group and our facebook group.
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Your regularly scheduled meetup. Join us from 2pm to talk about the sorts of things that your other friends will look funny at you for talking about.
If the weather is nice, we'll head to Lincoln's Inn Fields, probably somewhere in the northwest quadrant. If not, we'll be in the usual Shakespeare's Head. If the weather is variable, we might move from one to the other - give me a call or text if you're not sure. My number is 07792009646.
Update: Weather's nice, the park it is!
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
Your regularly scheduled meetup. Join us from 2pm to talk about the sorts of things that your other friends will look funny at you for talking about.
If the weather is nice, we'll head to Lincoln's Inn Fields, probably somewhere in the northwest quadrant. If not, we'll be in the usual Shakespeare's Head. If the weather is variable, we might move from one to the other - give me a call or text if you're not sure. My number is 07792009646.
Edit: It seems a little cold and windy right now. Let's start out in the pub.
Discussion article for the meetup : London social meetup - possibly in a park
May Monthly Bragging Thread
Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to comment on this thread explaining the most awesome thing you've done this month. You may be as blatantly proud of yourself as you feel. You may unabashedly consider yourself the coolest freaking person ever because of that awesome thing you're dying to tell everyone about. This is the place to do just that.
Remember, however, that this isn't any kind of progress thread. Nor is it any kind of proposal thread. This thread is solely for people to talk about the awesome things they have done. Not "will do". Not "are working on". Have already done. This is to cultivate an environment of object level productivity rather than meta-productivity methods.
So, what's the coolest thing you've done this month?
(I think this is the most recent thread, so anything since January is fair game, assuming you haven't already mentioned it.)
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