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Meetup : Raleigh RTLW Meetup - Predictions Followup, Zendo

11y

Discussion article for the meetup : Raleigh RTLW Meetup - Predictions Followup, Zendo

WHEN: 30 April 2015 07:00:00PM (-0400)

WHERE: 2109 Avent Ferry Rd #142, Raleigh, NC 27606

Let's have some discussion and exercises following up on last meetup's topic of everyday predictions. No worries if you didn't attend last time.

I'd like for everyone to make at least one testable, non-subjective prediction about this meetup itself, which we will then take a look at near the end. We'll also play some Zendo, and perhaps practice predictions and/or calibration using it!

We will meet at 7:00 at Cup a Joe in Mission Valley and may subsequently convene to Ba-Da Wings. See you there, and don't forget your pre-commitments!

Discussion article for the meetup : Raleigh RTLW Meetup - Predictions Followup, Zendo

Replying toOpen thread, 14-20 July 2014

Open thread, 14-20 July 2014

Also the books of Karl Schroeder (Sun of Suns series, other standalones)

Meetup : Durham, NC: Do you even predict?

http://lesswrong.com/lw/m0m/16_types_of_useful_predictions/

11y

Discussion article for the meetup : Durham, NC: Do you even predict?

WHEN: 16 April 2015 07:00:00PM (-0400)

WHERE: 420 W Geer St., Durham NC 27701

So we can work on calibration, but what is it good for if we don't make predictions in everyday life? This recent post from Julia Galef gives us some ideas of what might be useful to make predictions for.

Let's talk about these and think about others.

See you next Thursday at Cocoa Cinnamon, 7pm!

Discussion article for the meetup : Durham, NC: Do you even predict?

Replying toMeetup : April Rationality Discussion: Life planning vs. the coming technology explosion.

Meetup : April Rationality Discussion: Life planning vs. the coming technology explosion.

Sounds interesting - would love a writeup of any solid conclusions.

Replying toOpen thread, 14-20 July 2014

Open thread, 14-20 July 2014

A bit late here, but Golden Age by John C. Wright.

Replying toOpen thread, 7-14 July 2014

Open thread, 7-14 July 2014

I decided to take this. Let me know if you'd like to connect.

Replying toOpen thread, 14-20 July 2014

Open thread, 14-20 July 2014

I'm an EA and interested in signing up for cryonics. After cryocrastinating for a few years (ok I guess I don't get to say "after" until I actually sign up), I've realized that I should definitely sign up for life insurance, because of the ability to change the beneficiary. I place a low probability on cryonics working right now, but I can claim a charity or a Donor Advised Fund as the beneficiary until I place a sufficient probability on suspension technology working. In the future, I can change it back if I change my mind, etc.

Any issues that might come into this? If no one sees any flaws, I'm committing to sign up for life insurance with this plan in mind by or during the next open thread, and making a more prominent post about this strategy for any EA+Cryonics people.

Replying toOpen thread, 11-17 March 2014

Open thread, 11-17 March 2014

The value was mostly due to hearing others' opinions and perception of me, where you don't usually get that kind of feedback. The assessment really only provided the framework and context.

While I didn't really utilize them myself, I'd agree with those benefits.

Replying toOpen thread, 11-17 March 2014

Open thread, 11-17 March 2014

I took StrengthsFinder 2.0 soon after a new manager was hired for my office. I was skeptical of it, but not negative. The Strengths it gave me were unsurprising. The most use I got out of the exercise was from insights gleaned from a roundtable discussion about these strengths from the outside view of coworkers who had known me for a few months to more than a year.

Replying toLifestyle interventions to increase longevity

Lifestyle interventions to increase longevity

Is it worth it to carry around aspirin to take if you even worry you might be having a heart attack, for people under 45?

Meetup : Durham Meetup - Bias Defenses from Influence

Meetup : Durham NC/Triangle Area Meetup: Productive Other-Optimization

12y

Discussion article for the meetup : Durham Meetup - Bias Defenses from Influence

WHEN: 09 January 2014 07:00:00PM (-0500)

WHERE: 2411 N Roxboro St, Durham NC 27704

We will walk through some techniques to recognize and compensate for some biases from the book Influence, by Robert Cialdini.

This Thursday 7:00 PM, at the House with the Redish Door, 2411 N Roxboro St, parking on Ellerbee. Hangouts, libations, and/or games to subsequently ensue in-situ or at Fullsteam.

Discussion article for the meetup : Durham Meetup - Bias Defenses from Influence

Meetup : Durham/RTLW General Discussion

12y

Discussion article for the meetup : Durham NC/Triangle Area Meetup: Productive Other-Optimization

WHEN: 07 November 2013 07:00:00PM (-0500)

WHERE: 2411 N Roxboro St, Durham NC 27704

Bring your problems, worries, and knowledge gaps, great and small, and we will apply our communal knowledge to solving them - and try to recognize when we're committing the Typical Mind Fallacy.

It will likely help to write down some problems beforehand! Feel free to post them here as well, to get our thoughts going. If anyone is particularly eager to go first, they have

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SENS and Givewell: Conversation between Holden Karnofsky and Aubrey de Grey

13y

Discussion article for the meetup : Durham/RTLW General Discussion

WHEN: 04 July 2013 07:30:00PM (-0400)

WHERE: Cocoa Cinnamon, 420 W Geer St., Durham NC

This will be a fairly open meetup. Anyone who would like to can present, summarize, or simply offer for discussion an article (or just a concept) that has caught your interest recently, on Less Wrong or otherwise. We will divide our two hours into as many attendees as we have and experiment with timed and/or structured discussion.

This is a great time to come back into the fold if you've been feeling left out by not having read the requisite articles (which, of course, you should never feel deterred by)!

Discussion article for the meetup : Durham/RTLW General Discussion

Request for a cryonics decision flowchart

13y

Givewell’s Holden Karnofsky, who has previously posted his thoughts on Givewell supporting SI/MIRI recently discussed the potential for Givewell to begin evaluating biomedical charities, in Givewell’s Yahoo Group. Someone suggested (as I have through less direct means) that they take a hard look at SENS Research Foundation, and then Aubrey de Grey appeared and began an interesting discussion with Holden.

The thread begins with Holden’s long initial post about Givewell’s stance on investigating and recommending biomedical charities, which is definitely worth the read for greater insight. The rest of the conversation is aggregated below for anyone else who can’t stomach Yahoo Groups’ interface.

Overall, Holden seems to agree with the goal of SENS, and... (read 3404 more words →)

13y

After occasionally researching cryonics over the past couple years, I remain confused about what happens certain situations. Could we create, collaboratively or otherwise, a comprehensive flowchart or decision tree that represents what options exist if, for example, one is a member of CI, but has not yet funded the procedure, and enters a life-threatening coma? Or which situations one needs to fund SA for standby or transport?

This or something like it seems like low-hanging fruit for preventing cryocrastination, at least in my case - I want to fully understand the system before investing in it.

Jason Silva on AI safety

Advice for visiting the Bay Area?

14y

Just an FYI that Jason Silva, a "performance philosopher" who is quickly gaining popularity and audience, seems to have given little thought to, or not been exposed to the proper arguments for, or is unconvinced by, the existential threat of AGI. But of course, perhaps this optimism is what has allowed him to become so engagingly exuberant.

"And I think if they're truly trillions of times more intelligent than us, they're not going to be less empathetic than us---they're probably going to be more empathetic. For them it might not be that big of deal to give us some big universe to play around in, like an ant farm or something like that.... (read more)

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MINE: Free tool for detecting novel associations in large data sets

14y

So I'm visiting the Bay Area from April 17th-23rd, though I will be mostly busy with work from the 17th-19th. This will be my first visit to the area, and I'm trying to optimize my free time for potential LW/SI events or visits.

Brief background: I am a SI donor, and also a LW meetup organizer for the Research Triangle area in North Carolina (which has been on hiatus since last summer), through which I was introduced to Alicorn. I don't have a technical background, but am just starting to learn programming. I'm also entertaining the notion of transferring to a position with my company in Palo Alto, with the eventual potential for starting... (read more)