On December 20th, New York City will have its Secular Solstice. From the evening of December 19th to the morning of the 22nd, NYC will host the East Coast Rationalist Megameetup. You can buy tickets here.

What's Solstice?

Solstice is a holiday for people comfortable with uncomfortable truths and who believe in good. Secular Solstices take place in many cities around the world, but for us New York City is the best place for it. The first Solstice started here, amid towers that reach for the sky and glitter like stars in the night. Now a tradition spanning over a decade, rationalists from across North America - and sometimes further afield- will come together to sing about humanity's distant past and the future we hope to build.

And what's the megameetup?

For a decade now, New York City has annually hosted aspiring rationalists for a long weekend of skill sharing, socializing, and solsticing. Picture around a hundred people who try to make better decisions and think without bias (or read a lot of LessWrong and its adjacent blogosphere and fiction) in a couple of hotel conference rooms for a weekend, leaving behind only memories and pages of scrawled math equations. Timed to coincide with Secular Solstice, the megameetup is a mixing pot of people who have been attending rationalist meetups regularly for years and people who are meeting in-person rationalists for the first time.

In addition to sleeping space (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights) for those from out of town, we'll have:

Rationality practice games, both tested and experimental
Lightning talks on all manner of subjects
Lunch and dinner on Saturday, lunch on Sunday
A Secular Solstice afterparty on Saturday night
A lot of interesting people to talk to - hopefully including you!
Watch this space for more additions

We hope to see you there!