Note: We will be meeting in Cantor Hall this week.

Come get old-fashioned with us, and let's read the sequences at Lighthaven ! We'll show up, mingle, do intros, and then split off into randomized groups for some sequences discussion. Please do the reading beforehand - it should be no more than 20 minutes of reading.

This group is aimed for people who are new to the sequences and would enjoy a group experience, but also for people who've been around LessWrong and LessWrong meetups for a while and would like a refresher.

This meetup will also have dinner provided! We'll be ordering pizza-of-the-day from Sliver (including 2 vegan pizzas). Please RSVP to this event so we know how many people to have food for.

We're roughly working through Rationality: A-Z. The mandatory readings this week are

1. Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable
2. Professing and Cheering
3. Belief as Attire
4. Pretending to be Wise
5. (Optional) Simulacra Levels and their Interactions

These posts should take around 15-20 minutes to read if you've read it before, and 30-60 mins if it's your first time.

The event starts at 6:30, and doors open 6pm (yes we will let you in early if you get here). At 6:30 we'll welcome people, give a few announcements, and then split into groups. Pizza will be served at about 7:30pm, after which point we'll hangout around the fireside as late as we feel like.

If you'd like to help us keep dinner going, you can donate here (dinner costs about $200 each time, we recommend $5-$15 as a donation amount per person).

You can come without having read the essays from the sequences, we do want you to get to join, but then you will have to do a punishment. (And then you still have to catch up on reading the essays during the meetup.)

If you're ever having a hard time getting in the front door, you can call me (Garrett) at (510)-858-1512, or Ronny at two oh one, four oh six, six eight seven two, and we'll come and get you.

Some questions to ask yourself about the essays as you read them

• What's the most important point in the essay?
• What's the weakest point in the essay? Or what is the essay wrong about?
• Can you think of a way to apply the ideas in this essay to your own life?

For the future

This is a weekly meetup! If you'd like to get notified of future events, you can subscribe to our meetup below to get an email whenever we add another one.