Early on in my exposure to Less Wrong I encountered the metaphor of Rationality as Martial Art. I assumed at some point I would be a member of an active Rationality Dojo, regularly training and becoming progressively more formidable as I learned the Art.
Several years later, though I meet regularly with an awesome local group whose company I greatly enjoy, I still feel as though my training has not yet begun.
Can anyone point to an example of an active Rationality Dojo? What do you do there (Games? Exercises? Kata?)? Who are the instructors? The closest examples that I've seen are the Mega- and Mini-camps; can anyone shed some additional light on what went on there?
I cannot say more at this time, but other camps are actively being planned, and rationality curricula are being developed. This is because you are correct that the world needs Rationality Dojos.
I'm glad to hear this. Can you tell us at least a little bit about what kind of general structure to anticipate? To give a few examples of the level of thing I'm asking about:
Maybe it's being planned as Boot Camp trainings paired with teaching manuals, to create and then support people who can run LW Meetups as Dojos. Maybe even with "ranks" and objective standards of excellence, if you really want to extend the martial arts metaphor. (In martial arts, it's common for instructors of local dojos to go to regular seminars where high-ranking m
Will a version of the rationality curriculum be put out for use in meetup groups? This seems like something the weekly meetup groups could handle and would 1) greatly increase the audience since the camps can't accommodate many people and 2) give the groups something to do which could lead to an increase in group creation/attendance.
5XFrequentist
Awesome! If you need help or a pilot group, let me know.
Early on in my exposure to Less Wrong I encountered the metaphor of Rationality as Martial Art. I assumed at some point I would be a member of an active Rationality Dojo, regularly training and becoming progressively more formidable as I learned the Art.
Several years later, though I meet regularly with an awesome local group whose company I greatly enjoy, I still feel as though my training has not yet begun.
Can anyone point to an example of an active Rationality Dojo? What do you do there (Games? Exercises? Kata?)? Who are the instructors? The closest examples that I've seen are the Mega- and Mini-camps; can anyone shed some additional light on what went on there?