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Meetup : Brussels meetup

by Axel
5th Sep 2012
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[-]Utopiah13y20

For newcomers you can review what we did before on our wiki page http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Brussels_meetup_group

Potential materials for discussions :

  • try http://www.quora.com/Politics/Is-there-a-website-to-prepare-meetings-that-would-provide-some-topics-and-some-points-for-each-participant-let-participants-upvote-and-downvote-until-some-time-before-the-meeting-and-then-the-team-would-work-with-priorities-assigned-by-those-votes with pen and paper
  • building "trails" of LW articles for newcomers or not people who just want a "refresh" (if some are motivated I'll bring my laptop)
  • Alzheimer as diabetes type 3 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/10/alzheimers-junk-food-catastrophic-effect
  • AGI leader AMA http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/zq56m/im_dr_ben_goertzel_artificial_general/
  • Hacking EEG devices https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity12/sec12-final56.pdf
  • weekly collapse http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/9/10/we-are-now-one-year-and-counting-from-global-riots-complex-systems-theorists-say--2
  • emotions/rationality http://lesswrong.com/lw/hp/feeling_rational/
  • ReflectOns:Mental Prostheses for Self-Reflection http://www.media.mit.edu/events/2012/09/10/sajid-sadi-thesis-defense http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/current/reflectons.html
  • Zin-Side Out, the desire to conform to popular opinion http://blog.media.mit.edu/2012/07/zin-side-out.html
  • la France des deconnectes http://fr.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/14247437
  • Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: The Podcast http://www.hpmorpodcast.com
  • Mapping The Next Three Decades of Health Technology http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680532/mapping-the-next-three-decades-of-health-technology
  • Rosenhan experiment or "On being sane in insane places." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment
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[-]Utopiah13y10

Some resources mentioned during the meetup

  • Thinking, Fast and Slow (1h video) http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=155752
  • Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain, MIT Press 2005 http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=10550&ttype=2
  • A Brain Implant that Thinks, MIT Tech Review 2012 http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429204/a-brain-implant-that-thinks/
  • Impact of caloric restriction on health and survival in rhesus monkeys from the NIA study, Nature 2012 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7415/full/nature11432.html
  • Activation of adult-born neurons facilitates learning and memory, Nature Neuroscience 2012 http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v15/n6/full/nn.3108.html
  • Norbert Wiener http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Wiener (related to the bus stop)
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Discussion article for the meetup : Brussels meetup

WHEN: 15 September 2012 12:00:00PM (+0200)

WHERE: Rue des Alexiens 55 1000 Bruxelles

We are once again meeting at 'la fleur en papier doré' close to the Brussels Central station. If you feel like an intelligent discussion and are in the neighborhood, consider dropping by. As always, I'll have a sign.

Discussion article for the meetup : Brussels meetup