Follow-up to the meeting tonight.
Here is the event that I will be at next week that everyone is welcome to attend.
Manufacturing Belief - Cult Recruitment, Retention and Persuasion
The general public assumes that cult members must be either incredibly stupid, or incredibly weak of mind, or both. In fact, cult members are completely normal. The methods that cults use to recruit and retain members are based on exploiting vulnerabilities in normal human psychology. The only thing distinguishing a cult from any other form of True Believerism is the incredible efficiency and ruthlessness with which cults exploit these vulnerabilities. Our speaker will discuss the techniques that cults employ to recruit, retain, and persuade...
WHEN: 7:30PM, Monday, April 11, 2011 (Talk starts at 8PM sharp)
WHERE: Downstairs at Kells Irish Pub, 530 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
The first meeting of the San Francisco group will be [today] from 7:00-9:00
The usual suspects from the North Bay, i.e., Richard Karpinski and I, will be attending.
Announcing the creation of a third Bay Area LW meetup, San Francisco! The first meeting of the San Francisco group will be this coming Monday, April 4th, from 7:00-9:00 at Green Papaya near 4th and Mission. We'll be introducing ourselves, talking about what about rationality interests each of us, and having fun! Please join us! If you have urgent questions regarding this meetup (need directions, at the location but can't find the group, &c) please call Ben Isserlis at *edit: elided*.
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