Joe Schneider will give a talk on Optimizing Empathy Levels:
-What empathy is useful for.
-Why LWers (and others) undervalue it.
-Why non-LWers (and others) overvalue it.
-How you can use it properly to get ahead.
Cambridge/Boston-area Less Wrong meetups start at 2pm, and have an alternating location:
2nd and 4th Sunday meetups are in MIT's building 66 at 25 Ames St, room 156. Room number subject to change based on availability; signs will be posted with the actual room number.
Meetups on other weeks are at Citadel in Porter Sq, at 98 Elm St, apt 1, Somerville.
Our default schedule is as follows:
—Phase 1: Arrival, greetings, unstructured conversation.
—Phase 2: The headline event. This starts promptly at 2:30pm, and lasts 30-60 minutes.
—Phase 3: Further discussion. We'll explore the ideas raised in phase 2, often in smaller groups.
—Phase 4: Dinner.