It has been 5.5 days since the MIRI Expansion party. Could someone, anyone who attended please describe briefly what was announced?
(I attempted unsuccessfully to satisfy my curiosity by reading around all occurrences of "expansion" and "one medical" in /r/all/comments and scanning all the titles in /r/all/recentposts.)
http://intelligence.org/2014/03/13/hires/
(see original post for hyperlinks)
Also, I might as well share the approximate text of my short talk from that evening:
This deserves a top level post, at least in discussion. I assume MIRI just can't afford to hire anyone to make LW posts. As such, I've just made a $2,000 donation, earmarked for just that purpose.*
*Not actually earmarked for silly things.
Thanks very much!
To clarify, One Medical partnered with us on this event... but are not materially involved with expanding MIRI themselves. They're simply an innovative business nearby us in Berkeley who wanted to support our work. I know it's somewhat unprecedented to see MIRI with strong corporate support, but trust me, it's a good thing. One Medical's people did a ton of legwork and made it super easy to host over 100 guests at that event with almost no planning needed on our part. They took care of everything so we could just focus on our work. A perfect partnership in our opinion.
Also, we still have $149 credits for the free 1-year memberships to One Medical's service. If you live in Berkeley, SF, NY, Boston, Chicago, LA, or DC and are looking for a good primary care doctor, check out their website and if you think it's a good fit for you, take them up on their promotional offer with this link: http://bit.ly/1fnRHrH (expires 4/9/14).
Thanks for the replies (and congrats to the new team members). I imagined that One Medical Group was somehow strategically involved in the expansion of MIRI, neglecting to consider the possibility that the reason for their inclusion in the name of the party is their [del: having paid for the pizza and beer :del] being a MIRI donor.