TL;DR Join us for 4 days of applied rationality workshops and activities at the EA Hotel this April. Apply here by 22nd February.
In April we’re hosting an intimate 4-day applied rationality unconference/retreat hosted at CEEALAR (aka the EA Hotel). Come along and make new friends while dedicating time to working through your life’s biggest challenges using CFAR and CFAR-adjacent techniques.
Previous years’ schedules have included fun rationalist-themed things like…
* Hamming Circles
* Paired Gendlin Focusing
* Circling
* Double Cruxing on the beach
* Using Rationalist Role Models as Shoulder Advisors
* Telos & Failures of Rationality
* CFAR techniques tutoring wheel
* Lightning Talks
* Nature Walks
* Systemizing Mindset
* Goal Factoring
* Quests versus Goals
* Building a Bulletproof Post-Retreat Implementation Plan
* Is Rapid Psychological Growth Possible?
* Debugging Your Trigger Action Plans
* Shadow Work and Masks
* Awareness & Embodiment
* Meta-Strategic Brainstorming
Essential Information
When: Thursday evening to Sunday evening on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd week of April 2025 (vote for your preference on the application form)
Where: CEEALAR in Blackpool, UK.
Price: £120 per person, which includes accommodation and food (but if cost is the only thing stopping you applying, let us know).
Who should join: Anyone who is excited about using applied rationality to tackle problems in their lives and would enjoy spending a weekend with ~20 other similarly excited people. Prior knowledge of CFAR techniques is helpful but not required.
Apply Here: Fill in this form by 23:59 UTC+0 on 22nd February. The sooner the better as we will be accepting people on a rolling basis and space is limited to 15 attendees only.
Much More Information / FAQ
Give me some background about the retreat
The Applied Rationality Unconference started in 2023 as a small unconference-style weekend retreat for CFAR (Center for Applied Rationality) alumni. We had