Silas Barta

Time once again to share favorite articles, posts, Twitter threads, and whatever else from LessWrong and the rationalist-sphere. Is there anything recent you think others should stay in the loop on? *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving […]

As rationalists, we want to constantly update our worldmodels from our experiences. We’ll use this meetup to share major learning experiences from our lives and ways that we have grown. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at

Time again for group debugging — share what problems you’re running into in life, and see how others can help you, and how you can help others. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at 1:30 pm, and

Most of the regulars will be at Eeyore’s Birthday, a longtime Austin tradition where folks congregate in Pease Park (sic) for live music, drum circles, and generally just being hippies (Wikipedia page). Please join us! Time: 11am-8pm Location: Pease Park, 1100 Kingsbury St Be advised: 1) It is not possible to park on the street.

The topic for Saturday will be akrasia. Share your techniques for avoiding related issues, like procrastination and ugh fields, that keep you from being the reflectively consistent human you’ve always wanted to be! *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People

Nothing fancy this time, just chat with your fellow rationalists about what interests you. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at 1:30 pm, and the main activity will begin at 2:30 pm. Please follow in-store signs and

With the eclipse coming up, the theme is astronomy. How much do you know about it, and what knowledge would you like to share on the topic? *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at 1:30 pm, and

Stacia will be guiding us through investigating a claim using the beta version of her new sensemaking platform, Qrio. Please bring a fully charged laptop. Afterwards, she’d love to get your feedback on the experience. Project Qrio provides a system for people to sort through the noise, bridge information gaps, and make sense of the

As a practice in teaching and learning everyday skills, let’s share our “stable recipes”: some meal you prepare yourself without reference to a recipe. What do you like about it, and what allows you to do it without a recipe? Is there are part of it that’s hard to teach to others? *** The meetup

It’s been a while since we did this one! One test of your skill as a rationalist is how seldom you are surprised. In this meetup, we’ll share stories of times when our model did not quite predict something and so we were, in fact surprised. Then we’ll discuss: was that a one-off, or did