With the holiday shopping season in full swing, take this as a chance to share products that have really made a difference in your life. Bring it if you can! *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look for the LW and SSC signs. People start arriving at […]

Since it’s Thanksgiving season, let’s use this meetup to share what we’re thankful for. Also take this as a chance to praise other attendees for things you like about them — just in case you haven’t gotten around to it! *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar, in the cafe area. Look

Join us for our annual tradition of singing, eating, and games to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Further details to come. Location: 1518 Parker Lane #A, Austin, TX 78741 Date: Sunday, December 21st, 2025 Time: 6pm until midnightish  

For this meetup, we’ll do a mini-WriteHaven and commit to writing a blog post or essay. We’ll start by sharing ideas about writings we’ve been putting off, and support each other in deciding topics and composition. Then we’ll do our best to have something completed before the end of the meetup. *** The meetup is

For this week’s meetup, Rishi will lead us in an activity: As a way to better get to know each other, we’ll split into groups of 3 and construct Venn Diagrams of the members of that group: where they overlap, and what is unique about each person. Then we’ll rotate groups and share what we

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 the main activity

With November 2nd as Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos, let’s use this as a chance to talk about the struggle to prevent/end death and extend life, as well as related topics like cryonics … and anything else you want to make sure you accomplish before death. LW writings on death. Can’t go down while I’ve got these

(Infohazard: something you could be game-theoretically hurt by learning of.) Every year around Halloween, we like to talk about “spooky rationality” — the things you’ve learned about from LessWrong and rationalist circles that scare you. To repeat the whirlwind tour of examples: Moloch, the problem you can’t help but contribute to! Abandon all hope ye

This one’s for the jet-setters! With several regulars having made exciting trips this year, now is your chance to share your experiences traveling internationally: what you liked, and what to watch out for. I don’t know where to go But I know this place ain’t home — We Are The Union, “Pre-Expatriate” *** The meetup is at

Per the ACX announcement, we’ll be having our Fall megameetup in the park by Central Market. We’ll provide drinks and breakfast tacos, and will have tents set up for shade. It will replace the usual Saturday meetup. Hope to see you there! Date: Saturday, October 11th, 2025 Time: 12pm-5pm Full details at the LessWrong event