(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

Coming on the heels of our Petrov Day event, with its ceremony, we’ll use this meetup to talk about the role of rituals: both the one from the previous day, and others you are familiar with in your life — including minor ones in your day-to-day life. *** The meetup is at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar,

Date: Friday, September 26th, 2025 Time: Doors open 6pm, ceremony starting at ~8pm Location: 6512 Kauai Ln, Austin, TX Full details at the LessWrong event page. Add an entry to the potluck signup. Bonus points for a Petrov Day theme! Event link you can share with people not on LW. Hope to see you there!

Time one again to discuss health and wellness. Share your well-grounded knowledge of diet, exercise, supplements, and habits! LW health topic tag LW exercise topic tag LW well-being topic tag *** 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

It’s been too long since we had this topic! A lot of you have great expertise you can share with the group. Use this as a chance to show off this knowledge and reveal a side of you that we maybe didn’t know about. Don’t be afraid to boast! If you have a superpower, this

We’re doing it again! Celebrating Petrov Day with a ceremony and potluck! Date: Friday, September 26th, 2025 Time: Doors open 6pm, ceremony starting at ~8pm Location: 6512 Kauai Ln, Austin, TX Full details at the LessWrong event page. Event link you can share with people not on LW. Hope to see you there!

We’ll practice applying the reversal test to fight status quo bias. What’s something about the status quo that you don’t think we’d have if it weren’t already that way? And then the rest of us will test if there’s a Chesterton’s Fence you’re missing. It’s so easy to defend the status quo With everyone so

Taboo is a board game, but also a rationalist exercise that tests your whether your worldmodel is well-connected and deep, allowing you to find many relationships between domains and avoiding compartmentalization. The way the game works, you are required to get others to say a target word, while also avoiding the ones on a “prohibited” list.