Re-booting the Karlsruhe Rationality Meet-up
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- 6 November 2024, 6:30 pm—9:00 pm
- Karlsruhe, Germany
What, When, Where
Do you also miss regular rationality meet-ups in your local town? Did you read so many articles on LessWrong, SlateStarCodex/AstralCodexTen, or similar blogs and want to discuss all their interesting ideas? Do you want to share (or peer-review) your ideas on stuff like reflective equilibria, ugly buildings , AI timelines, or the why and how of market failure (or functioning)? Do you want to meet some friendly rationalist (or adjacent) people?
If so, then it’s time to re-boot the local rationality group. I propose to meet on Wednesday 6th of November at 18:30 somewhere in the centre (pm me for the details). If you’re a little bit late that’s fine, but I suggest arriving before 19:00.
Topic
We will discuss a short and light article Scott Alexander’s recent post on Nietzsche’s morality (see also the audio version). Afterwards, there will still be time for free discussions / socializing (let’s see if there’s interesting topics besides the fresh US election results).
If you read the text, you can try to write down/remember some thoughts/remarks/questions so you can more easily share them.[1]
Other info
feel free to come even if you’re not sure about, have not been to any meet-ups before or are not sure if you are into LessWrong/ACX/rationality/EA enough
meet-up language will be English or German depending on the proficiency of the attendees
I won’t provide (substantial) food, so you might want to bring food or order online (maybe together with others); if we like the location we can also consider asking for the kitchen and cooking for ourselves, next time
this might be common sense, but still[2]: please do not come (unmasked) if you have (recently had) symptoms of colds/covid/flu
Post-script
The first Wednesday of each month seems like a good Schelling point for monthly meet-ups—it’s a common frequency in other cities and fits between local EA meet-ups. If the venue works well, I can organize the room and post announcements for a while, but I expect to move away (or lose interest) at some point. If you enjoy events like this and would be interested in organizing, step up.
small edit: I removed the location from this post because of the contract with the venue; if you want to come just ask me about the location!