Meet inside The Shops at Waterloo Town Square—we will congregate in the seating area next to the Valu-Mart with the trees sticking out in the middle of the benches at 7pm for 15 minutes, and then head over to my nearby apartment’s amenity room. If you’ve been around a few times, feel free to meet up at my apartment front door for 7:30 instead. (There is free city parking at Bridgeport and Regina, 22 Bridgeport Rd E.)
Event
This week we’ll be doing an activity called Dissent Collusion, which is designed to help people grow comfortable with dissenting or assenting to a larger group. Some of us may conform too easily to what others think, while some of us tend to dissent out of a defiant habit. Either way, you should expect some social pressure when it’s your turn, but the purpose is to have a safe place to practice the skill.
The last hour of the meetup will be dedicated to scheduling KWR meetups through the rest of 2024, so think about some events that you want to see/run/co-run.
Dissent Collusion
Well, let’s try this again!
Meet inside The Shops at Waterloo Town Square—we will congregate in the seating area next to the Valu-Mart with the trees sticking out in the middle of the benches at 7pm for 15 minutes, and then head over to my nearby apartment’s amenity room. If you’ve been around a few times, feel free to meet up at my apartment front door for 7:30 instead. (There is free city parking at Bridgeport and Regina, 22 Bridgeport Rd E.)
Event
This week we’ll be doing an activity called Dissent Collusion, which is designed to help people grow comfortable with dissenting or assenting to a larger group. Some of us may conform too easily to what others think, while some of us tend to dissent out of a defiant habit. Either way, you should expect some social pressure when it’s your turn, but the purpose is to have a safe place to practice the skill.
Readings
Lonely Dissent—Eliezer Yudkowsky, 2007
On why the skill of dissenting to a larger group is important.
Additional Prep
The last hour of the meetup will be dedicated to scheduling KWR meetups through the rest of 2024, so think about some events that you want to see/run/co-run.