Author: ACXSteveTheAdmin

We return to Bold Monk brewing for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion – hopefully including actual discussions of the sequences and Hamming Circles/Group Debugging.

Location:
Bold Monk Brewing
1737 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW
Suite D-1
Atlanta, GA 30318, USA

We will be doing the Hamming Circle/Group Debugging at 3:00

Saturday April 29th at 2:00 PM

We will be outside out front – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk.

Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

We return to Bold Monk brewing for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion – hopefully including actual discussions of the sequences and Hamming Circles/Group Debugging.

Location:
Bold Monk Brewing
1737 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW
Suite D-1
Atlanta, GA 30318, USA

We will be doing the Hamming Circle/Group Debugging at 3:00

Saturday March 25 at 2:00 PM

We will be upstairs on the couches – please look for the table sign below.

Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or MeetUp.com

We return to Bold Monk brewing for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion – hopefully including actual discussions of the sequences and Hamming Circles/Group Debugging.

Location:
Bold Monk Brewing
1737 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW
Suite D-1
Atlanta, GA 30318, USA

We will be doing the Hamming Circle/Group Debugging at 3:00

Saturday February 25 at 2:00 PM

We will be upstairs on the couches – please look for the table sign below.

Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

Join us for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion – hopefully including actual discussions of the sequences and our first Hamming Circle/Group Debugging.

Location:
Taqueria Tsunami – Madison Yards
915 Memorial Dr SE,
Atlanta, GA 30316

We will be doing the Hamming Circle/Group Debugging at 3:00

Saturday January 28th at 2:00 PM

Parking is available in the underground parking deck by the Publix – look for this table sign.

I am going to try to set up the tables separately to foment the formation of small groups that people can leave and join at will. Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

Please RSVP on Meetup.com or LessWrong.com

The December 2022 Meetup Will Be December 17th, 2022m at 2:00 PM, just as before, however our original venue of Bold Monk is not available – so we are now meeting at

Taqueria Tsunami – Madison Yards
915 Memorial Dr SE,
Atlanta, GA 30316

Parking is available in the underground parking deck – look for this table sign

UPDATE – SEE NEW VENUE

Join us for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion – hopefully including actual discussions of the sequences and our first Hamming Circle/Group Debugging.

Location: Bold Monk Brewing – Weather permitting we will be outside by the front door (NOT the patio) or if it is cold we will be upstairs – look for the ACX Signs in either case
https://boldmonkbrewingco.com/
1737 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW suite d-1, Atlanta, GA 30318

There is a very unlikely possibility that the venue will change in the coming weeks so check please this post before going. The date and time will not change.

Saturday December 17th at 2:00 PM

Please RSVP on Meetup.com or or LessWrong

Join us for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion.

Location: Bold Monk Brewing – Weather permitting we will be outside by the front door (NOT the patio) or if it is cold we will be upstairs – look for the ACX Signs in either case
https://boldmonkbrewingco.com/
1737 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW suite d-1, Atlanta, GA 30318

Saturday November 19th at 2:00 PM

Please RSVP on Meetup.com or LessWrong

By which I mean here is what I wish I would have said, had I thought of it at the time. All thoughts are mine Here they are – in random order

• Political coalitions are not static things, and there is no reason to think that the composition of the D and R parties will look the same as it does now, with regard to education, race, gender, etc – they shift over time due to the nature of coalition politics (I’ve found the Norquist “Leave Us Alone” formulation useful)
• “Mechanical Americans” was the phrase of the day (thank you Lucas) – to refer to the theory that robots will one day kill us, but before they do, they will take our jobs (technological unemployment plus AIX Risk)
• I had the thought that Ricardian comparative advantage applies to robots too – to wit you will never have a situation where the robots will replace all of the humans as workers because the opportunity costs of trade are in effect there too.
  
  Peter Thiel’s Zero to One thought that self standing robots are useless and expensive whereas machines as work amplifiers for humans are invaluable and a deal at any price – that is the proper way to frame the concept.
  
  Essentially any particular output is the product of human plus machine labor (Ricardian Labor * Capital) – advances in technology do not change that. At it’s most extreme it would be like trade between the US and any foreign country – i.e. Americans can do any job better than Cambodians (due to our greater amount of all kinds of capital) but the US still trades with Cambodia due to comparative advantage in everything.
• The idea of a tax/fee for requiring a college degree for any job arose, which I found interesting – and good. Basically if you post a job then you must pay some nominal sum, say $50 if you mandate a college degree for applicants – that would be an excellent way to spur more efficient signaling.
• Conformity is a hidden reason, and I suppose benefit, of our modern education system (I think this was from me, I probably got it from David Friedman). In any corporate job you will find yourself doing something that is neither of any interest nor any immediate personal gain – but needs to be done anyway. Any particular job in a large corporation is very, very pointless until you zoom out very, very far.
• Lyndon LaRouche made it into the conversation, I’m not sure why. Looking him up on WikiPedia I found he only died in 2019!

Join us for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion.

Location: Bold Monk Brewing – Weather permitting we will be outside by the front door (NOT the patio) or if it is cold we will be upstairs – look for the ACX Signs in either case
https://boldmonkbrewingco.com/
1737 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW suite d-1, Atlanta, GA 30318

Saturday October 15th at 2:00 PM

Please RSVP on Meetup.com or Less Wrong

Specifically Hedberg’s Law and Deep State – by the numbers. Check it out on the Jargon page.