The Atlanta Moloch Slayers

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  • The February 2024 Meetup will be February 24th at Bold Monk

    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 have a book club this meetup – the reading will be select chapters from David Friedman’s Legal Systems Very Different from Ours. Here is a late webbed draft (online), the Kindle version, or the paperback version.

    We will be discussing the following chapters

    Jewish Law
    Islamic Law
    Plains Indian Law
    Somali Law
    England in the 18th century
    Saturday February 24th, 2024, at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front of the restaurant, please check upstairs and out back – look for the yellow table sign. We will have to play the weather by ear.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either Lesswrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The January 2024 Meetup will be January 27th at Bold Monk

    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 have a book club this meetup – the reading will be select chapters from David Friedman’s Legal Systems Very Different from Ours. Here is a late webbed draft (online), the Kindle version, or the paperback version.

    We will be discussing the following chapters

    • Jewish Law
    • Islamic Law
    • Plains Indian Law
    • Somali Law
    • England in the 18th century

    Saturday January 27th, 2024, at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front of the restaurant, please check upstairs and out back – look for the yellow table sign. We will have to play the weather by ear.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either Lesswrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The December 2023 Meetup will be December 16th at Bold Monk

    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

    There will be no book club this month (we have yet to decide on the next book)

    Saturday December 16th, 2023, at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front of the restaurant, please check upstairs and out back – look for the yellow table sign. We will have to play the weather by ear

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The November 2023 Meetup will be November 18th at Bold Monk

    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

    There will be no book club this month (we have yet to decide on the next book)

    Saturday November 18th, 2023, at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front of the restaurant, please check upstairs and out back – look for the yellow table sign. We will have to play the weather by ear

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The October 2023 Meetup will be October 21st at Bold Monk

    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

    The book for this month is the 1951 classic The True Believer by Eric Hoffer. A free copy can be downloaded from Archive.org here: https://archive.org/details/1951-hoffer-the-true-believer

    Saturday October 21st 2023 at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front please check upstairs or out back – look for the yellow table sign.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The 2023 Schelling Meetup will be September 16th at Bold Monk

    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 September 16th 2023 at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front please check upstairs or out back – look for the yellow table sign.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The August Meetup will be August 12th at Bold Monk

    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.

    We will also be trying a book club again – the book under discussion is Machiavelli’s classic The Prince. This is the translation I got. It’s pleasantly short and should be doable for anyone who wants to partake. This is by no means required and the rest of the meetup will go on while the book discussion happens.

    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 August 12th 2023 at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front please check upstairs or out back – look for the yellow table sign.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The July Meetup will be July 15th at Bold Monk

    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. Sadly this meetup will not feature Scott Alexander, but he will be there in spirit I’m sure

    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 July 15th 2023 at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front (in the breezeway) – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front please check upstairs or out back – look for the yellow table sign.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com

  • The June 2023 ACX Atlanta will feature Scott Alexander!

    We return to Bold Monk brewing for a vigorous discussion of rationalism and whatever else we deem fit for discussion – this time featuring the one and only Scott Alexander!

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

    Sunday June 18th at 3:00 PM
    Note – this meetup is on a Sunday, not a Saturday, and at 3:00 PM not 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front please check upstairs or out back – look for the yellow table sign.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either Meetup.com or LessWrong.com

  • The May 2023 Meetup with be May 27, 2023

    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 May 27th at 2:00 PM

    We will be outside out front – this is subject to change, but we will be somewhere in Bold Monk. If you do not see us in the front please check upstairs or out back – look for the yellow table sign.

    Remember – bouncing around in conversations is a rationalist norm!

    Please RSVP on either LessWrong.com or Meetup.com