About us
We read Astral Codex Ten, a blog that spans across rationality, science, psychiatry, medicine, ethics, genetics, AI, economics, and politics. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/about
You should join if you're interested in any of these topics and want to nerd out with other nerds! You don't have to read the blog to come to our events. Everyone is welcome - please feel free come even if you feel like you're "not the type of person who normally would fit in at such events".
We mostly have very informal meetups, sometimes including dinner, games, or hiking. Occasionally we have more structured lectures or mini-workshops.
Astral Codex Ten was formerly called Slate Star Codex. The author, Scott Alexander, has written over 1,500 posts. Don't worry, you're not expected to have read all of them!
If you're not sure where to start, check out this compilation of some his greatest works here from one of our meetup members:
https://jasoncrawford.org/guide-to-scott-alexander-and-slate-star-codex
Another compilation can be found here
https://guzey.com/favorite/slate-star-codex/
See also Scott Alexander's greatest from Slate Star Codex:
https://slatestarcodex.com/top-posts/
Upcoming events
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Board Games: Oldies Edition
Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA, USWhat: Board games!
Where: Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler St, Somerville
When: Wednesday February 18th, 6:30pm.
Style: Social
Run By: SkylerBoard games! Bring your favourites if you like, I'll plan to bring some of mine. Tonight I plan to bring a prototype (Chaos Investments!) and I invite you all to bring works in progress of yours as well. I'll also have a few games that are old classics- I'll have chess, dominos, inside moves, as well as cards for poker and hearts.
Another note: while I try to announce the local meetups in lots of places, the two that I'm most reliable at are the discord and the mailing list.
1 attendee
Rationalist Hamlet Reading
70 5th St, Cambridge, MA, USWhat: Dramatic reading
Where: 70 5th St, Apt 2, Cambridge
When: Saturday February 21st, 2:00pm.
Style: Social
Run By: Skyler and EvanMany of you may have heard my spiel on how there is a rationalist fanfic of Hamlet, it's great, and I want to do a play reading. Guess what we're doing today?
"The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet and the Philosopher's Stone, Or, A Will Most Incorrect To Heaven" is good fun for folks who like Shakespeare and/or rationalist fanfiction. I'll have a few printed copies of the play, and we can share or you can grab your own copy for four bucks on amazon. We will pick characters from the Dramatis Personae, and then sit down and read our character's lines when they come up. I used to do this when I was in theatre more often and it's a good time. I don't actually know how long the play takes to read aloud, but I think we can do it in two hours and if not we'll make a group decision at 4:30 whether to keep going.
Another note: while I try to announce the local meetups in lots of places, the two that I'm most reliable at are the discord and the mailing list.
2 attendees
Past events
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