Sam F. Brown

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OxRat March Pub Social

Oxford Ra­tion­al­ish—Dec Pub

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Oxford Ra­tion­al­ish—Sept Pub

OxRat ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2023

Oxford, UK – ACX Mee­tups Every­where Fall 2023

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Oxford Ra­tion­al­ish—June Pub—Are Woo Non-Re­spon­ders Defec­tive?

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Oxford, UK – ACX Mee­tups Every­where Spring 2023

Oxford Ra­tion­al­ish—April Pub—mini ACX Mee­tups Everywhere

Oxford Ra­tion­al­ish—March Pub

How to find cool things in a new place

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Ques­tions about Value Lock-in, Pa­ter­nal­ism, and Empowerment

Oxford Ra­tion­al­ish—Novem­ber Pub

• Sam F. Brown 12 Oct 2022 15:40 UTC

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  in reply to: ShardPhoenix’s comment on: As­tralCodexTen and Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup Or­ganisers’ Re­treat Asia Pa­cific region

  This is a great question, and one that I think everyone should be asking themselves and each other. It would be very easy for these things to devolve into an aimless free-for-all, which wouldn’t be great.
  
  I think you’re probably the best judge about whether you’d get value from coming. But, to give you a personal example, at the Global retreat a) I realised why I ran a meetup at all, b) my goals became much more ambitious, and c) I’ve doubled down on putting effort into making my group succeed. I’ve since started a regular applied-rationality dojo, which may-or-may-not have happened without the inspiration of seeing others’ success. My group is growing, and attendee balance is improving. Also, I’ve found it very useful to have the support of an international community of rat-ty organisers.