If you’re reading this and can make it to Brooklyn, you’re invited.

There was some discussion at the last Michigan meetup about how the previous sentence should be emphasized more. If you are reading this and can make it to Brookyln, you’re invited. You do not have to have read very much of this blog or Less Wrong, you do not have to agree with me about anything, you do not have to “be smart enough” for any value of “enough”, and you do not have to be the “sort of person” whom you think goes to these things. In fact, the less you are like everyone else, the more interesting it will be.

No particular activities planned beyond undirected conversation, but there will probably be pizza, and Raemon has raised the possibility of a dramatic reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for those interested (in a way that doesn’t interfere with continued undirected conversation for people who don’t want to do that).

If you’re reading this and can make it to Ann Arbor, you’re invited.

I will be in New York/New Jersey the weekend after that, and probably available the evening of Sunday the 21st. If anybody in the area has space for a meetup, let me know and we can work something out.

If you’re reading this and can make it to Ann Arbor, you’re invited.

Our special guest will be Scott Aaronson, MIT professor and quantum computing expert.

Berkeley, Sunday 3/1 at 2:00 PM at Indian Flavor Express, 2548 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

San Jose, Monday 3/2 at 7:30 PM at David Friedman’s house, 3806 Williams Rd, San Jose

Googleplex, Tuesday 3/3 at 1:00 PM at the picnic tables between CL2 and CL5, maybe. Googlers can get more information at go/ssc-meetup

Stanford, Tuesday 3/3 at 6:00 PM, at the picnic tables outside Tresidder Union, 459 Lagunita Dr, Stanford

across the street from Old Union, Room 200, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, at the picnic tables outside Tresidder

EVERYONE is welcome to come to Berkeley and San Jose, even if you don’t read this much, don’t comment, whatever. Googleplex is limited to Google employees, unless you have another way to get in (NOT to be interpreted as a challenge!). Stanford is mostly intended for Stanford students, but if you’re in the area and really want to come I’m sure we can fit a few others in.

I know some people in Ann Arbor were going to try to arrange transportation, so you can do that in the comments if you want.

[Unrelated PS: Ozy has a blog again and has politely volunteered to host all the race and gender open thread discussion I’m not allowing here.]

Topic will be “We Should Really Get Formal Topics For These Things One Of These Days”

Our special guest will be Miranda (Swimmer963 on LW), sometime CFAR coordinator and generally cool person.

Along with the usual Michiganders we will have special guests Ozy Franz, Brienne Strohl from Entertaining Thoughts, Robby Bensinger from Nothing Is Mere, and probably Chana Messinger from The Merely Real

You can find more info and directions at this page. Email me if you’re still confused or have further questions.

Donations appreciated (but not required) to cover the cost of the workshop!