It's meetup month! If you’ve been vaguely thinking of getting involved with a some kind of rationalsphere in-person community stuff, now is a great time to do that, because lots of other people are doing that!

It's the usual time of the year for Astral Codex Everywhere – if you’re the sorta folk who likes to read Scott Alexander, and likes other people who like Scott Alexander, but only really can summon the wherewithal to go out to a meetup once a year, this is the Official Coordinated Schelling Time to do that. There are meetups scheduled in 180 cities. Probably one of those is near you!

This year, we have two other specific types of meetups it seemed good to coordinate around: Celebrating Petrov Day, and reading groups for the recently released If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.

And, of course, if you aren’t particularly interested in any [...]

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Outline:

(01:09) If Anyone Builds It reading groups

(02:29) Petrov Day

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First published:
September 17th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mve2bunf6YfTeiAvd/meetup-month-1

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“Meetup Month” by Raemon

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