The Unofficial SSC Meetup Repository

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This was an unofficial community maintained listing of SlateStarCodex Meetups Everywhere. SlateStarCodex is a blog that we like. You can read about origins of these meetups here. The listing was based on this post.

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The SSC Meetups Everywhere: The Deprecated List

This page contains the meetups we knew of in April 2018, when this repository was discontinued.

An active list of SSC (and various other SSC-adjacent) meetups can found on LW2.0. Repeat: the list below is provided for archival purposes only!

Some contact details of additional meetup groups that were deemed inactive can be found on the inactive meetups list.

Amsterdam
- Additional search keywords: Netherlands
- Meetup scheduled: Wednesday August 2, 2017, 7 PM & Saturday September 2, 2017, 5 PM
  - Cafe Batavia, Prinshendrikade 85, Amsterdam (usually)
- Details: To accommodate people with different schedules, we alternate between holding meetups on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In odd-numbered months, meetups are held the first Saturday of the month at 5 PM. In even-numbered months, meetups are held the first Wednesday of the month at 7 PM.
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, 7 PM
  - Saturday June 10, 2017, 3 PM
- Contact:
  - sonny.public (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group
Ann Arbor [LW]
- Regular meetups: Every other Saturday, from 4 PM until about midnight, usually near downtown Ann Arbor
- Contact:
  - Google group
  - Website
  - azure (at) eclectic.blue
Atlanta
- Meetup scheduled: Second Sunday of the month, 7 PM
- Details: Currently dormant for the summer; meetings may start again in September
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday April 9, 2017, 7 PM
- Contact:
  - tom.hennessy (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook event
Austin [LW]
- Regular meetups: Every Saturday at 1:30 PM
  - Location: 4001 N Lamar Blvd, North Lamar Central Market in-store cafe
- Contact: Google group
Baltimore [LW]
- Regular meetups: Every Sunday at 8 PM
  - Location: UMBC Performing Arts & Humanities Building, 4th floor
- Contact: lw (at) noblejury.com
Berkeley
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
  - Location: 85C Bakery Cafe
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday April 9, 2017, 2 PM
  - Tuesday May 16, 2017
  - Sunday August 6, 2017, 2 PM
- Contact: brianwang712 (at) gmail.com
Berlin
- Meetup scheduled: Check meetup.com page
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday April 23, 2017, 7 PM
- Contact:
  - Meetup.com page
  - LessWrong Berlin website
  - LessWrong Berlin Google group
  - tiberius101 (at) protonmail.com
Boston
- Regular meetups: Monthly at MIT, currently scheduled on a somewhat ad hoc basis
- Additional search keywords: Cambridge (US)
- Meetup scheduled: Saturday, September 30, 2017, 2 PM
  - Location: MIT 4-149
- Previous meetups:
  - April 14, May 15, June 24, July 15, August 19
- Contact: Mailing list, Facebook event
Brisbane
- Meetup scheduled: The last Friday of every month at 7pm
  - Location: Savile Row, Fortitude Valley (Unassuming orange door with no handle, just push)
- Contact:
  - jarred.filmer (at) gmail.com
  - LessWrong Brisbane Facebook group
Cambridge (UK)
- Meetup scheduled: next meetup probably some time in November
- Previous meetups:
  - April 22, May 10, June 21, October 12
- Contact: rlm72 (at) cam.ac.uk
  - Email me with any questions, or if you want to join the Facebook group
Charlotte
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 12 noon
- Contact: james (at) limetribe.com
Chicago [LW]
- Meetup scheduled: Every Sunday 1-3 PM (reading group)
  - Location: Harold Washington Library
- Contact:
  - p.a.e.wallis (at) gmail.com (reading group)
  - rkrzyzanowski (at) gmail.com (social events)
  - Facebook group
  - Google Group
Cleveland
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday April 9, 2017, 2 PM
- Contact: robintanenbaum (at) gmail.com
Cologne [LW]
- Meetups held monthly
- Details: Contact Marcel below to be added to the mailing list
- Contact:
  - Mailing list
  - Facebook group
  - marcel_mueller (at) mail.de
Columbus
- Meetup scheduled: (In Planning)
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday May 27, 2017, 2 PM
  - Saturday April 15, 2017, 2 PM
  - Sunday July 16, 2017
- Contact:
  - danielle.lanz0 (at) gmail.com
  - Meetup.com Group
  - Email Danielle to be added to the Google group mailing list
Denver [LW]
- Regular meetups: Generally the first Tuesday of every month at 7 PM
  - Location: 5151 E Yale Cir, Denver CO 80222
- Details: The Denver Rationalist community has monthly meetups, and is very welcoming of SSC readers
- Previous meetups:
  - Tuesday April 4, 2017, 7 PM
  - Tuesday June 6, 2017, 7 PM
  - Tuesday July 11, 2017, 7 PM
- Contact:
  - stevenjzuber (at) gmail.com
  - Meetup.com group
  - Facebook group
Dublin
- Additional search keywords: Ireland
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
  - Location: O’Neill’s Pub, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 (Lat: 53.344883, Long: -6.252476)
- Previous meetups:
  - Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 6 PM
  - Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 6-8 PM
- Contact: egoburnswell (at) gmail.com
Edinburgh
- Meetup scheduled: Check Facebook group
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday April 23, 2017, 6 PM
  - Sunday May 21, 2017, 6 PM
- Contact:
  - marian.andrecki (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group
Edmonton
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 15, 2017, 2 PM
- Contact: alt.acct (at) gmx.com
Helsinki
- Additional search keywords: Finland
- Meetup scheduled: See calendar
  - Location:
    - January 23, 2018: Urho Kekkosen katu 7 B
    - Previously: Kaisla, Vilhonkatu 4
  - Details: Regular monthly meetups. See webpage/blog
- Previous meetups:
  - (Nearly monthly since April 2017)
  - Monday, April 10, 2017, 4 PM
- Contact:
  - sschelsinkimeetup (at) gmail.com
  - Google group, webpage
Houston
- Meetup scheduled: TBD (contact Donnie below to be added to the mailing list)
- Previous meetups:
  - Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 5 PM
- Contact: ssc (at) donnieclapp.com, (406) 686-6162
Istanbul
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Additional search keywords: Constantinople, Byzantium
- Previous meetups:
  - Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 8 PM
- Contact: ssc (at) briancloutier.com
London
- Meetup scheduled: Every other Sunday at 2 PM
  - Location: Usually in Shakespeare’s Head, Holborn (on Kingsway, just south of the tube station – NOT the Shakespeare’s Head in Soho) but with occasional changes, especially with nice weather when we might go to the nearby park.
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday June 25, 2017
  - Sunday July 9, 2017
  - Sunday July 23, 2017
- Contact:
  - philip.hazelden (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group
Los Angeles [LW]
- Meetup scheduled: Every Wednesday, 7 PM
- Location: Wine Bar next to the Landmark Theater in the Westside Pavilion (10800 W Pico Blvd #312, Los Angeles, CA 90064)
- Details: Regular meetups every week since April 5, 2017 (as of 2017-07-13). See here for information on parking and how to obtain Google Hangouts invite.
- Contact:
  - Google group
  - bobert.mushky (at) gmail.com
Madrid
- Additional search keywords: Spain, España, altruismo, efectivo, eficaz, racionalismo, racionalidad, AE
- Regular meetups: roughly every two weeks
- Meetup scheduled: Friday, April 20, 2018, 5 PM (local time)
  - Location: Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad Complutense
- Contact: Meetup
Manchester UK
- Additional search keywords: Kernel Project
- Meetup scheduled: Monday 8th January 2018, 7pm to 9pm
- Regular meetups: First Monday of every month, 7-9 PM at Madlab
  - Location: Madlab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN, Whatever floor the chalkboard says Kernel/Scientific Self-Improvement is on
- Details: There is also an Effective Altruism meetup at Madlab, that many of us also attend, the meetup group is linked in the contact details. Manchester is home to the Kernel project, which is broadly Rationalist/SSC-aligned and focuses on the neglected practical side of rationality. We also have a large grouphouse in Levenshulme that is owned by a project member, spare rooms currently available, spare couches always available. If you have any questions about the event, how to get there, what it’s all about or anything at all don’t hesitate to contact me (details below)
- Previous meetups:
  - 14th August, 19th August, 9th September, 30th September, 6th November, 4th December
- Contact:
  - Email: kernelmanchester at gmail dot com
  - Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Benzy14
  - Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/425689721111423/
  - Meetup group: https://www.meetup.com/Scientific-Self-Improvement/
  - Effective Altruism Manchester: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-YxMmJFwL/
Miami
- Additional search keywords: Florida
- Regular meetups: Second Saturday of the month at 5 PM
  - Location: Pasion del Cielo Coffee, 3301 NE 1st Ave #100, Miami, FL 33137
- Details: Please send an e-mail to confirm meetup location details (or join the Facebook group and check the next scheduled event).
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 29, 2017, 5 PM
  - Saturday August 5, 2017, 5 PM
  - Saturday October 14, 2017, 5 PM
- Contact:
  - eric135033 (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group
Minneapolis
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday, May 20, 2017, 10 AM
- Contact: piers199 (at) umn.edu
Montreal
- Meetup scheduled: See the Facebook page
- Details: Not an SSC-specific group, but SSC fans are always welcome at the Macroscope’s events!
- Contact:
  - mathieu.roy.37 (at) gmail.com
  - LessWrong Montreal Facebook group
  - Macroscope Facebook page
New Haven
- Discussing a change in management
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, 2 PM
- Contact: elizah.stein (at) gmail.com
New York City
- Additional search keywords: NYC
- Regular meetups: Tuesdays at 7:30 PM
- Details: The NYC SlateStarCodex meetups have mostly merged with the normal rationalist meetups, with an explicitly SSC themed meetup every two months on Saturdays. Anyone in NYC who is interested in SSC-related things and wants info should contact deluks917 (email below).
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 22, 2017, 2 PM
  - Saturday July 1, 2017
- Contact: deluks917 (at) gmail.com
Ottawa
- Meetup scheduled: Check Facebook group
- Details: Ottawa SSC is active and co-hosts events with the local effective altruism group
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 15, 2017, 3 PM
- Contact:
  - conor.meade (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group
Philadelphia [LW]
- Meetup scheduled: Alternate Saturdays at 1 PM
- Join the mailing list for more info
Phoenix
- Meetup scheduled: Currently dormant, join Google group to find out about future meetups
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, noon
- Contact:
  - spinystellate1 (at) gmail.com
  - Google Group
Portland
- Regular meetups: We generally meet the second weekend of each month, alternating Saturdays and Sundays
- Meetup scheduled: Saturday, April 14, 2018, 12:30 PM
  - Location: Contact Noah for the location, or request to join the Facebook group (email and link below)
- Detail: You can RSVP at https://rsvp.glitch.me/
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, 12:30 PM
  - Sunday May 7, 2017, 12:30 PM
  - Saturday June 10, 2017, 12:30 PM
  - Sunday July 9, 2017, 12:30 PM
  - Saturday August 12, 2017, 12:30 PM
  - Sunday September 3, 2017, 12:30 PM
  - Saturday, October 14, 2017, 12:30 PM
  - Sunday, November 12, 12:30 PM
  - Saturday, December 9, 12:30 PM
  - Sunday, January 14, 2018, 12:30 PM
  - Saturday, February 10, 12:30 PM
  - Sunday, March 11, 2018, 12:30 PM
- Contact:
  - nwalton125 (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group
Raleigh
- Additional search keywords: Research Triangle, Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina
- Meetup scheduled: Monday December 11, 2017, 7 PM at Bull City Ciderworks in Durham
- Previous meetups:
  - Wednesday May 10, 2017, 7 PM
  - Thursday April 6, 2017, 7 PM
  - Wednesday June 27, 2017, 7 PM
  - Monday August 14, 2017, 7 PM
  - Wednesday September 13, 2017, 7 PM
  - Thursday October 19, 2017, 7 PM
  - Wednesday November 15, 2017, 7 PM
- Contact: mpobrie3 (at) ncsu.edu
Sacramento
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, 6 PM
- Contact: trevoradf (at) gmail.com
Salt Lake City
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, 1:30 PM
  - Friday July 14, 2017, 6 PM
- Contact: dwood15 (at) gmail.com
San Diego
- Regular meetups: Monthly, see Facebook group
- Meetup scheduled: Sunday August 13th, 2017, 3 PM
  - Location: Pioneer Park (1521 Washington Pl, San Diego, CA 92103)
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 22, 2017, 4 PM
  - Monday May 22, 2017, 7:30 PM
- Contact:
  - the.god.empress.celestia (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group

San Francisco [LW]
- Meetup scheduled: March 02, 2020, 06:30 PM
- Topic: Deep Questions
- Location: 170 Hawthorne St, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States
- Contact: rocurley@gmail.com, 301-458-0764
- More Info: Lesswrong Meetup Post

San Jose, California
- Meetup scheduled: Saturday March 10, 2 PM ; See http://www.daviddfriedman.com/SSC%20Meetups%20announcement.html (contact David for details)
  - Location: 3806 Williams Rd (private residence)
- Details: Meetups are scheduled irregularly. If you plan to come, let us know so we will have at least a rough head count.
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday September 24, 2017, 2 PM
  - Sunday April 9, 2017, 2 PM
  - Sunday May 7, 2017, 2 PM
  - Sunday October 29, 2 PM
  - Saturday December 9, 2 PM
- Contact:
  - ddfr (at) daviddfriedman.com, (408) 244-3330
  - link
Sao Paulo [LW]
- Meetings monthly, but date & time & location are variable
- Previous meetups:
  - 6 May 2017, 2 PM
  - 10 June 2017, 2 PM
  - 29 July 2017, 2 PM
  - 19 August, 2 PM
  - 16 September, 2 PM
  - 14 October, 2 PM
- Contact:
  - gusbicalho (at) gmail.com
  - Subreddit
  - Meetup.com
  - mailing list (not very active)
  - You may want to check our googlesite w/ some resources
Seattle [LW]
- Meetup scheduled: See Facebook group
- Details: The Seattle Rationality community is very active and welcomes SSC readers!
- Contact: Facebook group
St. Louis
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Sunday April 23, 2017, 1 PM
- Contact: brerwolf (at) gmail.com
Stockholm
- Additional search keywords: Sweden
- Regular meetups: First Saturday of every month, 3 PM
  - Location: Stora Nygata 31, Cafe Dox
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, 3 PM
  - Saturday June 3, 2017, 3 PM
  - Saturday July 1, 2017, 3 PM
  - Saturday July 29, 2017, 3 PM
- Contact:
  - erik.e.engelhardt (at) gmail.com
  - Meetup page
Sydney [LW]
- Meetup scheduled: Thursday August 24, 2017, 6 PM
  - Location: Level 2, City of Sydney RSL, 565 George St, Sydney - we sit at the big table outside the pizza oven
- Details: Regular monthly rationality/LW/SSC social meetup on the 4th Thursday of each month. See Meetup.com + other links below.
- Previous meetups:
  - Thursday April 20, 2017, 6 PM
  - Thursday May 18, 2017, 6 PM
  - Thursday June 22, 2017, 6 PM
  - Thursday July 27, 2017, 6 PM
- Contact:
  - Meetup page
  - Facebook group
Tel Aviv [LW]
- Additional search keywords: Israel, Haifa, Jerusalem
- Regular meetups: Almost every Tuesday, see Facebook group
  - Location: Usually at The Cluster, Yigal Alon 118, Tel Aviv, but see the Facebook events
- Details: LessWrong Israel is also a SlateStarCodex meetup – same cool people, same fascinating ideas. We meet almost every Tuesdays: Monthly, we have lectures or similar events; at a two-week offset from those we have “Game Nights” – but you can also just come and hang out. Other Tuesdays, we often get together at a pub. We’ve been going strong for five or so years.
- Previous meetups:
  - Tuesday May 9, 2017, 7 PM
  - Tuesday June 6, 2017, 7 PM
  - Tuesday July 11, 2017, 8 PM
  - Tuesday July 25, 2017, 7:30 PM
- Contact:
  - Facebook group
Vienna [LW]
- Additional search keywords: Prague, Bratislava, Austria, Czech, Slovakia
- Meetup scheduled: See Facebook group
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 15, 2017, 3 PM
- Contact:
  - strivingforconsistency (at) gmail.com
  - Facebook group
Warsaw
- Additional search keywords: Poland
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 22, 2017, 5 PM
- Contact: michal.trzesimiech (at) gmail.com
Washington DC
- Meetup scheduled: Sunday November 26, 2017 (Thanksgiving potluck)
  - Location: 450 Massachusetts Avenue
  - Next meetup: Saturday December 16, 2017 (Winter solstice)
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 15, 2017, 7 PM
  - Saturday May 20, 2017
  - Saturday June 24, 2017
  - Saturday July 22, 2017
  - Saturday August 19, 2017
  - Saturday September 9, 2017
  - Saturday September 16, 2017 (board games)
  - Saturday September 23, 2017
  - Saturday October 14, 2017
  - Saturday October 28, 2017
- Contact:
  - robirahman94 (at) gmail.com
  - Google group
- Details:
  - Previously reported location: 1700 Leighton Wood Lane, Silver Spring, Maryland
  - Other upcoming meetups: November 25 (Thanksgiving potluck), December 16
- See also LessWrong DC
  - lesswrong-dc (at) googlegroups.com
  - Facebook group
Wellington
- Additional search keywords: New Zealand
- Meetup scheduled: Unknown
- Previous meetups:
  - Thursday April 20, 2017, 6 PM
  - Friday May 19, 2017, 6 PM
- Contact: CalebWithersNZ on Facebook, calebwithers (at) gmail.com, 0221371337
  - Consider making contact if you’re showing up for the first time, so you can be kept in the loop if there are any last-minute location changes etc.
Zurich [LW]
- Additional search keywords: Switzerland
- Meetup scheduled: Check Facebook group
- Previous meetups:
  - Saturday April 8, 2017, 5 PM
  - Tuesday July 4, 2017
- Contact:
  - Facebook group
  - thiel.marko (at) cantab.net