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Rationalist meetup features author-led contra dance

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The author attended LessOnline, a conference that functions as a Rationalist meetup, and organized a contra dance. The dance featured a live acoustic band and the author calling while playing a fiddle. Despite being put together last minute, the event was successful, with participants quickly grasping the dance figures. AI

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Rationalist meetup features author-led contra dance

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 Français(FR) · jefftk ·

    Contra Dance at LessOnline

    <p><span> I was in SF this weekend for </span> <a href="https://less.online/">LessOnline</a>. It's nominally a blogging conference, but in practice it's more of a Rationalist meetup. I was there in my personal capacity, though I did end up having a lot of conversations about bios…

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