September 2019 - EA-Aachen - lists.rwth-aachen.de

Korrektur Workout
by Tom Lieberum 29 Sep '19

29 Sep '19

--- English version below --- Kleine Korrektur zum Ort des Workouts diesen Mittwoch, da das C.A.R.L. nicht verfügbar ist. Wir treffen uns im Templergraben 29. Bitte klingelt bei Dorn. --- English version --- We have a small correction regarding the workout this Wednesday. We will meet at Templergraben 29. Please ring for Dorn.

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EA Workout
by Tom Lieberum 29 Sep '19

29 Sep '19

--- English version below --- Bei unseren EA Workout Treffen steht die eigene Produktivität und Auseinandersetzung mit dem Effektiven Altruismus im Mittelpunkt. Ihr wollt euch über Philosophie unterhalten? Oder über einen interessanten Artikel oder ein spannendes Buch reden? Diesen Blogpost lesen, den ihr schon immer mal lesen wolltet aber keine Zeit hattet? Vielleicht wollt ihr auch in eurer persönlichen Entwicklung weiterkommen und eure Projekte in einer angenehmen Umgebung voranbringen. So oder so seid ihr bei unseren Treffen gut aufgehoben. Wir treffen uns am Mittwoch 02.10. im C.A.R.L. Hörsaalzentrum im Seminarraum S06, von 18:30 bis 21:00 Die Treffen sind offen für alle. Also auch wenn ihr noch nie vom Effektiven Altruismus gehört habt könnt ihr gerne vorbeischauen! --- English version --- At our EA workout meetings, the focus is on your personal productivity engagement with Effective Altruism. You want to discuss Philosophy or chat about an interesting article or book? Read that blog post you always wanted to read? Maybe you want to work on your self-development and work on your projects in a nice environment. In any case, you're a fit for our meetings. We meet on Wednesday October 2nd in the C.A.R.L. lecture center in room S06, from 6:30pm to 9pm. The meetings are open to anyone. So even if you've never heard of Effective Altruism, we're happy to see you.

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Offenes Treffen / Open Meetup: 'Vulnerable World'
by Tom Lieberum 22 Sep '19

22 Sep '19

--- English version below --- Unser nächstes offenes Treffen ist nächsten Mittwoch, 25.09.2019 im Seminarraum S06 des Hörsaalzentrum C.A.R.L. Wie sicher ist unsere Welt eigentlich und was könnten wir tun um sie sicherer zu machen? Am Mittwoch stellen wir das Paper "Vulnerable World Hypothesis" von Nick Bostrom vor und diskutieren anschließend darüber. In diesem wird das Konzept einer "verletzlichen Welt" beschrieben. Damit gemeint ist eine Welt, in der die Zivilisation durch spezielle technologische Entwicklungen (z.B. militärischer Einsatz von Biotechnologie) gefährdet ist und die Möglichkeiten der Stabilisierung einer solchen Situation. Wenn ihr Interesse an dem Thema habt oder ihr nur über Philosophie oder Rationalität quatschen wollt, kommt einfach vorbei und lernt die Lokalgruppe kennen! Wir freuen uns auf euch! --- English Version --- Our next open meetup is next Wednesday, September 25th 2019, in the seminar room S06 at the lecture center C.A.R.L. How safe is our world and what can we do to make it safer? On Wednesday we will present the paper 'Vulnerable World Hypothesis' by Nick Bostrom, with a discussion afterward. In this paper, the concept of a vulnerable world is presented. That is a world in which civilization is threatened by special technological developments (e.g. biological weapons). Several paths towards a more stable and safe world are also presented. If you are interested in the topic of the talk or just want to have a chat about philosophy and rationality, come around and get to know the local group! We are looking forward to seeing you there!

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Applied Rationality Workshop Münster
by Tom Lieberum 15 Sep '19

15 Sep '19

Dear subscribers, In November there will be a workshop on applied rationality in Münster. We recommend you check it out and consider applying. Here is the message from the organizers from EA Münster: "Together with Anne Wissemann we are going to do a 3-day weekend workshop on applied rationality in Münster, Germany. **Summary** speakers: Anne Wissemann & Alexander Popiak date: 2019-11-01 – 03, 10am - 6pm application form: https://forms.gle/nYF2PmJLTEwYtvJi6 (Deadline: Monday, 2019-09-30, confirmations will be sent on Saturday, 2019-10-12) location: Paul-Gerhardt-Haus, Friedrichstr. 10, 48145 Münster (seminar rooms are wheel-chair accessible) cost: 70-90€ + Tip for Alex topic: CFAR techniques and other useful concepts target audience: Aspiring EAs with an interest in applied rationality Limited to 20 attendees Housing available on request **Aims** For the last two years we – the EA Münster group – have been organizing weekly Meetups including Socials, Book-Clubs as well as talks with discussion rounds. This is the first time we are organizing a weekend workshop to allow the regional EA community to: * do a real deep-dive into topics, which is not really possible at evening events * socialize with great people * filter for really interested newcomers, and increase their engagement * Due to weekend time frame: invite great speakers and people from other cities (who would not take the effort traveling for an evening only) ** Overview ** Anne is a CEA community building grantee. She also works as a coach for members of the rationality and effective altruism communities. In addition to her own CFAR workshop she has undergone CFAR's mentorship training and is currently taking part in CFAR's instructor candidate program. In Berlin, she helps develop weekly rationality practice sessions together with Alex. Alex is a CFAR alumni and long-running LessWrong community member and organizer that has held workshops such as Goal Factoring at the Berlin rationality meetup. Amongst other things, they plan to teach the participants: * Goal Factoring * Productive Disagreement * Focusing * Internal Double Crux * Trigger-Action Plans (TAP) * Hamming Circles For a more detailed description see this overview of techniques: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Mc0W2i1-_Av6niVVUoEURhUE8I9h7H4tXcuWR-… Vegan lunch, breakfast, snacks and coffee are included. If you need housing, please mention it in the comment area on the application form or get in touch with us directly. **Past events** In January Anne did a similar weekend workshop organized by the EA group in Cologne. This workshop is one day longer to allow for more time to practice and prepare to integrate the learnings into one's life, but there will still be a lot of the same content. **Notes on finances** The workshop will be self supporting, the ticket price is used to fund travel costs for our speakers as well as lunch, snacks and coffee. In case we should make any profit it will be donated to the German Effective Altruism Network to fund future workshops, allow discounts and the like. Discounts are available if you feel you cannot afford to attend the workshop otherwise." Cheers, Tom - EA Aachen

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EA Workout
by Tom Lieberum 15 Sep '19

15 Sep '19

--- English version below --- Liebe Abonennten, Bei unseren EA Workout Treffen steht die eigene Produktivität und Auseinandersetzung mit dem Effektiven Altruismus im Mittelpunkt. Ihr wollt euch über Philosophie unterhalten? Oder über einen interessanten Artikel oder ein spannendes Buch reden? Diesen Blogpost lesen, den ihr schon immer mal lesen wolltet aber keine Zeit hattet? Vielleicht wollt ihr auch in eurer persönlichen Entwicklung weiterkommen und eure Projekte in einer angenehmen Umgebung voranbringen. So oder so seid ihr bei unseren Treffen gut aufgehoben. Wir treffen uns am Mittwoch 18.9. im C.A.R.L. Hörsaalzentrum im Seminarraum S06, von 18:30 bis 21:00 Die Treffen sind offen für alle. Also auch wenn ihr noch nie vom Effektiven Altruismus gehört habt könnt ihr gerne vorbeischauen! Viele Grüße, Tom --- English version --- Dear subscribers, At our EA workout meetings, the focus is on your personal productivity engagement with Effective Altruism. You want to discuss Philosophy or chat about an interesting article or book? Read that blog post you always wanted to read? Maybe you want to work on your self-development and work on your projects in a nice environment. In any case, you're a fit for our meetings. We meet on Wednesday September 18th in the C.A.R.L. lecture center in room S06, from 18:30 pm to 9pm. The meetings are open to anyone. So even if you've never heard of Effective Altruism, we're happy to see you. Cheers, Tom

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Offenes Treffen / Open Meetup
by Tom Lieberum 06 Sep '19

06 Sep '19

--- English version below --- Liebe Abonennten, Unser nächstes offenes Treffen ist nächsten Mittwoch, 11.09.2019 im Seminarraum S06 des Hörsaalzentrum C.A.R.L. Im Effektiven Altruismus spielt Philosophie eine große Rolle. Am liebsten hätten wir eine Ethik die uns konsistent sagt was die besten Handlungen sind, die wir ausführen sollten. Leider führen viele der üblichen Ethiken zu ungewollten Konsequenzen, wenn wir die Möglichkeit zulassen, dass das Unviersum unendlich groß ist. Was für Probleme genau auftreten und wie wir diese umgehen können erfahrt ihr bei unserem nächsten Talk über Infinite Ethics, ein Paper von Nick Bostrom vom Future of Humanity Institute Oxford. Wenn ihr Interesse an dem Thema habt oder ihr nur über Philosophie oder Rationalität quatschen wollt, kommt einfach vorbei und lernt die Lokalgruppe kennen! Wir freuen uns auf euch! Viele Grüße, Tom --- English Version --- Dear subscribers, Our next open meetup is next Wednesday, September 11th 2019, in the seminar room S06 at the lecture center C.A.R.L. In Effective Altruism, philosophy plays a big role. Ideally, we would prefer a set of ethics which tell us consistently in every situation, what the best course of action would look like. Sadly, many of the conventional ethics break down if we think it's possible for the universe to be infinite. We will discuss which problems exactly occur in this case and how we can try to circumvent them in our next talk on Infinite Ethics, a paper by Nick Bostrom from the Future of Humanity Institute Oxford. If you are interested in the topic of the talk or just want to have a chat about philosophy and rationality, come around and get to know the local group! We are looking forward to seeing you there! Cheers, Tom

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