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ACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 - Berkeley Edition Part 2 - 'ACX Meetup Meta' with ACX Meetup Czar Skyler Crossman (Coda), Education in the USSR, William Gibson, Robert Heinlein, Simulation Religions, Culture Novels, Solar Punk is Bullshit, Kim Stanley Robinson, Environmental Cynicism, ACX Meetup Meta, Pop-Up ACX PodcastHello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is part 2 of an extended conversation recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Berkeley, California, in October of 2023. This meetup took place at Lighthaven, a beautiful events space and conference facility located in the heart of Berkeley. Thanks to Skyler for organizing the Meetup, and thank you to everyone at Lighthaven for their hospitality. The first 35 minutes of this episode continues where episode 7 left off and you'll find the topics in the title of this episode. The second part is a dialogue wit...2024-03-201h 31ACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 - Berkeley Edition Part 1 - ACX Origin Stories, Drug Stacks, Red/Blue Buttons, Kaifeng Judaism, Vonnegut, and a lot moreHello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is an extended conversation recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Berkeley, California, in October of 2023. This meetup took place at Lighthaven, a beautiful events space and conference facility located in the heart of Berkeley. Thanks Skyler for organizing, and thank you to everyone at Lighthaven for their hospitality.I don't know what to say about this episode, frankly. How you describe a conversation that covers so much ground? The participants were awesome, and thanks to one participant in particular for educating me...2024-01-071h 15ACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 - Houston Edition Part 2 - Effective Altruism, Post-Rats, Virtue Signaling, Thought GymHello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is conversation recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Houston, Texas, in October of 2023. The meetup was at Segundo Coffee Lab, which was awesome, local art everywhere, coffee, snacks, in a beautiful space with great AC.I really appreciate the post-cynical optimism displayed by everyone in this episode, thanks Joe for organizing, and thanks to everyone who participated.If you're new here, ACX stands for Astral Codex Ten, which is a rationalist blog written by Scott Alexander. Scott is a doc...2024-01-041h 20ACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 - Houston Edition Part 1 - Effective Altruism, Learning Tools, CommunityHello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is a conversation recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Houston, Texas, in October of 2023. The meetup was at Segundo Coffee Lab, which was awesome, local art everywhere, coffee, snacks, in a beautiful space with great AC. Keirra Woodard, EA Houston Organizer and host of the Mindful B2B Marketing Podcast jumped in and was great in terms of giving Effective Altruism some context for us, many thanks. I really appreciate the post-cynical optimism displayed by everyone in this episode, thanks Joe for organizing, and...2023-10-201h 19ACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 - Austin Edition - A.I. Optimism and Pro-Natalist PropagandaHello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is a series of candid conversations recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Austin, Texas, in September of 2023. There are two main topics of conversation in this episode, and both are on the optimistic side. The first part is a conversation about AGI and how we might get there, with some interesting takes from Peter Voss of Aigo.ai. The second part of this episode explores pro-natalism how being part of a rationalist community can be incredibly helpful for people thinking about having children. The...2023-10-0655 minACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 - Philadelphia/Petrov Day EditionHello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is a series of candid conversations recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September of 2023. We recorded at the Philadelphia Ethical Society, and we had a great time with ACX organizer Wes Fanza of The Mind Killer podcast along with some great takes on Russian Literature and Science Fiction Fan Culture. Thanks (EA) for the dim sum. We recorded on Petrov Day, and the reading that is discussed in the first part of the podcast can be found here. If you are...2023-09-2933 minACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 with Bryan Caplan- Washington D.C. Edition Part 2Hello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is a series of candid conversations (with Professor Bryan Caplan helping start us off) recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Washington DC in September of 2023. We recorded at the Froggy Bottom Pub on K street, and we had a great time. The location is awesome, great food, beautiful setting, and the staff were amazing, check them out if you're in town. If you're new here, ACX stands for Astral Codex Ten, which is a rationalist blog written by Scott Alexander. Scott is...2023-09-251h 53ACX Everywhere 2023ACX Everywhere 2023 with Robin Hanson- Washington D.C. Edition Part 1Hello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is a series of candid conversations recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Washington DC in September of 2023. We recorded at the Froggy Bottom Pub on K street, and we had a great time. The location is awesome, great food, beautiful setting, and the staff were amazing, check them out if you're in town. Spoiler alert, the first voice you’re going to hear, in a moment, is Professor Robin Hanson, which is pretty cool. If you’re familiar with ACX you can skip the int...2023-09-251h 22
California GroundbreakersGrapes and Groundbreakers: Talking and Tasting Sacramento-Grown Wines** This event was recorded on May 23, 2019**
California is known for its amazing wines and its innovative, offbeat ways of growing, producing and marketing them. So in our offbeat and innovative way, we’re going doing a new type of tasting, mixing plenty of great wine with good gab by California Groundbreakers who turn grapes into liquid bliss.
Our wine pros this time around are:
* Andrew Willsen, manager and sommelier at top Sacramento restaurants including Mulvaney’s B&L, the Waterboy, Hawks and Taylor’s Kitchen
* Craig Haarmeyer, who runs his Haarmeyer Wine Cellers out of West Sacramento, is designated a “winemake...2019-06-0300 min