Let's review a few fascinating posts from the Rationalist community blog LessWrong and discuss them together afterwards. This week's speaker will be Jack. After the talk, we'll have a group discussion to explore the ideas presented, and to share related thoughts, resources, and personal experiences. This is an online event hosted on Zoom. You can […]

Popular wisdom tells us that anything worth doing is worth doing well. But according to G. K. Chesterton, “A thing worth doing is worth doing poorly.” If you know you're not likely to do a job well, is it still worth doing, and, if so, why, when, and under what circumstances? What if you'll never […]

How do we identify when we're not practicing forgiveness? It's easy to get fused to an idea about someone else or even ourselves and not allowing them to grow and change. It's easy to build up frustration that does you more harm than good. Forgiveness allows us to let things go, release ourselves from the […]

Is Buddhism a philosophy, a religion or a type of psychology? We’ll explore the diversity of many schools and denominations of Buddhism that developed in Asia, noting a large variety of practices and teachings over its 2,600 year history, shaped by isolated geographies more than imperial decrees or inquisitions. What is different, and what do […]

Is Buddhism a philosophy, a religion or a type of psychology? Is Buddhism atheist? Or is it compatible with atheism? We’ll explore the diversity of newer movements that identify with the Buddha’s teachings, including Buddhist Modernism, Vipassana, Thai Forest Tradition, Ambedkarism and Secular Buddhism. This week's speaker will be Topher. After the talk, we'll have […]