# [LAPTOP REQUIRED] Lighthaven Sequences Reading Group #32 (Tuesday 04/29)

Come get old-fashioned with us, and let's read the sequences at Lighthaven! We'll show up, mingle, do intros, and then get to beta test an app Lightcone is developing for LessOnline. Please do the reading beforehand - it should be no more than 20 minutes of reading. **And BRING YOUR LAPTOP!!!** You'll need it for the app.

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This group is aimed for people who are new to the sequences and would enjoy a group experience, but also for people who've been around LessWrong and LessWrong meetups for a while and would like a refresher.

This meetup will also have dinner provided! We'll be ordering pizza-of-the-day from Sliver (including 2 vegan pizzas). Please RSVP to this event so we know how many people to have food for.

This week we'll be beta testing an app that Lightcone is developing for the next LessOnline. We'll do the reading as usual.  
  
The meetup will open with 15 minutes for you to write up some notes, takeaways and inspiration from the readings. Then, a period of time for skimming what other people have written down, and marking down topics that you'd be interested in discussing further. People will then cluster into discussion groups based on what threads people were most interested in.  
  
The reading will be the first three posts of John Wentworth's "[Gears which turn the world](https://www.lesswrong.com/sequences/xEFeCwk3pdYdeG2rL)"

1.  [Gears vs Behavior](https://www.lesswrong.com/s/xEFeCwk3pdYdeG2rL/p/gvK5QWRLk3H8iqcNy)
2.  [Technology Changes Constraints](https://www.lesswrong.com/s/xEFeCwk3pdYdeG2rL/p/JJv8jmLYzYzdYkS3c)
3.  [Constraints & Slackness as a Worldview Generator](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DMopaHKS79aGMmLkA/constraints-and-slackness-as-a-worldview-generator)

The posts should take around 15-20 minutes to read if you've read them before, and 30-60 mins if it's your first time.

The event starts at 6:30, and doors open 6pm (yes we will let you in early if you get here). At 6:30 we'll welcome people, give a few announcements, and then split into groups. Pizza will be served at about 7:30pm, after which point we'll hangout around the fireside as late as we feel like.

If you'd like to help us keep dinner going, [you can donate here](https://www.lesswrong.com/donate) (dinner costs about $200 each time, we recommend $5-$15 as a donation amount per person).

You *can* come without having read the essays from the sequences, we do want you to get to join, but then you will have to do a **punishment**. (And then you still have to catch up on reading the essays during the meetup.)

If you're ever having a hard time getting in the front door, you can call me (Ben) at five one oh, nine nine eight, four seven seven one, or Ronny at two oh one, four oh six, six eight seven two, and we'll come and get you.

**Some questions to ask yourself about the essays as you read them**

*   What's the most important point in the essay?
*   What's the weakest point in the essay? Or what is the essay wrong about?
*   Can you think of a way to apply the ideas in this essay to your own life?

**For the future**

This is a weekly meetup! If you'd like to get notified of future events, you can subscribe to our meetup below to get an email whenever we add another one.

**Remember to bring your laptop this week!**