LessWrong/EA New Year's Ultra Party
post by Vaidehi Agarwalla (vaidehi_agarwalla) · 2020-12-18T05:15:39.413Z · EA · GW · 10 commentsContents
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Moderator's note: We've decided to pin this until the event begins. We won't do this for most events, but this one is unusually globe-spanning, almost like a miniature conference, and it seems like a great chance for the whole community to meet up.
Edited: 31.12.2020 Added more details about the party.
LessWrong and Effective Altruism Anywhere are hosting a 16-hour, globe-spanning (Europe & Americas) party in LessWrong's Walled Garden. Join us to toast the year to come, roast the year that was, and enjoy the sweet company of others we won't be denied.
Event Details
Europe Phase: 9PM-2AM CEST / 2PM-7PM EST
Americas Phase: 5AM-1PM CEST / 10PM-6AM EST
Enter the garden
RSVP to the Facebook Event (Invite your friends!)
Highlights
- The massive LW GatherTown world, "The Walled Garden". All the locations you know and love (Planetarium, West Falls, Moloch Temple, Hell,...), plus several new custom maps just for the party.
- Ballroom: dancing, toasts & roasts, Countdowns for the British Time, Central European Time, and US East and West Coasts.
- Violet Study: meet new people
- Moloch Maze: games, e.g., poker, Among Us
- Great Library (1st floor): deep philosophical conversations
- Orrery: make and discuss predictions for 2021
- Map Room: reflect on where you've been and where you're going
- Hell: complain about 2020
- Heaven: ...
See the full Event Schedule here.
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comment by Ruby · 2020-12-30T23:59:34.341Z · EA(p) · GW(p)
Collaborative calendar/schedule for the event is now live! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xUToQ-Wu6w-Uaow7q8Bo5s61beWWRJhIh9P-DNAvx4Q/edit?usp=sharing
Please add any events or activities you'd like to run. Comment here or in the doc if you have questions, e.g . about good places to host your session.
comment by CarolineJ · 2021-01-02T22:21:55.595Z · EA(p) · GW(p)
Thank you so much for organizing this party! I had a blast. Some of my favorite moments included discussions about "Existential Hope" - our hopes and aspiration both for our personal life and for humanity in 2021, as well as catching-up with multiple individuals in the "private conversation" pods.
Thanks to Ruby, Vaidehi, Oliver as well as the other co-hosts from LessWrong and EA Everywhere!
comment by Ruby · 2020-12-30T07:40:23.104Z · EA(p) · GW(p)
The Ultra Party Radio (TM) has been constructed (bottom right of attached image). We'll be streaming tunes to the entire Garden from our own server, but the music will be optimized for the ballroom dancefloor.
What music would you like to hear? Please comment with:
- Genres
- Specific song requests
- Playlists you might like us to use or borrow from
comment by Aleksi Maunu (Leksu) · 2020-12-20T01:33:17.370Z · EA(p) · GW(p)
I love this!
comment by Will Bradshaw (willbradshaw) · 2020-12-31T11:11:38.706Z · EA(p) · GW(p)
Are the European times here supposed to be in summer time (CEST = CET+1 = UTC+2)?
I don't think anyone is actually on CEST at the moment, so I assume not, but wanted to check since such assumptions have bitten me in the past.
Replies from: Rubycomment by Ruby · 2020-12-28T21:48:58.881Z · EA(p) · GW(p)
We've now designated many activities to many different regions of the Walled Garden. If you're interested in hosting or attending a specific activity, please comment. The organizers can help you set it up and put it on the Official Party Schedule.
The following are scheduling throughout the party, but it seems great to have more specific things scheduled for like-interested people to join.
Ballroom: dancing, toasts & roasts, countdown
Violet Study: meet new people
Moloch Maze: games, e.g., poker, Among Us
Great Library (1st floor): deep philosophical conversations
Orrery: make and discuss predictions for 2021
Map Room: reflect on where you've been and where you're going
Hell: complain about 2020
Heaven:....
etc!