January 10th: Mindfulness and mental habits

[Roxolan]

LessWrong has been a bit quiet of late, partly because some of its best would-be contributors have focused on their own blogs. (This doesn't bode well for the long-term health of the site, but I'm not quite ready to rename this group SlateStarCodex Brussels.)

Among the most interesting off-site developments is sort of a generalization of the ideas discussed in Ugh Fields and Noticing Confusion: an ongoing conversation on mindfulness and trainable mental habits. Most of it is on Brienne Strohl's Agenty Duck (though there's a good deal of less link-able spillover on Facebook), and brand-new The Mind's UI should be all about it.

It's the month of new year's resolutions, as good a time as any to discuss such concrete self-improvement techniques.

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We will meet at 1 pm at "La Fleur en papier doré", close to the Brussels Central station. Depending on the weather, we may also spend some time outside. The meeting will be in English to facilitate both French and Dutch speaking members.

If you are coming for the first time, please consider filling out this one minute form to share your contact information.

The Brussels meetup group communicates through a Google Group. Meetup announcements are also mirrored on Meetup.com and on LessWrong.