Decision Theory Primer & Expected Utility Maximization—Los Angeles LW/​ACX Meetup #155 (Wednesday, October 20th)

https://www.lesswrong.com/events/3cndGHWm737LCPxHa/decision-theory-primer-and-expected-utility-maximization-los

Note—we’re continuing to test out a new start time of 6:30 pm.

Reading:

Orthonormal—"Decision Theories: A Less Wrong Primer": https://​​www.lesswrong.com/​​posts/​​af9MjBqF2hgu3EN6r/​​decision-theories-a-less-wrong-primer

Benya Fallenstein—"Why you must maximize expected utility": https://​​www.lesswrong.com/​​posts/​​F46jPraqp258q67nE/​​why-you-must-maximize-expected-utility Location: 3266 Inglewood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066 There should be plenty of street parking.

Time: 6:30 PM − 8:15 PM (October 20th) We typically go out to eat dinner after the meetup, which is one reason we moved up the start time. If you don’t think you’ll be able to make it to the meetup but want to join us for dinner please message me (T3t) on Discord.

We’ll be meeting indoors this week so please be vaccinated.

Contact: The best way to contact me (or anybody else who is attending the meetup) is through our Discord. Feel free to message me (T3t) or Vishal directly. Invitation link: https://​​discord.gg/​​TaYjsvN