50+ lesbian & bi women discussion group meets 2nd & 4th fridays at 7pm to 9pm at the pacific Center in Berkeley. Next meeting this Fri Ap 27th. Come join us for lively discussion and meeting new friends.

Engage in lively discussion and debate around Nicholas Taleb's Black Swan Theory, which states that: - There is a disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology - It is difficult to compute the probability of such rare events using scientific methods (due to the nature of small probabilities), and - There is a psychological headwind that makes people individually and collectively blin …

The purpose of this meet-up group is to take a step out of the modern world, our modern stresses and to get out in nature's finest. This will mainly be backpacking, but there will also be hiking, camping, and the occasional happy hours as well as other various random activities we can come up with. This is low pressure discussion based group, meaning the intent is chill and easy going, collaborative and will grow organically. Discussion topics could include anything of interest (from philosophy, …

… The Café philosophique movement, which was started in France in 1992 by the philosopher Marc Sautet, grew into more than 200 café discussion groups in various cities throughout the country. Samuel Avital, one of the world's greatest mimes and "provocateur extraordinaire", initiates the discussion by asking Café Philo. participants to choose a topic for discussion. For example, "Why are we here?" "Do we have to suffer?" "Is stress self imposed or self imagined?" "Is the root of being human evil …

… You can find more information about us by clicking items in the brown bar that goes across our meetup board: Pages (discussion guidelines, late cancellation and no-show policy, and frequently asked questions including how we select books), Discussions (where you can suggest books for us to read or post anything else of interest) and More (where you will find quarterly polls to vote on future selections). Hope to see you soon!

Are you someone who prefers to socialize/interact with others in small groups or in more low-key ways? Do you prefer getting to know people in places like private homes, quiet cafes or the outdoors? The purpose of this meetup is to provide an opportunity for 40+ singles to get to know each other within the context of a limited size group. My intent is to limit the size of each event to something like 10-14 people (this can vary as experience dictates). Some possible ideas include (but are not be …

Are you grappling with how to integrate your spirituality into your daily life? You are not alone! Do you find yourself wrestling with spiritual issues such as violence, poverty, injustice, greed, social responsibility, suffering and fear? Wish you had someone to discuss these and other important topics with? You are not alone! This group meets to discuss topics (chosen by the group) that relate to our spirituality and spiritual practice. We read articles, watch video clips and reflect on curr …

Hey there! It's been a few years since undergrad and I'm starting to miss seminars. Reading and discussing difficult books with a small group of equally dedicated individuals is a pretty wonderful experience, and seemingly hard to come by outside of an academic setting. I'm not quite ready to quit my job and head back to school, so I thought I'd try and find other like minded folks--too cheap for grad school, but missing the experience of reading in an academic style. I have a comparative litera …

This is a group for people who are seriously interested in expanding knowledge in all directions! It is not for everyone. I am only looking for members who have specialized knowledge that they are eager to share and who passionately want to learn about a variety of subjects. Each meetup will be focused around a particular topic and lead by one or more members with knowledge thereof. It will be a mix of lecture, discussion, show and tell, and more. Some topic categories might be: various cultures …

The Honorable Order of American Co-Masonry is a fraternity including men and women of every race, nationality and religion. Wishing to do away with all cause for division and strife, it continually seeks the means which to help all human beings to unite and work together for the perfection of Humanity. This discussion group meets monthly to discuss subjects important to humanity. From philosophy and religion to science, history and politics, this group ponders any subject which helps us to bett …

This group is for David Foster Wallace newcomers, readers and howling fantods to come together and share their experiences of his work, and, indubitably, the intentional fallacy will be exercised and abused during discussion. Anyone who has spent even a little time around the DFW community -TheHowlingFantods.com, Wallace-l, et al.- knows that his work changes people and DFW the person and author have had a profound impact on everyone from his friends Jonathan Franzen and Don Delillo to anyone wh …

Welcome to the EnlightenNext Bay Area Meet-up! We are a small group of students living in the Bay Area studying the evolutionary enlightenment teachings of Andrew Cohen. Please check us out on Facebook by searching EnlightenNext California. This meet-up forum is expressly intended for anyone interested in reading and discussing together Andrew Cohen's new book "Evolutionary Enlightenment - A New Path to Spiritual Awakening". Please check our calendar for dates.  Attendance can be in person or vi …

Have you ever heard of Naked Girls Reading? It’s a group of ladies who enjoy giving readings of various works to a large audience au naturel. The group originated in Chicago two years ago when the founder’s husband caught his naked wife lying in repose focused intently on her book. At that moment, both agreed that there was something amazingly powerful about reading sans culottes. As a PhD literature grad student and a nudist, I have been doing this for years! And now, I think it’s the perfect t …

The SF Debate Meetup is an open forum for discussion on the events of our time. We have three goals UNDERSTAND OTHER POINTS OF VIEW With so much news available to us, it is easy to fall into the trap of relying on sources that simply support and reinforce our own limited beliefs. The SF Debate Meetup is a chance for you to expand your perspectives and understanding. We believe that when opinions are discussed in public, extreme views are moderated and common ground is found. DEV …

Welcome, Movie Lovers! This meetup group is for people who love watching movies and talking about them too! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to come meet awesome film fans like yourself and join some entertaining discussions about movies that we love or love to hate. This is not your ordinary movie meetup, folks. We're not just going to watch movies together (there are about a million other meetup groups that already do that). Every meetup event in this group will involve a discuss …

Greetings. There is hardly anything I enjoy more than to read a good book and discuss it among thoughtful individuals! How about you? Please join if you are interested in being an active participant in a book club focused **exclusively** on classic literature, shown on the following lists below, that has stood the test of time. If not interested exclusively in classic lit, if not willing to stick to selections from the lists below, there will not be a match with this group.  The good news is tha …