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Timeline of Center for Applied Rationality

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| 2018 || {{dts|January 19}} || || CFAR instructor Michael "Valentine" Smith begins posting about [[wikipedia:Kenshō|kenshō]] on LessWrong.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/tMhEv28KJYWsu6Wdo/kensh |title=Kenshō |author=Michael "Valentine" Smith |date=January 19, 2018 |publisher=LessWrong |accessdate=February 24, 2018}}</ref> He would follow up on the initial post in late February with "The Real-World Omega"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/AqbWna2S85pFTsHH4/the-real-world-omega |title=The Real-World Omega |accessdate=February 24, 2018}}</ref> and "Mythic Mode".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/HnWN6v4wHQwmYQCLX/mythic-mode |title=Mythic Mode |accessdate=February 24, 2018}}</ref> Kenshō hasn't been discussed officially by CFAR (in particular, Valentine's post seems to be made from a personal capacity), but it seems to be one of the things being discussed in person by CFAR people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/tMhEv28KJYWsu6Wdo/kensh#vDST8wTjsiWKCjZ3y |title=Comment on "Kenshō" |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |author=Qiaochu Yuan |quote=It's seemed to me for awhile now that the stuff that people are actually talking about in person (e.g. at CFAR workshops) has far outstripped the pace of what's publicly available in blog post format and I'm really happy to see progress on that front.}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts|February 27}} || || CFAR announces that it has acquired a permanent venue. In addition, executive director Pete Michaud leaves his position to become an advisor and Timothy Telleen-Lawton becomes the new executive director.<ref name="fundraising-and-leadership">{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2018/fundraising-and-leadership-updates |title=Fundraising & Leadership Updates |date=February 27, 2018 |first=Pete |last=Michaud |accessdate=March 1, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts|June}} or July || || CFAR will have its new permanent venue in possession and will begin hosting workshops there.<ref name="fundraising-and-leadership" />

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