After 12 years of a variety of provocative and entertaining books and the friendly interaction with 7 very smart guys, I ask myself what I have learned.
What is the meaning of life?
What is knowledge?
What do I believe?
We have read classics, escaped in fiction and adventure, studied the economy, explored the cosmos, addressed poverty and the environment, and pondered philosophical questions.
So…what do I know?
Not much…my working memory can’t find a damn thing.
As a group or "reading class" are we developing "an increasingly rare form of cultural capital" or "an increasingly arcane hobby."
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
More Sam Harris information
Check out the videos on the book (particularly the one by TED) on his web site at http://www.samharris.org/. You can also check out the non-profit organization he co-founded at http://www.project-reason.org/.
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