Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Shallows

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."