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Friday, August 12, 2016

Aug 16 @ 7:30 PM: Mind vs. Machine by Brian Christian

Join us to discuss Mind vs. Machine by Brian Christian. Find it on page 289 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012

Find it on line at http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/03/mind-vs-machine/308386/

This last essay of the book addressing what is unique about humans nicely pairs with the first essay (The Teeming Metropolis of You) that said 90% of the cells in our body are not human cells.

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Friday, July 29, 2016

Aug 2 @ 7:30 PM: Mother the Big by Porochista Khakpour

Join us to discuss Mother the Big by Porochista Khakpour.
Find it on page 31 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.
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Friday, July 15, 2016

July 19 @ 7:30 PM: The Crypto-Currency by Joshua Davis

Join us to discuss The Crypto-Currency by Joshua Davis. Find it on page 276 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012

Find it on line at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/the-crypto-currency

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Tues, July 5 @ 7:30 PM: Absence by Daniel Alarcón

Join us to discuss Absence by Daniel Alarcón. Find it on page 15 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.
HighPointe has been providing coffee and fresh baked cookies!

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Tues, June 21 @ 7:30 PM - Dream Machine by Rivka Galchen

Join us to discuss Dream Machine by Rivka Galchen on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 PM. Find it on page 258 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012

Find it on line at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/02/dream-machine

Friday, June 3, 2016

Tues, June 7 @ 7:30 PM - HighPointe

We next discuss Letting Go to America on Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 PM at HighPointe.

Find it on page 3 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, our new collection from the Great Books Foundation.

Friday, May 13, 2016

Tues, May 17 @7:30 PM - Mad Science

Please join us to discuss Mad Science by Mark McClusky. Find it on page 245 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012

Find it on line at http://www.wired.com/2011/02/ff_myhrvold/

Basic Guidelines for Shared Inquiry

Read the selection carefully before participating in the discussion. This ensures that all participants are equally prepared to talk about the ideas in the work.
Most of us need to read short stories more than once.
Support your ideas with evidence from the text. This keeps the discussion focused on understanding the selection and enables the group to weigh textual support for different answers.
Discuss the ideas in the selection and try to understand them fully before exploring issues that go beyond the selection. Reflecting on the ideas in the text and the evidence to support them makes the exploration of related issues more productive.
Listen to other participants and respond to them directly. Directing your comments and questions to other group members, not always to the leader, will make the discussion livelier and more dynamic.
Expect the leader to only ask questions. Effective leaders help participants develop their own ideas, with everyone gaining a new understanding in the process. Participants should look to the leader for questions, not answers.