Interested in joining Book Club? We meet virtually, once a month on the second Thursday of the month. Everyone is welcome and everyone will have a chance to share their personal impression of the book. Then there will be an open discussion.
This month, the Book Club will be discussing the book, Best Things First: The 12 most efficient solutions for the world’s poorest and our global SDG promises, by Bjorn Lomborg. Lomborg is the founder and president of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank. The think tank studies ways of advancing global welfare. They have consulted with hundreds of experts including many Nobel laureates. They focus on practical methods for improving the welfare of people throughout the world. In the book, Lomborg examines twelve of the most doable projects that will actually improve the lives of people in the poorest countries that can be accomplished economically. Join the discussion by clicking on https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82486916067.
If you would like to plan ahead, the upcoming books are listed below.
June 13, 2024: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, by Michael Pollan
July 11, 2024: Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Aug 8, 2024: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
Sep 12, 2024: Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism, by Bradley Onishi
Oct 10, 2024: The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change, by Geoff Dembicki
Nov 14, 2024: Your Brain, Explained: What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks, by Marc Dingman, PhD