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, Stolen Focus, by Johann Hari. Hari travelled far and wide to meet with and interview experts throughout the world, who could explain to him, the things that were preventing people like you and me from focussing, or concentrating on one task at a time. The results are very enlightening but sometimes frightening. Join us by clicking on https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83885434205.
If you would like to plan ahead, the upcoming books are listed below.
Mar 14, 2024: A Grain of Salt, The Science and Pseudoscience of What We Eat, by Joe Schwarcz
Apr 11, 2024: Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, by Leonard Mlodinow
May 9, 2024: Best Things First: The 12 most efficient solutions for the world’s poorest and our global SDG promises, by Bjorn Lomborg
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