Update

[Chris Boyd]

Hi Bridgers and BIRGers,

 

Our next four meetings:

 

February 11--The Social Animal:  The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievment
  by David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise.

 

This is the story of how success happens. It is told through the lives of one composite American couple,

Harold and Erica—how they grow, push forward, are pulled back, fail, and succeed. Distilling a vast array

of information into these two vividly realized characters, Brooks illustrates a fundamental new

understanding of human nature. A scientific revolution has occurred—we have learned more about the

human brain in the last thirty years than we had in the previous three thousand.

 

March 10--The War of Worldviews--Science vs Spirituality

     Leonard Mlodinow with Deepak Chopra

Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate

advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist.  This remarkable book is the product of that

serendipitous encounter and the contentious—but respectful—clash of worldviews that grew along with

their friendship.

 

April 14--The Clock of the Long Now--Time and Responsibility. The ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
    by Stewart Brand

 

This is a book about the practical use of long time perspective: how to get it, how to use it, how to keep it

in and out of sight. ... How do we make long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and

rare?

 

May 12--Do Not Go Gentle----Book One --Discovery [book one of three]

    by Mark Millstorm (Muhlestein)

 

Mark is a member of our Bridgers Group.  This is his new book that has just came out on Kindle.  You can download a free copy of Kindle and then download the book at $0.99.

 
Never mind about the Asteroid that passed us on Saturday at a distance of 50K miles.  Watch out for that approaching Black Hole!!

 

Mark is using the pen name of Mark Millstorm.  The link to his  book is:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0067QX7OC/

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Big High Five to Frank Nemec!!

He is the new Webmaster for SF Regional Mensa.  Check the front page of February '12 Intelligencer. 

There he is!!  Way to go Frank!

 

Chris Boyd