August and September

[Chris Boyd]

Hi BIRG2,   August 11--Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room’ by David Weinberger This groundbreaking book shakes the foundations of our concept of knowledge—from the role of facts to the value of books and the authority of experts—providing a compelling vision of the future of knowledge in a connected world. September 8  OUR  MEETING WILL BE AT KEPLER'S BOOK STORE IN MENLO PARK. (1010 El Camino Real, parking below the building)   At 2P Saturday we will have a guest speaker Marty Nemko.  Following his presentation we will have our regular meeting at 3:30P. At 2P Marty Nemko will cover his new book What's the Big Idea? Reinventions for a Better America covering breakthrough ideas for creating jobs, reinventing health care, education, even a dramatic alternative to capitalism and socialism--a blueprint for a better America.   At 3:30P Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, who  is one of our most important thinkers impacting many fields—including economics, medicine, and politics.   Chris Boyd