| Hi Mary Ellen,
It might work. Procedurally, I would like to discuss it at one of our meetings so that we can make a collective decision.
Chris Boyd --- On Mon, 12/10/12, Mary Ellen Gordon <m...@maryellengordon.com> wrote:
From: Mary Ellen Gordon <m...@maryellengordon.com>
Subject: RE: [BIRG-Discussion] Dec and Jan
To: "'Chris Boyd'" <sno...@sbcglobal.net>, "'Big Ideas Reading Group'" <bigideasre...@googlegroups.com>, "'BIRG-Bridgers'" <BIRG-Di...@lists.sfmensa.org>, "'charles christ'" <charlesch...@yahoo.com>, "'David V Welker'" <david.v...@gmail.com>, "'Fran Hopkins'"
<franh...@aol.com>, "'Marc Hopkins'" <mcho...@aol.com>, "'Mike Chase'" <mikec...@yahoo.com>, "'Ron Yeung'" <Ron....@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012, 8:12 PM
Hi everyone, As I may have mentioned previously, I am one of the moderators for M-Readers (the online Mensa reading SIG). It occurred to me that there is the potential for
cross-fertilization between this group and that one in the sense that we read really interesting books and that group is accessible to Mensa members anywhere in the world at any time. Normally that group provides a venue for chatting about whatever books anyone feels like talking about rather than discussing a set list of books so consequently it goes quiet relatively frequently. I figured given the BIRG books always provide a lot to think about and to talk about face-to-face, they would be good online conversation starters for M-Readers as well as potentially offering those of us in BIRG exposure to even more perspectives on the books we are reading or an opportunity to share that idea that occurs to you in the car on the way home J. I’ve just posted a list of our upcoming books to M-Readers as an experiment to see if anyone there reads along with us virtually. If any of you want to join M-Readers so you can discuss the books online there as well as at the face-to-face BIRG meetings please let me know and I will send you an invitation. Mary Ellen Our december 8 book at Le Boulanger is The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow With the born storyteller's command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls are less reliable than we
believe Mlodinow bases his ideas on Kahneman's ideas in our September book, Thinking Fast and Slow/ Innumeracy--Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Paulos Our January 12th meeting will be at Kepler's at 4P .The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life by Len Fisher. “Self-organization” reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals
and seashells, but as Len Fisher shows, it is also evident in living organisms, from fish to ants to human beings. Fisher shows how we can manage our complex social lives in an ever more chaotic world. His investigation encompasses topics ranging from “swarm intelligence” to the science of parties and the best ways to start a fad Emergence by Steven Johnson Smart Mobs--The Next Social Revolution by Howard Rheingold The Smart Swarm by Peter Miller The Self Organizing Economy by Paul Krugman Hope to see you at Le Boulanger on December 8. |
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