BOOK1: Evoke Reading Group (Proposal and This week's book) - Urgent Evoke2024-03-28T16:56:34Zhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/book1-evoke-reading-group?commentId=4871302%3AComment%3A31645&xg_source=msg_com_forum&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm glad to have searched aro…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-23:4871302:Comment:592222010-03-23T18:55:43.343ZLuke Sargenthttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/LukeSargent
I'm glad to have searched around a little today, I'm not really that familiar with this interface yet and didn't realize there is already a book club started!!<br />
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BOOK1_ My suggestion is <b>Buckminster Fuller's "Critical Path"</b>. Its a testament to a life of <b>learning and invention based on the future sustainability of humanity</b>. After more than fifty years of research and 'design science' inventions Fuller wrote this very relevant, concise and probing book about pollution, political…
I'm glad to have searched around a little today, I'm not really that familiar with this interface yet and didn't realize there is already a book club started!!<br />
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BOOK1_ My suggestion is <b>Buckminster Fuller's "Critical Path"</b>. Its a testament to a life of <b>learning and invention based on the future sustainability of humanity</b>. After more than fifty years of research and 'design science' inventions Fuller wrote this very relevant, concise and probing book about pollution, political corruption, systemic economic collapse, population and the environment.<br />
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The nice thing about this book is that not only does it spell out many of the dangers coming toward humanity, but <b>reveals actual solutions to these problems using current technology (as of 1980!!)</b>. I'll warn readers, <b>Buckminster Fuller was known for his eccentricity,</b> his style of writing has a different cadence to many other authors (he won a poetry award from Harvard when submitting scientific research in the 1940's).<br />
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Check out my LEARN 3_Global Power Grid for more details. (<a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/learn3-global-energy-grid" target="_blank">http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/learn3-global-energy-grid</a>) I am writing up my entry toda…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-19:4871302:Comment:472942010-03-19T13:49:10.254ZKevin DiVicohttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KevinDiVico
I am writing up my entry today... before I jet to the convention...<br />
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Namaste<br />
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KDV
I am writing up my entry today... before I jet to the convention...<br />
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Namaste<br />
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KDV Count me in. I will find the…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-19:4871302:Comment:466502010-03-19T07:07:51.905ZMark Mulkerinhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MarkMulkerin
Count me in. I will find the book!
Count me in. I will find the book! Is anyone else planning on wr…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-18:4871302:Comment:426902010-03-18T03:30:55.725ZBrian Ballsun-Stantonhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/BrianBallsunStanton
Is anyone else planning on writing an entry by Saturday?
Is anyone else planning on writing an entry by Saturday? Make sure to tag your posts:…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-17:4871302:Comment:400322010-03-17T06:51:30.018ZBrian Ballsun-Stantonhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/BrianBallsunStanton
Make sure to tag your posts: BOOK1. I'll be choosing people who've written about the book for BOOK2.
Make sure to tag your posts: BOOK1. I'll be choosing people who've written about the book for BOOK2. Fantastic! I'm glad to see th…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-16:4871302:Comment:387102010-03-16T14:21:31.361ZBrian Ballsun-Stantonhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/BrianBallsunStanton
Fantastic! I'm glad to see that this has caught on. I got the book yesterday and I plan to read a large chunk tomorrow between editing my ethics application and ... editing my ethics application.<br />
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<cite>Ed Dragar said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/book1-evoke-reading-group?id=4871302%3ATopic%3A15950&page=3#4871302Comment37733"><div>I have already started my own <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/book1-week-one-review">blog entry</a> about…</div>
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Fantastic! I'm glad to see that this has caught on. I got the book yesterday and I plan to read a large chunk tomorrow between editing my ethics application and ... editing my ethics application.<br />
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<cite>Ed Dragar said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/book1-evoke-reading-group?id=4871302%3ATopic%3A15950&page=3#4871302Comment37733"><div>I have already started my own <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/book1-week-one-review">blog entry</a> about this book. I'm editing the blog entry as I make progress in the book.</div>
</blockquote> HI Mellisa nice to meet you.…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-14:4871302:Comment:352422010-03-14T01:43:00.359ZKevin DiVicohttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KevinDiVico
HI Mellisa nice to meet you. yes - feel free to join. Your suggestion of nominating our reading selections them two weeks in advance is dully noted...and a very good suggestion!<br />
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I'll pass it on to Brian...<br />
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Namaste<br />
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<cite>Melissa Macey said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/book1-evoke-reading-group?commentId=4871302%3AComment%3A35091&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4871302Comment35091"><div>Is it too late to join the book club?<br></br> Also, would it be rude to make a…</div>
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HI Mellisa nice to meet you. yes - feel free to join. Your suggestion of nominating our reading selections them two weeks in advance is dully noted...and a very good suggestion!<br />
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I'll pass it on to Brian...<br />
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Namaste<br />
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<cite>Melissa Macey said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/book1-evoke-reading-group?commentId=4871302%3AComment%3A35091&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4871302Comment35091"><div>Is it too late to join the book club?<br/> Also, would it be rude to make a suggestion? Just I'm in Australia so it seems to take a bit for books ordered online to arrive, so maybe you could nominate books 2 weeks in advance to give us a bit more time to track them down and have them shipped?<br/>
Anyways, I will look for The Power of Unreasonable People just because it does sound interesting to me.</div>
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Brian is having…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-14:4871302:Comment:352382010-03-14T01:40:59.694ZKevin DiVicohttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KevinDiVico
Hi everyone,<br />
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Brian is having a technical difficulty and is unable to sign on to the system, at this time. he asked me to keep the momentum going with the group until he can get back to moderate.<br />
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So lets find out where everyone is on the first book - The power of unreasonable people.<br />
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I have read the first section, currently compiling my notes for discussion.<br />
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What about the rest of the group.... please let me know if you have the book and how far along you are.<br />
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In addition please let me know…
Hi everyone,<br />
<br />
Brian is having a technical difficulty and is unable to sign on to the system, at this time. he asked me to keep the momentum going with the group until he can get back to moderate.<br />
<br />
So lets find out where everyone is on the first book - The power of unreasonable people.<br />
<br />
I have read the first section, currently compiling my notes for discussion.<br />
<br />
What about the rest of the group.... please let me know if you have the book and how far along you are.<br />
<br />
In addition please let me know when you would like me to start the discussion phase.<br />
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I want to thank you all for baring with us on getting this reading group off the ground - we may have a bit of a rocky start but I know this will be an incredibly successful group because of the incredible people in it.<br />
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Namaste Is it too late to join the bo…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-13:4871302:Comment:350912010-03-13T23:08:00.938ZMelissa Maceyhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MelissaMacey
Is it too late to join the book club?<br />
Also, would it be rude to make a suggestion? Just I'm in Australia so it seems to take a bit for books ordered online to arrive, so maybe you could nominate books 2 weeks in advance to give us a bit more time to track them down and have them shipped?<br />
Anyways, I will look for The Power of Unreasonable People just because it does sound interesting to me.
Is it too late to join the book club?<br />
Also, would it be rude to make a suggestion? Just I'm in Australia so it seems to take a bit for books ordered online to arrive, so maybe you could nominate books 2 weeks in advance to give us a bit more time to track them down and have them shipped?<br />
Anyways, I will look for The Power of Unreasonable People just because it does sound interesting to me. Reading that right now... ver…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-11:4871302:Comment:316712010-03-11T21:27:42.951ZKevin DiVicohttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KevinDiVico
Reading that right now... very thought provoking book<br />
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<cite>cameron michael keys said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/book1-evoke-reading-group?commentId=4871302%3AComment%3A31645&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4871302Comment31645"><div>Suggestion: Jaron Lanier's critique of "cybernetic totalism", <i>You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto</i>. Just published Jan. 12, 2010.</div>
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Reading that right now... very thought provoking book<br />
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<cite>cameron michael keys said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/book1-evoke-reading-group?commentId=4871302%3AComment%3A31645&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4871302Comment31645"><div>Suggestion: Jaron Lanier's critique of "cybernetic totalism", <i>You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto</i>. Just published Jan. 12, 2010.</div>
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