ROGER and other would-be organizers:
I've operated discussion groups in the past and know from experience
that keeping people on topic is the hardest part.
We almost need a referee. Someone who is willing to be a jerk. Someone
who knows the material well enough to stop the bullshitters and reign in
those on a tangent.
And the KEY is picking a topic that is very speciific. For example, this
month's topic could be just the last question; What is Pirsig describing
when he talks about intellectual patterns?
To also ask about mind and brains and how all three relate to society is
just building a tower of blah blah blah. It's way too much at once.
Remember the scene in zaamm when young chris is trying to write a letter
home to his mom. He can't think of anything cause he's trying to think
of everything. So dad tells him to pick one brick from one of the
building in the town where they're stopped for lunch. FOCUS Focus focus.
but that just what i think.
david b.
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