At the last @community meeting we discussed creating a casual book club.
@angus suggested the model in which members could nominate any book to “the list” (which would be a spreadsheet). At regular time intervals (every month? 2 month?), 3 books would be picked at random from the list, and the community would vote on which to read and discuss.
This would fulfill a need of having a space in which to discuss topics of interest to the group - either casual interest or of burning importance.
If a sub-group of members decides they want to have a book club of a particular theme, authors of a particular background etc. Perhaps we can do alternating months of themed vs general, and do a similar flow of submitting themes to a big list then voting on them.
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@richjensen hopefully you will join us as a book recommender
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Here are some books I’d like to read in community:
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teaching to transgress - bell hooks
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seeing like a state - james c scott
- elinor ostrom’s rules for radicals - derek wall
- collective courage - jessica gordon nembhard
- the dawn of everything - david graeber, david wengrow
- the mushroom at the end of the world - anna tsing
- the ministry of the future - kim stanley robinson
- the black jacobins - cir james
maybe picking books could be a radical markets game?
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Seconding the dawn of everything - david graeber, david wengrow
My #1 recommendation:
- workplace democratization - paul bernstein
I’ve read this like 4 times but i’d read it again. It’s my top pick that I hope everyone else reads too! It’s absolutely stacked with practical and beautiful info for building – and analyzing – democratization
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Just bought it! Sounds amazing.
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