The Discussion Group

Published

November 27, 2024

The Discussion Group is based in Barcelona. Page on meetup.com

Planned future meetups

Meetups that may or may not happen in the future for my Barcelona-based Discussion Group.

The Anxious Generation (Mark and me)

  • kids, smartphones, anxiety, Haidt.
  • having a good social media diet.
Reading list

Life extension (Mane)

Astrology as an introspection tool (Amelia)

Economic institutions (Asli)

  • Introduce the nobel prize winners’ approach & show the strong and weak points of the dominant economic thought with real life examples

Human connection (Alex)

  • Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman
  • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
  • Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks, How They Shape Our Lives by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler -> Some social perspective

Hell, Satan and the Devil (me)

  • Danté and The Divine Comedy
  • Paradise Lost.
  • Red Dragon pictures of William Blake.
Reading list

Jorge Luis Borges (Adrianna)

Music and AI (Sergey)

On hold

  • Erica and me - Art manifestos
  • Rudolph - economics and psychology
  • Me - the connectome.
  • Me - how to be sociable (for asocial people)

Discussion Group Members

Social media accounts and websites

James Johnson

Elen Evans

Masha

Juan

Jose Gorchs

Evelyn Fitzherbert

Stephen Declercq