May 25, 2009...2:44 pm

May 27: Biases of Western Civilization

This Wednesday at ThinkTank we’ll be talking about the “Biases of Western Civilization,” and the discussion will be facilitated by Patrick.

Details:
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
7:30pm – 10:00pm
Starbucks on SR 70 near I-75
Bradenton, FL

If anyone has resources related to the upcoming topic and would like them posted here for others, feel free to leave a comment!

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  • Pat
    May 28, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    I really wish we had some “diversity” in the group because I would really like to have a discussion about race relations in the U.S. and all of the baggage that we all bring to that one. Not that we can’t pretend to represent the views of non-whites in a discussion, but like the great philosopher Ray Charles said, “aint nothing like the real thing, baby”.

    Thanks to everyone for talking a whole bunch last night. I was a bit wary of awkward silences before we started.

  • Bethany
    May 29, 2009 at 5:13 am

    THOMAS KUHN! THAT’S his name!”paradigm shifts”. very cool constructive duality.

  • TulipGirl
    June 3, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    Yeah. . . awkward silences are scary — but we haven’t had those in a while. *L*

    It would be interesting to have some conversations on race, in which people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences can share. . .

  • Geoff Henderson
    June 5, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    Bethany, thanks for the name! Pat you did a great job.

  • Pat
    June 9, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Hey team,

    Sorry, but I will not be there tomorrow. I’m taking my dad to the Rays game for his father’s day gift because he leaves for the summer this weekend and this is the only time our schedules coincided.

    In terms of the topic for tomorrow night I had one major question. If the newspaper model is dead and bloggers and instant news is the current and future reality, where exactly do we think these new media get their information? Do blogs support research staff and investigators? Do instant news places have foreign bureaus? Do any of the new media conduct interviews with due dilligence? I think that there will be a news blowback when the last newspaper goes under and these insta-news sources suddenly have no news to report on.


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