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How to redirect a group that has drifted from its intellectual mission

Our book club started as a way for five of us to read philosophy together but it's turned into a place where everyone just shares personal stories triggered by the readings instead of actually wrestling with the ideas, and I don't know if I'm being elitist for wanting more rigor or if we've lost the original purpose.

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A collective intended for shared inquiry has become something else entirely, and the tension between what it was meant to be and what it has become needs addressing.

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