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Scenario

When intellectual groups become performance spaces

Our book club started as a way to read difficult books together and think through big ideas, but it's turned into a place where everyone performs their intelligence and nobody admits when they don't understand something or when a book genuinely disturbs them. We're all too smart to learn anything now.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of appearing inadequate has transformed genuine inquiry into competitive display.

Your guide for this
Hypatia
Hypatia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Peri

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