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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.

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

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