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When intellectual groups become performance spaces instead of thinking spaces

Our book club started because we all wanted to have real conversations about ideas but now it feels like everyone just waits for their turn to say something smart and no one actually changes their mind about anything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A collective formed around genuine inquiry has unconsciously shifted into a space for intellectual display, losing the vulnerability required for actual learning together.

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