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Scenario

When book clubs become too academic

Our book club has turned into this thing where everyone tries to sound the smartest and we dissect every novel like we're writing dissertations and I miss when we just talked about whether we liked the characters and what the story made us feel.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pursuit of intellectual rigor has crowded out the simple pleasure of sharing stories together.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Hobbies and the examined life?”

Peri

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