Our book club started as a way to really dig into ideas together, but I'm noticing we've settled into this surface-level discussion pattern where everyone just shares their opinion and moves on. A couple of us want to go deeper — to really wrestle with difficult concepts — but others seem uncomfortable with that level of intellectual intensity and I don't know how to bridge that gap.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group committed to collective learning is struggling with different comfort levels around intellectual vulnerability and genuine inquiry.
“Where Are You with Attention and learning — the depth dimension?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.