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Announcing Our 2026 Summer Book Club and Podcast
Each summer, we read a novel and explore its themes through conversations with leading thinkers at the intersection of science and culture...
Evan Nesterak
Evan Nesterak is the Editor-in-Chief of Behavioral Scientist.
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George Orwell Past and Present: A Conversation with Biographer D.J. Taylor
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Event Recording — The Hidden Logic of Common Knowledge with Steven Pinker
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Event Recording — The Age of Surveillance Capitalism with Shoshana Zuboff
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Tomorrow's Group Discussions: Links & Info
Tomorrow, we look forward to seeing you for our group discussions. We'll host two, one hour discussions, with Eastern and Western Hemisphere options. You'll find the Zoom links to join below, along with some of the questions we'll consider during the discussion.
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Labor Day: Orwell and Work
“Twenty million people are underfed but literally everyone in England has access to a radio. What we have lost in food we have gained in electricity. Whole sections of the working class who have been plundered of all they really need are being compensated, in part, by cheap luxuries which
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Summer Book Club Schedule: Group Discussions & Expert Conversations
The Summer Book Club’s event schedule is here. We have an exciting mix of group discussions and expert conversations, so be sure to add the events to your calendar. In future posts, I will share more about our expert guests, the themes for our conversations, and what we’ll
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The ‘1984’ Spark File: Add Your Ideas, Questions, and Connections
The Spark File is favorite tool of writers and readers alike. It's incredibly simple. It's a document of running bullet points containing ideas, questions, and connections. New idea? Add a bullet point. New question that might be worth thinking about later? Add a bullet point. (I
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4 Myths Worth Busting About George Orwell and '1984'
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8 Facts Worth Knowing About '1984'
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19 Facts Worth Knowing About George Orwell
And we’re off! As we start this summer’s book club, I want to explore the life of George Orwell and the context in which he wrote 1984. To begin, I’ll share a three-part series covering some of the facts and myths about Orwell and 1984. As
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4 Reasons I'm Excited to Read 1984 with You this Summer
Here are four reasons I'm excited read 1984 with you this summer: 1. We'll read a great book Nineteen Eighty-Four appears on many of the “best books” lists, 119 by one count. It’s been called everything from “the definitive book of the twentieth century”