Blue Book Club: Stubborn Attachments
Event Overview:
Welcome to the second meeting of the Blue Book Club! In our first meeting, we read Breakneck by Dan Wang. Now we will be reading Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals (2018) by Tyler Cowen. Here’s how the book club meeting will go:
12:00pm–12:45pm: Blue Book exam. You will take a handwritten exam on Stubborn Attachments. Pencils down at 12:45pm. You must earn 95% to pass. Most of the exam questions are contained in the final section of this post, though not all. Read well!
12:45pm–1:00pm: grading of the exams. While this goes on in a back room, all exam takers are welcome to socialize, have snacks, and enjoy themselves.
1:00pm–1:10pm: exams will be returned. Those who passed will stay, those who did not pass will leave at this time. But there is no shame in leaving! Better to die nobly upon the sword than shirk the battle. We hope to see you in the future.
1:10pm–3:30pm: based on the number of people who pass the exam, we will commence the main book club event. This might be a small group seminar, or it might be a full unconference. We’ll be prepared to scale as appropriate.
What you'll need to prepare for the event
Here is what you will need to have done and prepared before you come to the Blue Book Club meeting:
A physical, marked up copy of Stubborn Attachments!