Cross-posted from the EA Forum.
What did we do?
As organizers of the EA group at UC Irvine (UCI), we ran a reading group on Julia Galef’s book The Scout Mindset during the final 5 weeks of the academic year (2022-2023). The group had a total of 8 participants with an average of 5 per session. Compared to attendance rates earlier in the academic year, this is about average. The group was diverse in both gender and ethnicity. All participants committed to reading 1 section (i.e. 3 chapters) per week prior to our 1-hour in-person discussions. As organizers, we prepared questions to help guide the discussions. Straight after, we went out to dinner together to continue... (read 468 more words →)