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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“Well, Diotallevi and I are planning a reform in higher education. A School of Comparative Irrelevance, where useless or impossibe courses are given. The school's aim is to turn out scholars capable of endlessly increasing the number of unnecessary subjects.”
― Foucault’s Pendulum
― Foucault’s Pendulum
“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.”
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UCSF Medical Education
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A place for the medical education community to share their interests through the written word.
SFBX Book Club of San Francisco
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Originally from San Francisco in person, now all over the USA via Zoom. Not on a specific book, but just what members have read recently.
Victoria’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Victoria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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189 books
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22 books
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253 books
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