“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
“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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UCSF Medical Education
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— last activity Apr 20, 2010 02:37PM
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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— last activity Jan 08, 2026 09:19AM
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.
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