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The Fabric of Civilization
Starting 2022-06-13, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World.…
Reading Group
To explore topics in the built world more deeply, join Scope of Work’s Members’ Reading Group. Each week we host a video chat to discuss a Member-chosen book, article, or paper, with additional midweek chatter on the Members’ Slack. Participants from overlapping fields bring insights to the topic at hand, making for fascinating threads and illuminating tangents. We also often have special guests (authors, industry experts, etc) join us for one session per book.
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Made in the USA
Starting 2022-05-06, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Vaclav Smil’s Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing.…
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The Future is Old News
An interview with Fred Scharmen
It’s an exciting time in space news, with ever accelerating launch schedules and new…
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Space Forces
Starting 2022-03-21, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Fred Scharmen’s Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space.…
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Learning at Scale
An Interview with Stewart Brand
A few months ago Stewart Brand, a reader of this newsletter, signed up to become…
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Electrify
Starting 2022-02-04, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Saul Griffith’s Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for our Clean Energy Future.…
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How Buildings Learn
Starting 2021-11-26, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built by designer, inventor, and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog Steward Brand.…
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Don't Kick the Robot
A conversation with Kate Darling on our future with robots
Dr. Kate Darling is a researcher at the MIT Media…
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The Big Score Interview
A conversation with Michael S. Malone on the history of Silicon Valley.
In 1985, Charlie Sporck, then president of National…
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The New Breed
Starting 2021-10-15, Scope of Work’s Reading Group is reading The New Breed: What our History with Animals Reveals About…
The Big Score
Starting 2021-08-20, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading The Big Score, Michael S Malone’s history of pre-internet Silicon Valley.…
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Paper Trails
A conversation with Cameron Blevins on the operational history of the USPS
As American settlers headed west in covered wagons…