I have been part of the book from RBC4 with Matt on Braiding Sweetgrass. The reading culture interests me. There is a certain limitation on how I have imagined the world through ideas that were only from books on architecture and urbanism. I also used to be in publishing so all the more a bit of professional necessity to think in books from specific domains. Roam Book Club as a format has introduced thinking about ideas from different geographical positions and diverse backgrounds. Regionally I have observed people tend to group themselves into molds of thinking when reading and having opinions. Here that is not the case, therefore there is access to a diversity of ideas. Another significant lens is hearing these ideas discussed in different dialects of English. Even though ideas sound the same, the thinking models that bring them together are very different. This is a revelation. Even though Covid has been painful, something's to have come out of it, like the book club I am grateful for. Books are not for everyone. On opening day there were about 250 members in the directory, based on RBC5 memories. RBC4 is around 100. Towards the end, the last meeting there are roughly around 30ish, maybe 40. It is essential to have these stats logged, find ways to measure participation. I don't seem to have much use in knowing how many blocks were created as a whole unless they are individual stats. A public ledge board to map participation. It is also possible to avoid a writing buddy if motivated to contribute or move up the list. I started these sentences daily as an idea by Kate on the necessity of writing around 300 words daily at the end of RBC4. I post it on https://isaacmathew.substack.com/ daily but for now, I am a bit stuck uploading. Part 02 tomorrow. Hopefully.
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