Contemplative Reading Project

Read Slowly.

Live Deliberately.

One book at a time.

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  • Jane Austen & Jesmyn Ward

    On today’s post: Thoughts on Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, plus September’s two project reads: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward! Check it out: https://theadamburgess.substack.com/p/jane-austen-and-jesmyn-ward

● Latest Articles

  • The End of Human Supremacy?

    Dear Friend, In the latter part of Co-Intelligence, Ethan Mollick continues to lay out the ways we could and should think about AI, and he…

  • Acting, and Hallucinations, and Lies. Oh my.

    Dear Friend, Computer, are you alive? Two Shocking Statements In this section of the book (which is the second section, because I’m a week behind),…

  • Things Are About to Get Very Strange

    Dear Friend, Do you feel better about AI yet? Aliens of Our Own Making I’ll be honest, when I chose this book, I did so…

  • Season Two Arrives with AI

    Dear Friend, Welcome to the second season of The Contemplative Reading Project! I want to thank everyone who has participated in this journey so far.…

● About Me

The Contemplative Reading Project, hosted by Dr. Adam Burgess, is a quest to read slowly & live deliberately. I invite you to join me in this journey!

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