Wonderful reflections Tim. You are making me think about the endorphins that must flow as people engage with others in learning, engaging, and also debating issues and topics freshly presented. I understand Northwestern is doing this really well, at least in the excitement expressed by older people in engaging with ideas and works that academics might have looked at and pushed away. You are in a way our Thomas Hodgkin, exploring the possibilities beyond the routines of academic institutions. I wish I could be in more places to see what people are reading in public spaces. But, not many flights or cafe sit-downs or long transit rides these days. I’m thinking seriously about the endorphins as something like that must be present in the experiences that Hodgkin was seeing and promoting.
Wonderful reflections Tim. You are making me think about the endorphins that must flow as people engage with others in learning, engaging, and also debating issues and topics freshly presented. I understand Northwestern is doing this really well, at least in the excitement expressed by older people in engaging with ideas and works that academics might have looked at and pushed away. You are in a way our Thomas Hodgkin, exploring the possibilities beyond the routines of academic institutions. I wish I could be in more places to see what people are reading in public spaces. But, not many flights or cafe sit-downs or long transit rides these days. I’m thinking seriously about the endorphins as something like that must be present in the experiences that Hodgkin was seeing and promoting.