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The Museum Athenaeum
What is an Athenaeum?
It is a place for learning, like a library, or a literary or scientific society.
It can also refer to a building or room used by such an institution.
A place where scholars and artists, and thinkers might gather.
So, welcome, thinker, to The Museum Athenaeum.
Maybe one day we'll have a real room, in a real building, to gather (together). :)
But for now, we invite you to explore our cherished The Museum of Ideas reads.
Want to purchase one from this curated list of The Museum's favorites?
Please visit The Museum Book Store called The Museum Athenaeum at bookshop.org.
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I'll meet you where the ideas are,
--Shannon Mullen O'Keefe
founder and chief curator/The Museum of Ideas
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This book will shape how you think about what it takes to seek and attain power and influence.
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Who is your team of challengers? This book will shape how you think about each choice you make in a changing world.
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Open up any page and start reading. A leadership masterpiece. My graduate school professor, Dean Galvin, tipped me off to its brilliance.
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This book will shape how you think about beauty and the quest for truth (via questions).
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How do works of art come to be? An exploration of the process through the lens of creators (and illustrated.)
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"Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the ...consequences of love’s absence."
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Theology: An exploration of creativity through the lens of an exploration of the idea of a Creator.
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"Focus your arguments on the moral values we share---compassion and fairness--rather than those held by only one part of the population."
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"Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, “Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?” And you'll see how everything changes."
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10 Questions. 5 Values. An invitation for all tech creators to think deliberately and purposefully about the tech we're creating. (Full Disclosure: Shannon is a co-author of this alongside her QCollective team.)
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"the CBS daytime network announcer's voice would say,...You're watching As the World Turns,---until I was suddenly struck by the reality of the statement. I don't mean any sort of humanities-type iconic metaphor, but the literal thing he was saying, the simple surface level. I don't know how many times I'd heard this that year while sitting around watching As the World Turns, but I suddenly realized that the announcer was actually saying over and over what I was literally doing."--David Foster Wallace
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"Where do ideas come from? Iyengar has an idea about this. A practical method for innovating.
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Miguel Milá. A practical, humble, almost stream-of-consciousness, reflection a life in design and family life. Milá offers beautiful, practical insights.
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"the CBS daytime network announcer's voice would say,...You're watching As the World Turns,---until I was suddenly struck by the reality of the statement. I don't mean any sort of humanities-type iconic metaphor, but the literal thing he was saying, the simple surface level. I don't know how many times I'd heard this that year while sitting around watching As the World Turns, but I suddenly realized that the announcer was actually saying over and over what I was literally doing."--David Foster Wallace
Find it here.
"Where do ideas come from? Iyengar has an idea about this. A practical method for innovating.