Book Club Experience - The Chaos Machine
The book that I had read for the club that I participated in was The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher. This book was something that felt like reading a history book of recent events. It was a long read and was a struggle to get through, though I was able to finish the book in time for the book club. It was also interesting as to how everyone interacted with each other. The conversation felt very productive since everyone felt familiar with each other since they had been meeting for a while, and I am very new to the group. Who is asking the questions, is there a leader or do people take turns? There was a librarian leader to help lead and guide the discussion, but mainly she had included her thoughts and guided the conversation to keep it on track with the book, as well as letting others talk about their real-life experiences with technology and the platforms trying to garner are use time on them. Mainly, we answered her ...