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The Meaning Series ProcessFinding Meaning in the Meaningless
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The Meaning Series ProcessOverview
Step 1: Identify A Demographic Psychological personality type research Group personality types Define a target personality group
Step 2: Empathize With The Demographic Explore their thoughts Organize their thoughts in to groups
Step 3: Select Book Topics Identify key topics Group topics in to series themes Create goals for addressing the theme
Step 4: Select Books Research Penguin Classics titles Identify books that meet Step 3 goals Evaluate the selected books Step 5: Design The Covers Finding beauty in the face of death Identify natural threats to human life Relate the threats to the selected books
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 1: Identify A Demographic | Psychological Personality Type Research
A brief overview of Jungian typology and corresponding cognitive functions
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 1: Identify A Demographic | Grouping Personality Types
Grouped by intelligence, career matches, traits, and philosophical preferences
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 1: Identify A Demographic | Defining The Target Personality Group
Understanding the psychology and philosophy of the “Creative Intellect”
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 2: Empathize With The Demographic
What are the Creative Intellects thinking about?
The Big Idea:
All of the personality types that compose the demographic “The Creative Intellects” have a common interest in wanting to understand Mankind and Our Shared Problems.
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 2: Empathize With The Demographic
Creative Intellects want to understand Mankind and Our Shared Problems
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 2: Empathize With The Demographic
Creative Intellects want to understand Mankind and Our Shared Problems
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 2: Empathize With The Demographic
Organizing the mind map in to sliding scales: concrete vs. subjective reality, and the external/macro world vs. internal/micro world.The inner circle represents thoughts that the entire demographic are most likely to have in common.
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 3: Select Book Topics
Further refining the topics from the mind map
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 3: Select Book Topics
Grouping key topics in to book series themes The Big Idea: Our shared desire for happiness
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 3: Select Book Topics
Create goals for finding happiness in the face of nihilism
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 4: Select Books
Find Penguin Classics titles that meet the goals defined in Step 3.I coordinated a class-wide effort to create a 1400+ row spreadsheet of all Penguin Classic titles.
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 4: Select Books
Evaluate how each book contributes to the goal of combating Nihilism
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 4: Select Books
Evaluate how each book contributes to the goal of combating Nihilism
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 5: Design The Covers
The Big Idea: Finding beauty in the face of death
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The Meaning Series Process
Identify natural threats to human life
Step 5: Design The Covers
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 5: Design The Covers
Find life-threats that metaphorically correspond to the selected books
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The Meaning Series ProcessStep 5: Design The Covers