Events & Reunions

Sponsored by:

Tufts Alumni San Francisco

Location:
Samovar Tea Lounge
498 Sanchez Street, San Francisco
(Look for us in Samovar's back room) | See Map

When: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 10:30 am (iCal)

Description

Tufts Alumni San Francisco invites you to join our book club. Our next book is Stumbling on Happiness, described as "a brilliant book, a useful book, and a book that could quite possibly change the way you look at just about everything. And as a bonus, Gilbert writes like a cross between Malcolm Gladwell and David Sedaris."

Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert asks the important questions: "What would you do right now if you learned that you were going to die in ten minutes? Would you race upstairs and light that Marlboro you've been hiding in your sock drawer since the Ford administration? Would you waltz into your boss's office and present him with a detailed description of his personal defects? Would you drive out to that steakhouse near the new mall and order a T-bone, medium rare, with an extra side of the really bad cholesterol? Hard to say, of course, but of all the things you might do in your final ten minutes, it's a pretty safe bet that few of them are things you actually did today."

This is *not* a self-help book. Smart, witty, accessible, and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human endeavor to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there. Come read what the authors of The Tipping Point and Freakonomics have been praising.

Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Whether you've already read this intriguing book or it's new to you, we would love for you to join our conversation. Please register for this event and start reading! Also, please share your interest in this book club and ideas for future reads with Bobbie Peyton, G07, at bobbie.peyton@gmail.com.

RSVP

Please email SFTA steering committee member Bobbie Peyton, G07, at bobbie.peyton@gmail.com and include your name, school/class year, and names of any guests. You can also register on our Facebook group!

Directions:
Muni: It’s one block west of the J-Church stop on 18th Street.
BART: Get off at 16th Street/Mission Station in San Francisco. Walk west on 16th for five blocks, then south on Sanchez for two blocks.
Driving: There’s on-street parking throughout the Mission and Castro…if you can find an open space.

Cost

There is no charge for this event.

Contact

Please email SFTA steering committee member Bobbie Peyton, G07, at bobbie.peyton@gmail.com for more information.

The San Francisco Tufts Alliance is a chapter of the Tufts University Alumni Association, providing a "home away from home" for our undergraduate and graduate alumni and their families. Through social activities, intellectual events, and active global citizenship, we aim to create a connection with our Bay Area community while furthering the Tufts mission and having fun!