2024 GREAT DECISIONS  EXTENSION

The Great Decisions Extension is a monthly meeting where we continue to explore topics of social, political, environmental, and technological interest, topics will be selected by the participants. 

Judy Potter and Niles Medders will continue as the hosts for the Extension program. If you are interested in participating or receiving information please email us at greatdecisions.bpl [at] gmail.com?subject=Great%20Decisions%20Extension" target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:greatdecisions.bpl [at] gmail.com?subject=Great%20Decisions%20Extension">greatdecisions.bpl [at] gmail.com.  

We've received several good ideas for topics.  We'll develop the information resources once we've prioritized our topics.  

The Extension meetings will occur on the third Monday of the month, in person at the Benicia Public Library and on Zoom from 7:00 pm to 8:30.

So if you're 'in' reply 'YES' and indicate your priorities for A through G below, 1 is 'most preferred', etc.  And if you have a topic you think should be on the list, include it in your reply and we'll check with everyone else once we've established our first topic.

Suggested Topics 

A. The Status of AI (and Chat GPT) 
Marilyn has volunteered to put together a collection of articles by her favorite influencer on this topic.

 B. Attack from Within - How disinformation is sabotaging America, by Barbara MCQuade
This book suggested by Pat has been highly recommended.

C.  A look at the Middle East, particularly Israel and Gaza, and the tensions boiling over there. 

D. The National Debt, should we be concerned about losing the power of the reserve currency?  

E. The Promise of Psychedelics? There is a book by Michael Polan Changing Your MInd and also a documentary by the same name.  

F. The Status of the War in Ukraine, US assessments of Russia's strength

G. Topics from the Rand internet site,  https://www.rand.org/latest.html