Welcome to the project

Each week we will publish a write up of sorts.

You can expect these to be wide ranging & encompass plenty of subject matter. If you’d like some backstory, read on…

If not, you can join our resource group here and call it a day.

Why this project exists

The world is speeding up.

As we move towards machine learning, automation, the “Metaverse,” there remains a need for humans to select what they read and consume — the better you are at controlling your inputs, the more grounded you will be in the long run.

I love to read.

I take copious notes of my study material and each month I sit down to decide, “What am I going to learn this month?” After a decade of teaching & consulting - I’ve had the privilege of training and working with a slew of authors, publishers, educators & trainers.

One day I sat down and thought, “I wonder if people would enjoy reading WITH me.” So I asked…

And the response was overwhelming.

Turns out I’m not the only one craving good, old fashioned reading. Yes I can type into ChatGPT “Teach me everything you know about this subject.” But I enjoy the work, the actual work — of sitting down, with a great book, and going deeper.

So I created a project, aptly titled “Humans Reading Books.” Not computers. Not AI… just us, humans. Each week I send out an email that covers some of my best reading & learning from the week before, and each month I plan my reading & interview the authors behind the work I am studying.

For reference, I usually have 4 main books going at a time:

• An old, classic, general business or “self-help” book

• A topical (usually newer) piece

• Biographical or historical figure

• Fiction “for fun” (fantasy, mystery, etc)

Spiritual books for me fall into category #2 because they’re usually topical and mostly newer.

In the next several months this project will likely become “a thing.” By that I mean, a bigger project with more and more value being accrued & delivered along the way.

There are three main components of this:

• Interviewing authors (each month I’m interviewing the authors behind their work, this will be fun)

• Private study clubs (pick a subject, and go through a list of reading with a co-hurt)

• Book marketplace (where old books and classics can be bought & sold)

I’m glad you’re here with me at the beginning!

Let’s read!

-Taylor