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Imagine you have been asked to recommend one book to someone who is looking for something to read that will invite them to reconsider aspects of their lives or see the world differently.  As you look to the books you’ve read in your life, particularly those which were not assigned for class, what book would you recommend and why this book?  What impact do you believe this book will have on most who read it and what is it of this book that you think will have this sort of impact?

Suppose you discover the means by which humans can read the minds of other humans without them knowing.  Obviously, this technology would be highly desired by many corporations, governments, etc.  What would be the ethical thing to using this technology and why?  What risks are there to doing this with this technology and what benefits make you willing to embrace these risks for the sake of benefits?

Describe a time when your thinking was challenged through conversation or collaboration with others. What did you learn from the experience? How did it influence the way you think about engaging with others?  How (if at all) have you incorporated the lesson of that experience into you current approach to such conversations?