View this post on Instagram Thirty-three years after first joining Mensa, I finally had the opportunity to attend the Annual Gathering #MensaAG , which happened to be in Phoenix this year. Four days of programming offered lots of interesting content and lots of good information that proved to be both inspiring and eye-opening. I attended several presentations covering a wide variety of topics, such as the history of some of the earliest entrepreneurs in the Grand Canyon, the practical challenges associated with traveling to Mars, the most up to date research on asteroids and meteorites in our solar system, climate change, Alzheimer’s disease, and estate planning. I also participated in debates on racism, immigration, and atheism. Some of the highlights included a centennial celebration commemorating the birth of Isaac Asimov (Mensa’s most famous member) and a talk by Adam Savage from Myth Busters. I also had the good fortune to attend presentations by three authors who I admire and to also meet each of them. The first was Richard Lederer, a language expert who has written several books on the subject (including the two I purchased: The Write Way and Comma Sense) as well as a monthly column for the Mensa Bulletin for the past 25 years. The next was Ian Randal Strock, who has also written several books (including the one I purchased: So You Want to Get Rich as a Writer?) and who worked with Isaac Asimov at Davis Publications. The Arizona Trail: Passages in Poetry was written by Stephen Chaffee, a long-time supporter and volunteer with the Arizona Trail Association who presented an overview of his four-year journey hiking the trail. I was thoroughly impressed with the overall quality of the event and how well it was organized. Every program item during all four days ran right on time (apparently it does make a difference when the conference personnel are comprised of only geniuses J . The next big event I have my eye on is the Mensa World Gathering in Huston in 2021 and I’ll be excited to see what they manage to put together to top this year’s AG. A post shared by Nick Quaglietta (@nick_quaglietta) on Jul 7, 2019 at 5:36pm PDT
Thirty-three years after first joining Mensa, I finally had the opportunity to attend the Annual Gathering #MensaAG , which happened to be in Phoenix this year. Four days of programming offered lots of interesting content and lots of good information that proved to be both inspiring and eye-opening. I attended several presentations covering a wide variety of topics, such as the history of some of the earliest entrepreneurs in the Grand Canyon, the practical challenges associated with traveling to Mars, the most up to date research on asteroids and meteorites in our solar system, climate change, Alzheimer’s disease, and estate planning. I also participated in debates on racism, immigration, and atheism. Some of the highlights included a centennial celebration commemorating the birth of Isaac Asimov (Mensa’s most famous member) and a talk by Adam Savage from Myth Busters. I also had the good fortune to attend presentations by three authors who I admire and to also meet each of them. The first was Richard Lederer, a language expert who has written several books on the subject (including the two I purchased: The Write Way and Comma Sense) as well as a monthly column for the Mensa Bulletin for the past 25 years. The next was Ian Randal Strock, who has also written several books (including the one I purchased: So You Want to Get Rich as a Writer?) and who worked with Isaac Asimov at Davis Publications. The Arizona Trail: Passages in Poetry was written by Stephen Chaffee, a long-time supporter and volunteer with the Arizona Trail Association who presented an overview of his four-year journey hiking the trail. I was thoroughly impressed with the overall quality of the event and how well it was organized. Every program item during all four days ran right on time (apparently it does make a difference when the conference personnel are comprised of only geniuses J . The next big event I have my eye on is the Mensa World Gathering in Huston in 2021 and I’ll be excited to see what they manage to put together to top this year’s AG.
A post shared by Nick Quaglietta (@nick_quaglietta) on Jul 7, 2019 at 5:36pm PDT