Award winning author of ‘Media Virus!’, ‘Coercion’, and ‘Ecstasy Club’, who has a new free book ‘Open Source Democracy’ is giving a free talk at the Princeton Club, in NYC tonight at 6pm, 15 W 43rd St.

One of my personal heroes, Robert Anton Wilson, author of books like Cosmic Trigger, Shroedinger’s Cat and the Illuminatus! trilogy, is dying of post polio syndrome. To make matters worse, his finances are in shambles, with barely enough money to pay rent. So, some of his friends (Dennis Berry, Douglas Rushkoff) have reached out to the public asking for donations to help this visionary thinker in his final days. If you haven’t read his work, do it, it will blow your mind. But first do help him, if you can, while he is still alive. All money will go directly to Robert and can be sent to his PayPal address olgaceline@gmail.com, or by check to RAW c/o Futique Trust, P.O. Box 3561, Santa Cruz, Ca 95063. May his transition be smooth and tranquil. He will be missed.

Robert Anton Wilson needs our help, Rushkoff.com
Robert Anton Wilson needs our help, BoingBoing.net
Wilson’s home page, RAWilson.com
Robert Anton Wilson, Wiki

The 75th annual Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale is going on this week, March 22-26, at the Priceton Day School, 32 Vandeventer St., Princeton, NJ, with proceeds going towards scholarships. This is a can’t-miss event for any true bibliophile. If you’re in the area the hours are:

Wednesday, March 22
10am - 2pm - Preview Sale (Admission $20)
2pm - 9pm

Thursday, March 23
Friday, March 24
10am - 9pm

Saturday, March 25
10am - 7pm (Half-price day)

Sunday, March 26
11am - 3pm (Box day, as many books as you can fit into a box for $5)

The Bryn Mawr Club of Princeton

The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), a nonprofit service comprised of 53,548 member libraries in 96 countries, has a list of the top 1000 book titles, decided by the libraries’ "purchase vote" in ‘05. Here are the top 10:

1. The Bible
2. US Census
3. Mother Goose
4. The Divine Comedy
5. The Odyssey
6. The Iliad
7. Huckleberry Finn
8. Lord of the Rings
9. Hamlet
10. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

The complete list of the Top 1000 from 2005, OCLC.org

The Cognitive Science Society has voted on a list of the top 100 most influential works in cogsci of the 20th century. This was part of the Millenium Project supported by the Center for Cognitive Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Cognitive Science is an interdisciplinary study of cognition (the processes of awareness, though, and mental organization) that intergrates cognitive psychology, linguistics, computer science, cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind.

The List.
Cognitive Science, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.