https://www.notesonattentionpaid.com/categories/degreesofseparation/ en Sat, 03 Jun 2023 05:07:46 -0700 https://www.notesonattentionpaid.com/2023/06/03/last-night-i.html Sat, 03 Jun 2023 05:07:46 -0700 http://mbkriegh.micro.blog/2023/06/03/last-night-i.html <p>Last night I read from my <em><a href="https://essaysonattentionpaid.com/2023/05/14/what-intelligent-life.html">What Intelligent Life Is Made Of</a></em> blog series at an open mic event. I mentioned <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin">Teilhard de Chardin</a>, a Jesuit monk who wrote <em><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenon_of_Man">The Phenomenon of Man</a></em>. Afterwards, a woman told me her grandfather had worked with him on <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_Man">Peking Man</a>&hellip; an unexpected degrees of separation moment!</p>