This week, I've been thinking about the forthcoming tour for my new book Hollywood, Ending. If you're in the U.S. or Canada, I hope to see you on tour, and I've been reflecting on what made my previous book tours so special for me. I want to use the show to deepen the audience's relationship with the book, of course, but mostly what I want is for like-minded people to be in a room together, connecting with EACH OTHER at least as much as they're connecting to the book or its author. So I've been working on building a structure of a show that will hopefully facilitate a sense that the whole room matters, not just the guy on stage.

I've also been thinking about how best to talk about the book WITHOUT SPOILING IT. I really want readers to go into H,E as cold as possible. These days, we love to position media in the marketplace—it's enemies-to-lovers; it's Heated Rivalry but with figure skating; it's trad-wife-core; etc. But I still love reading a book and not knowing any of that; instead, the sentences unfold one by one, building a path that leads i-don't-know-where. So I hope you'll be able to read Hollywood, Ending that way, and I'll try my best to create book tour events that will explore the themes of the book without spoiling them.

Hope to see you on tour!

John

I’ve been working on a thing for like a year, and next week I’m going to be announcing it in this newsletter. It is for kids—specifically curious kids who like learning online. It is also for annoyed parents who wish tech companies were doing a better job... I’m excited!

Hank

The increase in the world’s population is not exponential. The global population is growing, but the growth rate has declined since its peak six decades ago.

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Life offers lots of learning opportunities. But if you’re thinking they all happen in the classroom, think again. In this video, we’ll guide you to take a broader view of learning and to think deeply about what, when, where, and why you can learn–and how you might already be a lifelong learner.

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