Today, as soon as I got off the train in Beijing, I headed straight to the Ditan Book Fair. Going on a wild book-buying spree is the best way to brighten one’s mood; Sanlian Bookstore and many other academic presses were all at 50% off, so I bought a whole pile in one go……
And of course, while I was at it, I had to take a look at how the display boards I wrote had turned out. What I provided was the (original) text and the (excerpted from Philosophy Coffeehouse) illustrations; the boards were produced by the Beijing Philosophical Society and exhibited at Ditan in the Social Science Popularization Week. It was originally said to be ten panels, but now it has been compressed to five.
The audience was sparse……
September 17, 2006
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mist
2006-09-17 17:51:53 [reply]
freedom = tossing a coin
hahahahahahaha
Gu
2006-09-19 19:57:43 [reply]
Today I went there to serve as an “expert” for consultations, but in the whole afternoon there were only two old philosophy-of-science folks coming to chat, and there were almost no people looking at the display boards either. The whole exhibition area was in roughly the same state: everyone entering Ditan headed straight for the book fair, and this enclosed exhibition area was simply ignored by anyone. It was arranged really badly.
I received 500 yuan in manuscript fees, 150 yuan in expert-consultation labor fees, and a free McDonald’s lunch.
Translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The original text is authoritative.
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