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Join Books Inc. Berkeley for a night full of philosophical pondering, and just the right amount of laughs, with co-author of the New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, Thomas Cathcart sharing the provocative and lively The Trolley Problem, or Would You Throw the Fat Guy Off the Bridge?: A Philosophical Conundrum, and Stuart Professor of Philosphy at Stanford, and co-host of the radio program Philosophy Talk, John Perry sharing the compulsively readable, and perfectly sized, The art of procrastination.

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This is not a book for Bill Gates. Or Hillary Clinton, or Steven Spielberg. Clearly they have no trouble getting stuff done. For the great majority of us, though, what a comfort to discover that we're not wastrels and slackers, but doers . . . in our own way. It may sound counterintuitive, but according to philosopher John Perry, you can accomplish a lot by putting things off. He calls it "structured procrastination." "In 1995, while not working on some project I should have been working on, I began to feel rotten about myself. But then I noticed something. On the whole, I had a reputation as a person who got a lot done and made a reasonable contribution. . . . A paradox. Rather than getting to work on my important projects, I began to think about this conundrum. I realized that I was what I call a structured procrastinator: a person who gets a lot done by not doing other things. "Celebrating a nearly universal character flaw, The art of procrastination is a wise, charming, compulsively readable book--really, a tongue-in-cheek argument of ideas. Perry offers ingenious strategies, like the defensive to-do list ("1. Learn Chinese . . .") and task triage. He discusses the double-edged relationship between the computer and procrastination--on the one hand, it allows the procrastinator to fire off a letter or paper at the last possible minute; on the other, it's a dangerous time suck (Perry counters this by never surfing until he's already hungry for lunch). Or what may be procrastination's greatest gift: the chance to accomplish surprising, wonderful things by not sticking to a rigid schedule. For example, Perry wrote this book by avoiding the work he was supposed to be doing--grading papers and evaluating dissertation ideas. How lucky for us.

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Celebrating a nearly universal character flaw, The art of procrastination is a wise, charming, compulsively readable book -- a tongue-in-cheek argument of ideas. Perry offers ingenious strategies, like the ‘defensive to-do list’ (1. Learn Chinese…) and ‘task triage.’ He discusses the double-edged relationship between the computer and procrastination -- on the one hand, it allows the procrastinator to fire off a letter or paper at the last possible minute; on the other, it’s a dangerous time suck (Perry counters this by never surfing the internet until he’s already hungry for lunch). Perry also celebrates procrastination’s greatest gift: the chance to accomplish surprising, wonderful things by not sticking to a rigid schedule. For example, Perry wrote this book by avoiding the work he was supposed to be doing -- grading papers and evaluating dissertation ideas.

John Perry is an emeritus professor of philosophy at Stanford University and currently teaches at UC Riverside. He is the co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program Philosophy Talk, and winner, in 2011, of an Ig Nobel Prize in Literature for the essay “Structured Procrastination.”

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Author practices jumping rope with seaweed while work awaits. I have just spent the last 15 minutes "doing research" on philosopher John Perry rather than working on this event listing when I found this delightful photograph and I don't even feel guilty! Perhaps it is his positive influence? John Perry is an emeritus professor of philosophy at Stanford University and currently teaches at UC Riverside. He is the co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program "Philosophy Talk", and winner, in 2011, of an Ig Nobel Prize in Literature for the essay "Structured Procrastination." He lives with his wife in Palo Alto, California. lives with his wife in Palo Alto, California. These make GREAT GIFTS! Get a few autographed copies to keep around and I assure you that you will find many occasions to give them. I'm going to get at least 5 for myself! Kelly Justice, owner of Fountain Bookstore From the Structured Procrastination website: `. . . anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment." -- Robert Benchley, in Chips off the Old Benchley, 1949

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John Perry will discuss and sign his book The art of procrastination: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE DAWDLING, LOLLYGAGGING AND POSTPONING, celebrating a nearly universal character flaw in a wise, charming, compulsively readable book - really, a tongue-in-cheek argument of ideas. Perry offers ingenious strategies, like the defensive to-do list (“1. Learn Chinese . . .”) and task triage. He discusses the double-edged relationship between the computer and procrastination - on the one hand, it allows the procrastinator to fire off a letter or paper at the last possible minute; on the other, it’s a dangerous time suck (Perry counters this by never surfing until he’s already hungry for lunch). Or what may be procrastination’s greatest gift: the chance to accomplish surprising, wonderful things by not sticking to a rigid schedule. For example, Perry wrote this book by avoiding the work he was supposed to be doing - grading papers and evaluating dissertation ideas. How lucky for us. John Perry is an internationally recognized philosopher and a professor emeritus at Stanford, where he taught philosophy from 1974 to 2008. In 2011, his essay on which this book is based won the Ig Nobel Prize, recognizing achievements in science “that first make people laugh and then make people think.” He is co-host of the public radio show Philosophy Talk, broadcast on more than 50 stations in 20 states. "Do not put off reading this charming guide to more effective procrastination. Dr. Perry is the Fabius Cunctator in our war against the Hannibal of the undone. Be gone, elephants of nagging duty." P.J. O'Rourke " I intend to write a rave review about The art of procrastination just as soon as I've cleared my desk this afternoon - or at least by first thing tomorrow - because reading this straight-talking, badly needed book has changed my life." Bruce McCall, writer and illustrator for The New Yorker

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