Last night, Wyatt and I once again took advantage of living so close to a university. We went to a lecture by Ken Burns as part of the
Purdue Series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics. Last year we attended a lecture in this series by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. Both of us are fascinated with history, Wyatt more so than me, so we were thrilled to find out the Ken Burns would be visiting. His lecture incorporated elements mostly from his trilogy of documentaries, The Civil War, Baseball, and Jazz as a way to understand our commonalities and to present the opportunity to reflect on the nation, our achievements, our failures, and ultimately ourselves. As he put it, his documentaries offer, not just the top down or the bottom up tales of our history, but a more realistic and relatable history meant to make us think and connect in a way we wouldn't give just top down or bottom up recollections.
After the lecture, Wyatt and I grabbed a quick bite to eat on campus. The weather ended up being absolutely perfect last night. After a rather hot day, it cooled off and was quite pleasant.
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