*This was a session at the [Shiny Green Acorn Festival](/Shiny_Green_Acorn_Festival).*
### Participants
- [Ben](/Ben) (convener)
- [Brandon](/Brandon)
### Notes
Here is the list of page numbers Ben found in *Parable of the Talents* with brief descriptions of what the quotes were about:
24: bilingual, learn & teach trades
26-7: plant collecting
49: Caring for the dying
51: Housing rearrangement, slow progress toward unclear vision
56-60: funeral
64-6: welcoming ceremony, chosen families (174)
66-73: Gathering, decision-making/debate
71: learning as we go
74: joining requirements
75-6, 89-90: the power of books
80: news/staying connected to the world
96-7: family/tribal business
142, 145: "nothing here but existence"
143-4: talent show
148: Education
150-52, 156-7: challenging a sermon
158-9: leaving Acorn
176-7: long-term plans
179-81: getting a vision accepted
[Earthseed](/Earthseed) verses:
108: Children as utopians
135: Partnership
168: Do the Impossible
182: Choosing leaders