Mondays from 3-5 PM, Social Sciences 186

This class is not about motorcycle maintenance. Nor is it about zen—at least entirely. This class is based on Robert Pirsig’s book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which simultaneously tells the story of a father and son’s cross-country motorcycle trip and launches a philosophical journey into a new concept of Quality.

This class will adapt Pirsig’s ideas into 12 lectures. We will ask the same questions, struggle with the same answers, and arrive at the same understanding of Quality. With Quality, we will explain technological doom, merge science and art, and fix Western thought.

This is not a class just for philosophy or English majors. ZAMM is rebellious as philosophy, unconventional as literature, and overall challenging as a whole. It has something for everyone. This is a class for anyone curious about Aristotle’s major screw-up, how the university system is detached from true learning, where the Buddha exists in motorcycles—and why the answer to all those questions is Quality.

To enroll in this class, you only need to submit a Google Form. First-come, first-served! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6TjlpKTuyBVCyrFePOFBszeXeO6QDeGKSZOt5Oc84b5V9HQ/viewform?usp=header