<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container" dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Here\u2019s the good book I spoke of today. It\u2019s a Kindle on Amazon.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-size:inherit"><h1 style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:"amazon ember",arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;margin-bottom:0px!important;font-size:inherit;line-height:32px!important" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:24px!important;line-height:32px!important">The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence</span></h1></div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Tom Johnson - <a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br>+1 505 577 6482<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico USA<br><b><a href="https://nmwriters.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">New Mexico Writers</a><br></b>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></div></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 9:26\u202fPM Hafeez Lakhani <<a href="mailto:lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you, Tom. That sounds like a great group. We have a fair bit of travel coming up but I\u2019d love to join perhaps in early August. </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 17, 2026, at 5:02\u202fPM, Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:jtjohnson555@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jtjohnson555@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff</div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Perfect. Thanks. See you Saturday. <br>If you like chatting with intelligent, interesting guys, I meet with a bunch on Friday mornings at the New Baking Company around 9:30. Mostly my age, but a couple are younger. Thematic connections are the Digital Revolution, Complexity Theory, and where AI might be headed. Feel free to drop by.<div>Tom</div></div><div id="m_427412571632816808m_6870516076604583611DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width:46px;height:29px"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" style="color:#4453ea" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#m_427412571632816808_m_6870516076604583611_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1" rel="noreferrer"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 4:57\u202fPM Hafeez Lakhani <<a href="mailto:lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Tom,</div><div><br></div><div>Great to spend some quality time with you at lunch today. The ideas you shared gave me great food for thought. </div><div><br></div><div>I've attached below the invite for the Yale Association of NM event for Abundance this Saturday, 10am. Hope to see you and Dorothy there (RSVP to <a href="mailto:awooden3@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">awooden3@gmail.com</a>). </div><div><br></div><div>My best,</div><div>Hafeez</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div><Abundance Flyer.png></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.hafeezlakhani.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><i>Abundance</i></a></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, a</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">People Magazine</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Most Anticipated Bo</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ok</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> of 2026</span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 3:12\u202fPM Hafeez Lakhani <<a href="mailto:lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Wednesday noon works great. See you at Clafoutis then!</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 14, 2026, at 12:15\u202fPM, Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:jtjohnson555@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jtjohnson555@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="auto">Wednesday works for me at Clafoutis.<div dir="auto">Noon? Earlier?</div><div dir="auto">Tom<br><br><br><br><div dir="auto">=======================<br>Tom Johnson<br>Inst. for Analytic Journalism<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>505-577-6482<br>=======================</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 10:55\u202fAM Hafeez Lakhani <<a href="mailto:lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Tom,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for this quick response. Meeting over coffee or lunch sounds great. Would lunch Tuesday or Wednesday this week work for you? Maybe at Clafoutis? Coffee later either afternoon could work for me as well. </div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to it--<br>Hafeez Lakhani</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.hafeezlakhani.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Abundance</i></a></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, a</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">People Magazine</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Most Anticipated Bo</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ok</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> of 2026</span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 12:57\u202fPM Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:jtjohnson555@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jtjohnson555@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello,
Hafeez --<div>Nice to hear from you. Yes, I would be glad to meet with you for coffee or lunch. I don't know that I have much to say of value, but I can introduce you to a friend in New Jersey who has been quite successful in promoting her self-published book. She has insights for us all. Let me know when you would like to get together.</div><div>Tom </div></div><div id="m_427412571632816808m_6870516076604583611m_9168975774800873121m_5907317007675108893m_1656305264899493096m_-8362000759970573866DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid rgb(211,212,222)"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width:46px;height:29px"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:rgb(65,66,78);font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" style="color:rgb(68,83,234)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#m_427412571632816808_m_6870516076604583611_m_9168975774800873121_m_5907317007675108893_m_1656305264899493096_m_-8362000759970573866_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1" rel="noreferrer noreferrer"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 12:38\u202fPM Hafeez Lakhani <<a href="mailto:lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lakhani.hafeez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Tom,</div><div><br></div><div>Hope you're well since we chatted at your lovely home last fall for the Yale potluck. I've been meaning to write you for some time but it had slipped my mind with my pub date approaching (<a href="https://www.hafeezlakhani.com/" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Abundance</i></a> was released 5/5/26 with Counterpoint Press). Now that my book tour is wrapping up, I wanted to reach out to say hello. Your name came up actually at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival -- JJ Amawaro Wilson mentioned he's worked with you through NM Writers?</div><div><br></div><div>If you're able to attend the 6/20 Yale Association of NM author talk for Abundance, I'd love to chat some more. And otherwise, let me know if you'd be free for a coffee sometime. I would value your advice on what an author can do at this stage (6 weeks post pub) to continue to support the book, while I of course plug away at new material!</div><div><br></div><div>You are also welcome to share the 6/20 talk with folks from NM Writers (flyer attached). They would just need to RSVP to Andew Wooden (<a href="mailto:awooden3@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">awooden3@gmail.com</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,<br>Hafeez Lakhani</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.hafeezlakhani.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Abundance</i></a></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, a</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">People Magazine</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Most Anticipated Bo</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ok</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> of 2026</span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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