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SUMMARY:On the CIC's Rooftop: Luke Burgis' The One and the Ninety-Nine (IN-PERSON ONLY)
DESCRIPTION:THIS ROOFTOP EVENT IS OFFERED IN-PERSON ONLY (No Livestream)\nOn Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT\,  join the CIC as we host Luke Burgis on our building’s rooftop for a presentation on his new book\, The One and the Ninety-Nine.  \n\nYou must RSVP in advance as there is limited space available on the rooftop. There will be no day-of\, walk-in registrations allowed. On the day-of starting at 6:00 PM\, you may check-in at the CIC building’s main foyer with the Security team. Once checked in\, you will be escorted to the elevator. \nThe One and the Ninety-Nine and Luke’s previous books will be available for purchase on the CIC’s rooftop—from the CIC’s bookstore. \n\nFAQS:\n9/9/26 SCHEDULE? \n\n6:00 PM: Check-in begins in the main foyer of the 1501 K Street Building (The Investment Building); the Rooftop Happy Hour(s) bar opens; the book is available to purchase of the rooftop.\n6:30 PM: Luke Burgis’ presentation of The One and the Ninety-Nine with time for Q&A\n7:30 PM: Booksigning with Luke Burgis; the Happy Hour(s) continues.\n8:00 PM: Evening concludes; please exit down the elevators.\n\nBAD WEATHER?\nIn the event of a very rainy weather forecast\, a decision will be made a couple days before the program to move into the CIC’s space on the first floor of the 1501 K Street building or change the date. If registered\, check your email for updates. \nVIDEO OF THIS TALK?\nThis program is offered in-person only\, and will not be livestreamed. However\, we will record this interview to be placed later on our YouTube Channel. If you would like to be emailed the recording\, make your request through this online form: https://forms.gle/NLiQEqDHcEv9bD8A8. \nPARKING OPTIONS?\nThe CIC building’s garage at 1501 K Street NW (Atlantic Parking) will offer you a discounted rate of $6 to park. When arriving\, tell the garage attendant you are attending the CIC’s program. Please note that the garage closes at 7:00 PM on Wednesdays. Those who park will be able to access the garage from inside the CIC’s building. \nNEED TO CANCEL YOUR REGISTRATION?\nEmail the CIC Event Team at events@cicdc.org. \n\nAbout Luke Burgis’ New Book\, The One and the Ninety-Nine:\nIt’s not hard to find your tribe. The real challenge today is not losing yourself within one.\n\nWe are surrounded by tribes: political\, professional\, online\, ideological. Each offer belonging at a price. Join\, and you risk dissolving into a ready-made identity. Refuse\, and you risk drifting into isolation. Either way\, the modern person is pulled toward the same end: forming a fragmented self that is easier to manage\, easier to sell to\, and easier to recruit. \nIn The One and the Ninety-Nine\, bestselling author Luke Burgis argues that the great crisis of our time is not simply polarization or loneliness\, but a crisis of formation: it’s difficult to form an identity that is solid enough to withstand the pressure of the crowd\, and modern institutions don’t reward the effort. Drawing from psychology\, philosophy\, and personal experience\, Burgis shows how groups shape our desires\, how “social contagion” spreads through families and institutions\, and why the hunger to belong can turn ordinary people into instruments of movements they barely understand. \nThis book is about the missing skill that makes real community possible: learning how to remain oneself while staying connected to others. Burgis offers a practical map for recognizing false belonging\, escaping coercive dynamics\, and passing through the rites of passage that produce people with integrity and courage.\n\nThe One and the Ninety-Nine is a timely and inspiring wake-up call\, an invitation to reject counterfeit community and develop depth of personality—to become someone who can stand alone—so that we can finally stand together. \nThis book is available to purchase at the CIC bookstore. \n\n“Luke Burgis shares a story of tragedy and loss\, and how it led to a life of compassion and hope. The One and the Ninety-Nine is a guide to living with virtue in the hardest circumstances\, and finding deep joy.”\n—Arthur C. Brooks\, Harvard professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author\n\n“Luke Burgis takes his title from the Lord’s parable of the shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to seek the one lost sheep—and builds from this an urgent case for why\, in an age that dissolves us into the crowd or subsumes us into the cruelty of the mob\, an individual\, unrepeatable person matters infinitely. This is a humane\, learned and courageous retrieval of an essential personalism that is necessary reading for our technological age.”\n—Bishop Robert Barron\n\n“Me or we? Both. I’ve learned so much from Luke Burgis and his new book The One and the Ninety-Nine. The solid self\, he says\, is knowing who you are as an individual while also being connected to and shaped by your community. Amen\, amen!\n—Angela Duckworth\, author of Grit\n\n“Fascinating. A very well written and conceived book.”\n—Sebastian Junger\, author of Tribe\n\n“Burgis shows us how to resist the siren call of false identification\, which targets us every moment of every day from all our devices. Joining his own experience to the testimony of the ages\, he reveals how we discover our true selves in a personal response to the call of the good and the beautiful.”\n—Michael Clune\, author of Pan\n\n“Social contagion is the most important phenomenon of our time. The One and the Ninety-Nine is the place to go to learn about it.”\n—Tyler Cowen\, author of The Complacent Class\n\n“A book about the problem beneath all our other problems: how to become a person capable of truth\, courage\, and belonging in a culture that dissolves all three. Burgis manages to be both humane and unflinchingly honest\, which is not only rare\, but invaluable.”\n—Katherine Dee\, internet culture reporter\n\n“One of this year’s most important books. [Burgis is] training people to shun conformity and resist totalitarianism. Absolute must-read!”\n—Rod Dreher\, author of Living in Wonder\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine is nothing short of courageous. Luke Burgis has risked much in his boldness of form and content\, in making it personal. In a time when the stakes could hardly be higher\, this book could lead you to great rewards. Take it personally.”\n—Andrew McLuhan\, founder of the McLuhan Institute\n\n“The strength of the team is the self. The strength of the self is the team. Burgis shows you how to be authentically yourself and consider the impact you’re having on others so you can do your best work and build your strongest relationships.”\n—Kim Scott\, author Radical Candor and Radical Respect\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine is an ambitious\, illuminating book\, wherein its insights about perception\, rites of passage\, and the personal character of life\, are mirrored in its form—through ‘probes\,’ interconnected ‘thresholds\,’ and more. Most books in this genre remain at the level of head-knowledge\, but Burgis achieves something more ambitious—a book of ideas that operates at the level of perception\, and the heart.”\n—Jordan Castro\, novelist\n\n“Developing a healthy truth-seeking identity in an age of both isolation and digital saturation based on tribal identities is rapidly becoming a core issue for young people. The One and the Ninety-Nine is a guide for both individuals and parents on how to foster one through healthy relationships.”\n—Michael Strong\, founder of the Socratic Experience\, author of The Habit of Thought and Be the Solution\n\n“A warm\, wonderful account of how to develop a healthy self—based in community—for the age of digital distraction. It combines personal reflections from key transitions with longer-term principles on how to live a satisfying life.”\n—Magatte Wade\, entrepreneur and author of The Heart of the Cheetah\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine offers a compelling exploration of how to develop a healthier sense of self in an age of social contagion and fragmented identities. A timely and much-needed book.”\n—Anne-Laure Le Cunff\, neuroscientist and author of Tiny Experiments\n\n“I never hesitate to recommend a Luke Burgis book! His wisdom is hard won\, and The One and the Ninety-Nine immerses readers in the task of unpacking the complex and nuanced truths that require that we live better than we did before we read it. Because of Burgis’ book\, communal interdependence may return to public discourse\, and the high calling of a life of virtue once again appears reachable.”\n—Jessica Hooten Wilson\, Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University\, and author of The Scandal of Holiness\n\n“Highly readable and entertaining… This book should be read by anyone interested in understanding one of the most fundamental dilemmas of the human predicament: how to balance individualism against sociability in our increasingly fragmented and anonymous mass societies.”\n—Joseph P. Forgas\, DPhil\, DSc. (Oxford)\, Scientia Professor\, University of New south Wales\n\n“The One and the Ninety-Nine pushes us to think past the idea of belonging as an end in itself.”\n—Mere Orthodoxy\n\n“Luke Burgis’ first book made big waves. This one will create a tsunami.”\n—Cynthia L. Haven\, author of Evolution of Desire\n\n“Burgis has a knack for making complicated concepts accessible to a general audience and for proposing solutions that can be applied daily to one’s life. But above all\, the book speaks to real problems plaguing our times.”\n—First Things\n\n“An absorbing book.”\n—The Wall Street Journal
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