brain with 156 legs: ready...set.

I found a shorter/more current/more allusion-packed article!  Here is the link to "Richard Dawkins: By the Book" which appeared in The New York Times on September 15, 2013.  I've copied the text to an etherpad [here] so that you can skim/ select/ declare the items and passages that interest you most.  I also created the mind map and sent email invitations via Mindmeister's "share" function.  If it doesn't show up please check your Spam folder and email if you need me to resend.