“Ah, good conversation — there’s nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.” ― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence An art depending…
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Salon Recap: Where Is the Boundary between Science and Pseudoscience?
Reflections on Rachel’s debut Interintellect salon, a discussion on Michael D. Gordin‘s On the Fringe: Where Science Meets Pseudoscience. First published on Rachel’s Substack. Introduction In my very first salon centred…
Shared Narratives of Emotions
By Interintellect host Luke Butler. First published on Metaphoring. This past February, an intrepid group of Interintellect friends embarked on a journey to charter some of the most dangerous waters known…
A Year of Hosting Salons
By Interintellect host Patricia Hurducaș I have always been fascinated by the art of good conversations: the richness, the pleasure, the “awakening” we experience, and how these particular conversations change…
Community Essence
First published on Interintellect host Rosano‘s blog. Reflecting on why events are work, I realize that the exhaustion comes from doing too much on my own. And in thinking about how…
What I Learned Hosting the Down the Rabbit Hole Salon Series
Intimate recollections on one of the first Interintellect series by one of our most popular hosts. Helena Ng on Down the Rabbit Hole, curiosity, challenges, friendship, and community. Almost a…
Members Only Recap: Building a Better Society through Writing and Community Management – With Glen Weyl
When thinking about creating a new community, reflect on the unique intersection of existing communities you represent and who else might be in that same intersection. Glen Weyl Please log…
Reflections on “Time versus Space: The Geographies of a Digital World”
First published on Interintellect host Lukas Rosenstock‘s blog. Dominic Duffin’s recent Interintellect salon had the title “Time versus Space: The Geographies of a Digital World”. After having a good time at Dominic’s previous salon…
Stepping into Our Agora: Reflections on Hosting the ‘Story of Philosophy’ Series
As a child, I was always intrigued by my parents’ bookshelf. I would see my father deeply engrossed in books that looked incredibly hard to understand. The books that I…
Reflections on Our Spaces on the Internet
First published on fellow Interintellect Lukas Rosenstock‘s blog. Interintellect member Dominic Duffin hosted his first salon. The topic was “Our Spaces on the Internet: Personal Websites and Social Media”. I was curious about…
A Host’s Wisdom: Including an Audience and Audience Participation
By Scott Davies Interintellect Salons have rightly gained their reputation as one of the most open and accessible places to have intellectually stimulating conversations on the Internet, and much of…
What’s the Purpose of Novels?
Fellow Interintellect Anwar AlKandari dives into the joys and mysteries of fiction This essay first appeared on Anwar’s blog. “The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of…