The battles were so fierce because the stakes were so small: a Salon on René Girard

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Alex Danco joins fellow Interintellects for a Salon about the philosophy of René Girard, the (in)famous father of modern mimetic theory. We're going to get together and talk about René Girard, and his grand theory of mimetic behaviour. Sub-topics will likely include: -Scapegoating, cancel culture, and online mobs -How Silicon Valley works (founder as God-king-sacrifice;…

The Medium, the Message, and the Mind

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This salon with Alex Danco will be all about Information. We'll start by covering Claude Shannon's Information Theory - really wrap our heads around what it means when we say, "Information isn't what you say, it's what's understood." It's not a noun, it's a verb; it's not the baseball, it's the pitch. We'll cover Information…

$40.00

Let’s Play Games!

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This Salon with Alex Danco will be all about games. What is a "game", and what does it mean to "play"?  What exactly constitutes a "Game", and what constitutes "Play", is one of the hardest questions to precisely answer. Puppies and kittens do it; kids do it; and grownups certainly do it too - although…

$30.00