Understanding Cultural Drift with Robin Hanson and Katherine Dee

Katherine Dee joins Robin Hanson to explore the phenomenon of cultural drift and its impact on modern society, guided by insights from Robin's research. This is the second episode of the "Culture, Games, Society: Provocative Conversations with Robin Hanson" series. Cultural drift refers to the gradual changes in cultural values and norms over time, often…

$20.00

Austin IRL: September Meetup in North Austin

Austin, Texas TX

Join hosts Alaka Halder and Benjamin Woosley for a casual meetup at Easy Tiger in North Austin! This Interintellect offline gathering is a casual meetups devoted to open group discussions of the topics that interest participants the most. From philosophy to science and art, there is nothing that escapes our inquiries! Come, forge new friendships,…

What AI Teaches Us about Being Human

Online

In this salon, Chad Woodford will explore the utopian and dystopian narratives coming out of Silicon Valley, including the presumption that some sort of superintelligence is immanent, using that as an invitation to explore exactly what it is to be human. Chad is an embodied philosopher, technology attorney, and AI researcher interested in a deeply…

$25.00

Emma by Jane Austen: Invention of the Modern Novel

Online

Writer Henry Oliver continues the Western Canon Book Club series with a salon about one of the greatest ever novels. Jane Austen is often seen as a writer of romantic comedies and social manners. But she was also a great innovator. Emma is her most important novel and shows her at her most experimental. Her development of narrative technique…

$20.00

OSV Book Club | Tao Te Ching by Laozi

Online

Discover the world between pages. Join the OSV Community Book Club! We'll explore books often mentioned by our founder and CEO, Jim O'Shaughnessy, and his guests on the Infinite Loops podcast. Whether you're a seasoned bookworm or just curious about new reads, this is your chance to join the fun! OSV community member Nicolás Forero will…

Mario Vargas Llosa on Latin American Politics

Join Romina Sarmiento, a distinguished political scientist, and Eloy Fisher, an economist and sociologist, for a FREE salon on leadership and policy inspired by Mario Vargas Llosa, one of Latin America's most influential thinkers. This salon, part of the Georgetown LALP series, offers a deep dive into Vargas Llosa's provocative memoir, The Call of the…