Join David Valerio as he continues his series on Christopher Alexander’s The Timeless Way of Building. The Timeless Way of Building is a classic of architectural philosophy. It presents the organic, fractal, and down-to-earth way that we evolved buildings in the past, and serves as a biting critique of the top-down, authoritarian, and alienating approach to the “design” of…
After our popular book club reading Donald Braben's Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization, the author joins Anton Troynikov and Interintellects from around the world to discuss the future of…
Étienne Fortier-Dubois leads a series of thematic discussions on the work of science fiction author Ted Chiang. In Part 3, we discuss non-human beings and how their psychology and biology may differ from ours. Ted Chiang ranks among the best living authors of science fiction. Though he cannot be described as prolific — his entire…
Join David Valerio as he continues his series on Christopher Alexander’s The Timeless Way of Building. The Timeless Way of Building is a classic of architectural philosophy. It presents the organic, fractal, and…
Étienne Fortier-Dubois leads a series of thematic discussions on the work of science fiction author Ted Chiang. In Part 4, we discuss free will — is it a thing? How would the world change if free will were proven to exist, or not? Ted Chiang ranks among the best living authors of science fiction. Though he…
Jaycel Adkins in his debut invites you to a new Interintellect reading salon, where we will together experience one of Elena Ferrante’s “tactile and sensual, visceral and dizzying”* first novels: “The Days…
Étienne Fortier-Dubois leads a series of thematic discussions on the work of science fiction author Ted Chiang. In Part 5, we discuss deliberate modifications to human psychology. What if we…
Join London ii Hosts Flick Hardingham and Irene JK to discuss and examine Sir Francis Bacon’s scientific philosophy and other views, exploring how his ideas might be relevant (or not) in today’s society and how they might serve us into the future. Sir Francis Bacon, the father of modern sciences, lived from the mid-1500s…
Interintellect host Timothy Wilcox invites you join in celebrating Bloomsday in New York to honour James Joyce. Bloomsday is June 16 (next Wednesday), commemorating the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses is set. Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom around Dublin, making his way back to his wife, Molly, whose love must be reborn after the two suffered…
Join Yatharth Agarwal in a live, Interintellect group reading of The Tao of Pooh — a whimsical tale of the principles of Taoism, told through Winnie-the-Pooh. This is a book…
Étienne Fortier-Dubois leads a series of thematic discussions on the work of science fiction author Ted Chiang. In Part 6 — which you can join even if you haven't attended the previous parts — we discuss intelligence enhancement and superintelligence. Ted Chiang ranks among the best living authors of science fiction. Though he cannot be…
In these Interintellect workshop salons, Sylvia R helps us master the art of the short fiction through reading some of the greatest short story writers and analyzing their techniques. In this…
