Louis Bijl de Vroe and Simon Ohler are philosophers and brothers in spirit. When we get together, we combine culture, comedy, and ancient wisdom, and something happens. We like to call it Spiritual Mischief.…
“Love is at first not anything that means merging, giving over, and uniting with another (for what would a union be of something unclarified and unfinished, still subordinate—?), it is a high inducement to the individual to ripen, to become something in himself, to become world, to become world for himself for another’s sake, it…
This salon is part of his InterIntellect series and broader project on not-knowing. Many situations of not-knowing are called “risk” (even when they aren’t). The cynical view is that this is to make them…
According to psychologist Michael Lewis, our separate, existential self develops at 2 months of age. At this time, infants start to identify themselves as a separate object–as someone who experiences…
Trivia always has potential, but it's tricky to get right. Often, the idea of trivia is more fun than trivia itself. For starters, it's hard to make trivia feel fair.…
Though James Baldwin spent much of his life in France, few people know about the early days in Paris that inspired perhaps the greatest love story about life in Paris, Giovanni's Room. From his conversations in the Latin Quarter with French existentialists and Algerian revolutionaries to his travels to the South of France, this seminar…
Our current view of productivity is overfocused on the thing we're trying to get done rather than being attuned to the unique people we are with changing cycles, moods and styles of working. In the words of James Stuber "Design your systems for the laziest, most exhausted version of you." During this salon we'll be…
Hi, my name is Rohit. I am a poet, writer and a coach. I believe in the power of stories and the magic they weave. At their heart, they bring us closer to the very essence of our true nature and the nature of the Universe! I invite you to join me for this evening…
To distill structure from randomness may seem paradoxical, but protocols based in randomness are the bedrock for many schemes in cryptography. In this salon, we'll present several cryptographic schemes based in randomness, including: Miller Rabin's Scheme for Primality testing Perfect, Statistical, and Computational security The power of interactive proofs to prove statements in the complexity…
Membership in traditional civic institutions is on the decline and places of worship are no exception. Religion has been a central institution in human societies for thousands of years, providing a sense of deep belonging through engagement in shared rituals, values, and spaces. However, in recent decades, traditional religious institutions have been declining in many…
Join Isabela Granic, developmental psychologist, as she and participants explore how philosophy and psychology can be put into practice to change the way we think, collaborate, and create. This salon…
For the inaugural salon of the Liberties X Interintellect series, Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of the biography Sontag and renowned translator of Clarice Lispector, joins Celeste Marcus to discuss…
