At this informal in-person Salon in Austin, Texas, Étienne Fortier-Dubois (currently in the area thanks to Creator Cabins) and Alaka Halder invite you to hang out — and, to the extent that a having a topic might lead to fun conversations, discuss the idea of golden ages. A golden age is an especially prosperous or transformative period. It's often defined…
In his debut Interintellect Salon, linguist Colin Gorrie will lead you in an interactive simulation of language change and etymological discovery. Imagine you were transported to a distant time and place, a world full of diverse peoples and languages much like our own. Having given up all hope of returning to our world, you turn…
Interintellect Indy Neogy invites you to explore how you and everyone walks the tightrope of pattern recognition. It is our innate skills in pattern recognition that allow us to sit back on a summer day and perceive some fantastical shapes (horses! dragons! etc) in the clouds we see. Yet in that very moment we're experiencing Apophenia…
In this salon, Peter Hartree hosts a discussion of Holden Karnofsky’s ‘Most Important Century’ blog post series. Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister, addressing the United Nations, September 22, 2021: We have come to that fateful age when we know roughly how to drive and we know how to unlock the drinks cabinet and to engage…
In her debut salon, Maria Górska-Piszek invites you to explore how we ended in a culture of permanent adolescence, and what would be the best way out of it. Nobody…
Join this Salon with Mike Haber to discuss how we think about, talk about and ideally sell the things we're good at. Share your experiences and get some ideas for talking about what you're good at, and working with what you're not. Can you put what you're good at into words? Tell us about a…
When was the last time you felt ‘in limbo’ with someone that is more than a friend, maybe a lover, but never forever? How do you know if someone is more than just a friend? How would you define the milestones that mark the progression from friend to a lover? Is it a fluid connection…
What if you’re an Interintellect, but you just don’t know it yet…? Every day, we come together from across the world to talk about philosophy and science, art and technology, finance and history, religion and music: all the thoughts and emotions we experience as humans, without judgment or certificates. Sometimes we play games, share music,…
Interintellects Vidhika Bansal and Rosano invite you to reflect on the pivotal role technology plays in our lives, the trade-offs of its everpresence, and finding balance in the digital world. — Post-salon update: read takeaways from our conversation. — Nowadays, so many goods, services, and experiences are just a tap or click away. Need a…
In this salon series, Tanya Raj will lead deep-dive discussions on The Prophet by Khalil Gibran and his philosophy on living a life with purpose and meaning. In this salon,…
In this Salon, veteran host and philosophical life coach Pamela J. Hobart invites participants to consider the concept of “clarity” in one’s life - What is it? Why do we want “clarity?” Should we want it? In over 2 years of philosophical life coaching work with over one hundred clients, virtually everyone has shown up…
In this salon, Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex, co-director of the Canadian Institute for Advance Research Program on Brain, Mind, and Consciousness, will join us for a Q&A discussion of his new book: Being You — A New Science of Consciousness. The discussion will be co-hosted by…
