In this new series, writer Sean Patrick Hughes explores the culture, events and history of Generation X. At 7:30 PM eastern time on November 8, 1972, HBO launched the first premium pay cable station in America. By the end of the decade, it was in 10 million American households. By 1982 10% of American households…
In this six-month Interintellect Salon series, writer and editor Julie Mosow shares everything she knows about writing, becoming the writer you’ve always hoped to be…and, most importantly, about finishing the work you start. A first draft is just the beginning, but so is a second draft, and probably even a third. How many times do we need…
Tech emotionographer Pamela Pavliscak hosts an 8-month Interintellect Salon series while writing her new book #Feels: How Technology is Changing Our Emotional Life for the Better. Have you ever wondered why we feel compelled to note and name every new variation of sadness online? Or what you call that emotional hangover you can get after scrolling social…
Join members of the “Gödel, Escher, Bach” book club in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of wrestling with a challenging, thought-provoking book with the help of friendly peers’ additional eyes, hearts, minds, and experiences. Maybe you heard about it on Naval's podcast, or perhaps you follow the father of…
Rhys Lindmark is writing a book about how information flows and how it’s changing on the internet. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by chapter, and get an inside look at the author’s creative process. This is the kickoff salon for Rhys Lindmark's series on What Information Wants. Join…
Join host Colin Gorrie as we read the great Old English epic poem Beowulf together, as part of the Reading Beowulf series. For our first meeting, we'll discuss the first major section of _Beowulf_: Beowulf's battle with Grendel. We'll also introduce ourselves to the Old English epic. What was the language like? How do we read it?…
How do literature and music interrelate, and how can they enliven each other? Join us for the Words and Sounds series led by Ulkar Aghayeva, Daniel Hass, Lily Rock, Jameel Martin, and Ryan Tuozzolo we will discuss intersections between the two and how they can inspire each other. This first salon will emphasize the convergence…
Part Two of the Understanding Addiction series hosted by psychologist and neuroscientist Marc Lewis, and drug, policy, and intervention researcher and activist Shaun Shelly. In the second salon of the series, Marc presents his learning model of addiction, and co-host Shaun will support the discussion with some examples. Marc unpacks the concept of addiction as learning,…
Karen Hooper and Hermione Dace are Policy Lead and Senior Policy Analyst respectively in the Science and Innovation Unit at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Their work focuses on the future of food, alternative proteins, and technology development in Asia. This salon is part of a new ten-part series called The Future Of…
Join Rachel as we explore how the ADHD is influenced and impacts the family of one's origin. In addition, we will discuss how unconscious stresses growing up, and the frenzied society we live in exacerbate ADHD traits that might otherwise lay hidden. See series page for previous episodes. In this salon, we will discuss Part…
Join Interintellect hosts Bronwyn Williams and Peter Isztin in this latest entry in their Dead Economists Society salon series—now in its second year of monthly meetings! "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.…
Hi, I am Simon Ohler. After four years of working at Twitch and building a thriving creator community in the German speaking region, I retreated for three years to live and think freely, and to transform into a philosopher and an artist. I’m now joining the ii as a salon host, starting with a mini-series on…
