Join host Colin Gorrie as we read the great Old English epic poem Beowulf together, as part of the Reading Beowulf series. In this session, we'll talk about Beowulf's battle with Grendel's mother. We'll also examine the different choices translators have made in translating Beowulf: verse or prose? archaic or modern? strange or familiar? Reading…
Visual artist turned medical educator Alexa Miller will host this salon centering experiences with visual art as a catalyst for expansion, innovation, connection, bias awareness, and shameless enjoyment. The topic of this Salon, the third in our 6-part series, is Works Made in Secret. We'll engage with a selection of works of art that artists made and,…
In this salon, Daniel Golliher examines the lessons that these two twentieth century thinkers offer for those of us hurtling through the twenty-first. This salon is the third of three in a mini-series comparing the thinkers Ayn Rand and Hannah Arendt. And hurtling we are. This ride is not slowing down—it’s faster and weirder from…
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. Mental models, productivity systems, Zettelkasten, second brains – it’s easy to get distracted by infrastructure that isn’t actual writing. Which of these…
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…
Join Isabela Granic and her co-host, Amir Hajizamani as we consider radical economic and social transformations developing across the globe, and their impact on how we think about, show up…
Louis Bijl de Vroe and Simon Ohler (that's us) are philosophers and brothers in spirit. We are the founders of Spiritual Mischief, a podcast that combines culture, comedy, and ancient…
How can we inspire more progress in science and technology? Industrial fiction is one way to imagine our way into that reality. This writing workshop is for anyone who wants…
Join host Colin Gorrie as we read the great Old English epic poem Beowulf together, as part of the Reading Beowulf series. This session will cover the rise of Beowulf to power as a king in his own right. We'll also discuss the heroic age that Beowulf purports to describe. What was it like? And how…
Join writer Sean Patrick Hughes in his ongoing series as we explore the culture, events and history of Generation X. I applied to Annapolis within a few years of Francis…
Progress writer Jason Crawford is writing a book about the modern world and how it was invented. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by chapter, and get…
