My focus is at the intersection of the good life, the just society, and techno optimistic capitalism. My name is Max Dostart-Meers and I am a Silicon Valley native currently in exile. Follow me here Twitter. In the second salon in the series, let's talk about whether there is a science to making beautiful cities.…
Hosts Max Beverton-Palmer and Matt Nguyen are from the Internet Policy Unit at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Max’s work focuses on social media, online regulation, and AI governance and ethics. Matt’s work focuses on digital rights, platform governance, and the future of the public sphere. In this salon, they will be discussing…
Psychologist and neuroscientist Marc Lewis, along with drug policy reformer Shaun Shelly, will host a four-part salon series on the nature of addiction and new approaches to treatment and care. These salons will challenge the dominant but misguided disease model of addiction and replace it with progressive approaches that integrate emotional learning, environmental factors (family,…
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…
In the third salon of this three part mini series on the TV show Mad Men, Vivek hosts a discussion about ethnicity, assimilation and whiteness in the show. In describing the systems of race, class and power in America in the 60s, series creator Matthew Weiner has said “I’ve always said this is a show…
Join Isabela Granic as we consider radical social transformations developing across the globe, and how the science and practice of belonging helps us navigate the implications of those changes. Many of us have felt our most profound moments of loneliness in the last several years. Although the pandemic surely has played a major role, signs…
Who says show and tell is just for kids? In Alma Cook's monthly miniseries, we'll discuss simple concepts in a collaborative way, using attendees' own selections from arts and culture as our springboard. Alma Cook is a singer-songwriter, business owner, and Braver Angels cultural ambassador. With many hats come many interests, including faith, economics, art, and communal living—but above…
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 second in the 6-episode Joy of Looking series, this Salon asks What Did the Water Give? We will look at a selection of works by artist Frida Kahlo…
In this salon, Daniel Golliher dives into the nature of evil. Philosophers have approached the subject differently throughout time, but few as memorably as either Rand or Arendt. This salon is the second of three in a mini-series comparing the thinkers Ayn Rand and Hannah Arendt. Hannah Arendt famously called it banal while covering the…
Dr. Jennifer Frey (associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the literature, philosophy, and theology podcast, Sacred and Profane Love), explores the fiction of…
Roman Skorzus is a policy lead in the Tech for Development Policy Unit at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He leads the development of actionable policies and strategies to harness the transformative opportunities of tech for developing and emerging economies. This salon is part of a new ten-part series called The Future Of…
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…
