In this salon, Alex Criddle will lead a discussion on what psychedelic experiences mean for individual spirituality, religions, and the mystical. A significant portion of psychedelic users cite their experience as being one of the top five most profound moments of their life, on par with their marriage or the birth of a child. What…
Join ii hosts Irene JK and Matt Neapolitan to discuss Kant's philosophy around ethics and morality and its relevance in the modern technologically advanced society. Our philosopher of the month, Immanuel Kant, stands in the center of modern philosophy. Kant was one of the most influential philosophers of the Enlightenment era. His body of work…
"Isn’t it remarkable, and seriously wonderful, that there’s still not a single shadow between us? And you know what, the best thing of all is that I’m not afraid of the shadows. When they come (as I suppose they must, for all those who care for one another), I think we can manoeuvre our way through them."…
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, we will delve into what does giving mean and how does one receive with grace, how can eating and drinking become a more mindful activity…
In this salon series, Tanya Raj leads deep-dive discussions on The Prophet by Khalil Gibran and his philosophy on living a life with purpose and meaning. In this salon, we will delve into what are joys and sorrows and how they touch everyone, what is the concept of house and if it is the same as home,…
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…
Welcome to the first salon of a mini-series on all things community hosted by Lucia Asanache - she will explore, with support from wonderful guests, the power and potential of communities for improving our society. Inspired by her work building global communities around tech policy at the Tony Blair Institute, Lucia is keen to share…
In this host training series, ii Camp Curiosity host Helena Ng will walk with you on the journey of hosting your own ii salons through the lens of the Hero's Journey. Helena is the host of Camp Curiosity, a series of workshop salons on discovering your own flavours of play, building a compendium of curious…
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 an inside look at the author’s creative process. Behind the world of our daily lives, there is a hidden world, one that keeps our world…
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, we will delve into the man-made concepts of trading and what purpose do they serve, is crime evil, and does punishment equates to atonement, along…
Join London ii hosts Flick Hardingham and Irene JK as we examine how Schopenhauer’s ideas are relevant (or not) in today’s society and our own lives. Some questions to prompt your curiosity. Picture early Nineteenth century Europe. Waterloo had been fought. The Revolution was dead. Millions had perished. Millions of acres neglected. As Durant so eloquently puts it,…
Welcome to the second salon of a mini-series on all things community hosted by Lucia Asanache - she will explore, with support from wonderful guests, the power and potential of…
