A headache that’s always been there, warmth in your chest when thinking of a friend, a clench in your jaw when remembering a deadline, or even an unexpected numbness - all of these can be signals from your body. Once you learn to read them, the sense of a body ‘speaking’ can become quite literal.…
For the fourth Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Katherine C. Epstein and Celeste Marcus for a discussion of Katherine's recent Liberties essay 'Scholarship and the Future of Society.” For the first 30-45 mins of the salon Katherine and Celeste will discuss the essay, and then attendees are invited to ask questions and share their thoughts. Katherine Epstein’s essay “Scholarship and the Future of Society”…
If you’re feeling a constant level of stress, join the “Tools for Stress Resilience” series. It is hosted by Interintellect host Mariya Hoffman, a somatic mindfulness instructor with a specialty in Focusing and Polyvagal Theory. We all get knocked down by life at some point. A serious health issue might impact us or someone we love.…
In the first salon of this series, host João Mateus will explore the first lesson we must unlearn as adults to become better human beings: confusion. The current educational system promotes it, and we want to design an alternative. Can you help? Come share your own experience and help design a better system! John Taylor…
Join Gina Hafez in Interintellect's Self-Compassion Series is starting again! Gina is a therapist and educator with a history of working in jails, clinics, mental institutions, schools and hospitals but has most recently taken on less "diagnosis" and more open inquiry and enhancing philosophical awareness in her work! In the first of our five part series,…
Our ancestors gathered around a fire to share their wisdom & struggles for millennials. Similarly, Young Hacker/ Founder Circle is a monthly event in which we connect from all sides of the planet to share our challenges, doubts and wins. The problems might not go away, but having a community to face them is a…
Join the first episode of a unique year-long offline salon series in Manhattan, featuring the brilliant writer and multifaceted creator Kyla Scanlon! Come and discuss her upcoming book, In This Economy? and a variety of related topics. Kyla has written for the New York Times, New York Magazine and Bloomberg Opinion. In her substack, she provides a fun, accessible and educative place where…
Navigating the early days of adulthood as a founder, creative, hacker or dropout can be challenging. Let’s talk about it and share our insights! In this weekly event, Zack and Zelda open a space for makers to share what they’re working on, receive support and make new friends. Our ancestors gathered around a fire to…
Join Vaughn Tan in building a better relationship with the not-knowing that surrounds us. This episode focuses on the fourth category of not-knowing, which is about the relative value attached to particular outcomes. Not knowing how much particular outcomes are worth is the most under-explored type of not-knowing, despite being the foundation for expected value theory (which drives so…
If you’re feeling a constant level of stress, join the “Tools for Stress Resilience” series. It is hosted by Interintellect host Mariya Hoffman, a somatic mindfulness instructor with a specialty in Focusing and Polyvagal Theory. We all get knocked down by life at some point. A serious health issue might impact us or someone we love.…
In the tenth salon of the Ideas Shape the World - An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosts Robert Nemeth and Ferenc Laczo will discuss the civil rights movement and its impact and importance in today’s world with community organizer and consultant LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter. The civil rights movement was a…
Epistemology, the theory of knowledge, is often understood as a subject worthy of study, if at all, for the sake of itself. In this new salon series, Arkadiusz Synowczyk, a philosophy student specializing in epistemology, will show how this approach is fundamentally misguided. Epistemology, far from a purely theoretical subject, will be shown as providing crucial guidance…
