Masterpieces of Insight: Turning Everyday Data Into Art

Fellow InterIntellect Nastasia Griffioen discusses the power of visualisation in this hands-on Salon about turning everyday data into art "Almost every single company has data about us. But what about how we feel, and what we think? Our innermost private patterns and workings may yet remain a mystery to big tech giants (for how long?),…

Life Lessons from The Brothers Karamazov: Part 1

In this new reading series by fellow Interintellect Daniel Thomason, we explore this Russian masterpiece, the four parts in four Salons "The Brothers Karamazov has been called the most magnificent novel ever written. No less a literary luminary than Kurt Vonnegut claimed that the book tells you nothing less than 'everything you need to know…

Art, Propaganda, and the Projection of State Power

Fellow Interintellect Linus Lu explores art becoming propaganda aesthetics relating to state power and political legitimacy "We take it for granted that art is a vehicle of self-expression for the artist, and about revealing deep truths about human nature and society. And we also take it for granted that propaganda can't really be considered art.…

Process and Institutions of Becoming: Past, Present and Future

How do you acquire an identity? Fellow Interintellect Arnaud Schenk explores the process of becoming and its changing with the internet "The person you are didn't use to exist, and yet now it does! How did this happen? Attempts to answer this question often start and end with an explanation of nature and nurture, of…

A Multitude of Tongues: Exploring Linguistic Diversity

Étienne Fortier-Dubois explores the diversity of the world's languages — where it comes from, where it's going, and how it influences us This Interintellect Salon will be conducted in English. Why English? Because it is the indisputably dominant language of the internet and, to a large extent, of the world. A lingua franca that facilitates…

The Great Interintellect Friend Finding Self Discovering Mingle

Fellow Interintellect Brian Ahuja hosts the first-ever ii Mingle! Reconnect and make new friends in the main room and in topic-based 1:1s "It seems that in the current era of lockdowns and social distancing opportunities for serendipitous conversations are few and far between. The first ever InterIntellect Mingle is here to help bring them back.…

Let’s Get Meta: A Conversation About Conversations

Fellow Interintellect Vidhika Bansal invites you to chat about the art and science of conversation — across mediums, cultures, and contexts Conversations happen on so many different continuums: from eagerly anticipated ones to outright dreaded ones, synchronous to asynchronous, planned to impromptu, familiar to foreign, brief to lengthy, one-on-one to in groups, regular to sporadic,…

The “Interesting” Salon

Fellow Interintellect Linus Lu invites you to fearlessly investigate what makes things interesting What makes something interesting? Why do different people find different things interesting? What are some universal characteristics that make things interesting? We'll explore if and how things can be intrinsically interesting, and the process in which people develop interests through personal experiences,…

Personal Values vs Social Values – Interintellect Workshop Salon

Courage, loyalty, tolerance. Perseverance, empathy, autonomy... Most of us agree that the values we consider of highest importance in our lives don't only influence but should actively guide our living arrangements, our career choices, and our private relationships. Yet few of us possess the frameworks of introspection needed to clearly define our personal values for…