In this salon, Interintellect co-hosts Amir H. Hajizamani + Catherine Woodiwiss invite you to explore the relationships between comedy, trauma, and healing, with the help of groundbreaking show “Nanette,” by…
In this Salon, behavioral product strategist Rob Haisfield and real life monastic Matt Goldenberg will guide a discussion how we can learn and use software in a way that allows…
In this introductory salon to this series all about classical music, host Linus Lu asks: what is classical music? What does it consist of, and what is it really about? How can one begin to approach this art form, which can be both so ubiquitous and obscure? Classical music is most definitely Bach, Mozart, and…
In these Interintellect workshop salons, Sylvia R helps us to master the art of short fiction – by reading some of the greatest short story writers and applying their techniques. In this…
In this salon, Interintellect Timothy Wilcox hosts a reading of James Joyce's famously dense and mysterious book Finnegan's Wake. One of the most challenging – and yet, also one of the most alluring – books of all time is James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. In a defense of the novel (then still Work in Progress), Samuel Beckett…
Join London ii Hosts Flick Hardingham and Irene JK to discuss and examine Sir Francis Bacon’s scientific philosophy and other views, exploring how his ideas might be relevant (or not) in today’s society and how they might serve us into the future. Sir Francis Bacon, the father of modern sciences, lived from the mid-1500s…
Interintellect founder Anna Gát continues her series A History of War with a look at the famous sieges of history, from Masada to Leningrad, from Málaga to Sarajevo, to explore the stages of how civilian life breaks down, but also human resilience, resourcefulness, and perseverance when under attack. We will touch upon deterrence and preemptive…
In this special Salon fellow Interintellects Thomas Arnold and Isabela Granic lead a discussion about the poem "Aubade" by Philip Larkin. In this salon we start not with a set theme or topic, but with an activity-- reading and reflecting on a single poem, finding out where it takes us. We will start with Philip…
Join Jimmy Wales for a fun quiz on his brand new platform inspired by his family quiz nights during lockdown. Quiz Night Beyond is a way to do fun pub quizzes over video…
In this salon, Interintellects Bronwyn Williams and Jim O’Shaughnessy explore the philosophy of subjectivity by looking at the popular cartoon show, Rick and Morty. “Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody’s gonna die.” ~ Rick and Morty “Perception doesn’t create reality, it is reality.” ~ Jed McKenna In this salon we dive deep into just how weird reality really is…
At this special members-only gathering, Stripe Press publisher Kate Lee will join Interintellect hosts Sylvia and Patricia to discuss the process of writing and publishing a book. After a brief intro and discussion on best practices to bring a book from draft to completion, we'll open the floor to questions. Some of the topics we will cover are: …
Julia R hosts a meet-up for Berlin Interintellects. Bring a picnic blanket and a snack and gather with your fellow Berlin interintellects in the park! We’ll enjoy being together outdoors in the summer after a long year of Zoom windows and voice calls. Check the Berlin channel on Discord for the specific location on Saturday, and…
