Fear and Trembling: Why We Are Scared and How to Use This Feeling for Good

Online

On April 29, Interintellect founder Anna Gát hosts an intimate discussion about our fears and how to use them to work for, instead of against, us in our lives How many things do you do during one day because of fear? We close windows, blow out candles, look around before changing lanes, cross the street when we…

Nature vs. Nurture Part 2/2: Nurturing Our Nature and Cultivating Talent (with Harry Ramsay)

Online

In Part 2 of this two-part salon, Harry Ramsay will lead the conversation beyond mere definitions of talent into an expositional, participatory dialogue about how we can best cultivate what talents we have - in our friends, our children, and (of course) ourselves. --- Having already deliberated the nature of talent in Part 1 of…

A Conversation On Synchronicity – The Search for Meaning in Coincidence

Online

Interintellect Patricia Hurducas will lead a discussion on synchronicity from the Book of Changes to Carl Jung and to our own encounters with these “meaningful coincidences”.   Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see.” – Carl Jung   Jung defined synchronicity as an “acausal connecting (togetherness) principle,” “meaningful coincidence”, “acausal…

Peak Performance. Mens Sana #3

Online

Physical health, strength and wellbeing for intellectuals: in his monthly Interintellect Salon, Ben Fleming addresses what’s beyond sitting and thinking? Why do people become bodybuilders, do ultramarathons, and feel the need to optimise everything to become peak physical performers? Is this even healthy? what's wrong with just reading a book and being a good friend? Why do…

“Masks” and Meaning – Improv Games

Online

In this improvisational acting workshop, Interintellect Maybe Gray invites you to explore the meaning of “masks” in theatre, psychology, and spirituality.  The use of tangible masks has existed throughout the history of dramatic performance. We all recognize the most iconic symbol of drama itself to be a pair of masks with exaggerated expressions of joy and sorrow,…

Information Curation from the Library of Alexandria to the World Wide Web

Online

In his debut Salon, Rafael Nepô will tackle the complexities in dealing with Information with a deep dive in Curation throughout history. “Humanity is at a turning point in its history. The mass of available information is formidable. New instruments are necessary for simplifying and condensing it or the intellect will never know how to overcome the…

Our Spaces on the Internet: Personal Websites and Social Media

Online

In this Interintellect Salon, Dominic Duffin will lead an exploration of our spaces on the internet, how we use them, how or whether they represent us as individuals, their value as places for learning and experimentation, self-expression and socializing. Most of us probably have multiple spaces on the internet. Personal websites, blogs, social media accounts.…

A History of War: Attack Part 2 – The Factories of War

Online

On May 11, Interintellect founder Anna Gát returns to discuss aspects of warfare, with a look at wartime production and inventions. We will discuss necessity and motivation, coordination and mass production, new physics and statistics: all the steel, bullets, zippers, airplanes – and the social change that takes place as they roll off the conveyor belt. This…