The End of the American Century
OnlineIn this salon, Sean Patrick Hughes discusses the notion of the American Century and its apparent conclusion in the post Cold War era. "Think of the late ’90s. Microsoft, Tomahawks, Titanic. Our…
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Soundscapes of Our Lives: from Internal Monologue to the Martian Wind
OnlineOn April 21, Interintellect Victoria Egorenkova continues to explore the narrative of spaces at her salon dedicated to soundscapes. Everything from our internal monologues to the Martian soundscape - where…
Amateur Art: Remix Your Way to a Good Time
OnlineIn this Interintellect Workshop Salon on April 23rd, Peter will lead a discussion on the lighter side of art appreciation through some of our favorite pieces, and about how we…
Productize Yourself In 2021: How, Why and Where?
Online“Making money is not a thing you do - it’s a skill you learn.” - Naval Ravikant In this Interintellect Salon Fellow Interintellect Sagar Devkate will take you on a…
The Silly Nature of Social Status – Improv Games
OnlineInterintellect Maybe Gray leads a workshop demonstrating the flexibility of the perceptions of social status through improvisational games. Social status is often framed as a negative thing - it's fixed,…
The Story Of Philosophy Series – The Greek Philosophers Part Two
OnlineJoin London ii Hosts Flick Hardingham and Irene JK to discuss and examine Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, his life, and other views, exploring how his ideas might be relevant (or not)…
Ted Chiang Part 4: The Problem of Free Will
OnlineÉtienne Fortier-Dubois leads a series of thematic discussions on the work of science fiction author Ted Chiang. In Part 4, we discuss free will — is it a thing? How would the world change if free will were proven to exist, or not? Ted Chiang ranks among the best living authors of science fiction. Though he…
Once Upon a Time: Narrate Your Story! – With Anwar AlKandari
OnlineIn this salon, Anwar AlKandari will dive into: storytelling and our constant urge to seek meaning, forms of narratives we use, and digital storytelling. “In the Ottoman times, there were…
Networked Minds: The History and Future of Collaboration
OnlineInterintellect hosts Bryan Kam and Isabela Granic join forces with a new salon that aims to take a deep dive into the history and potential of networked thought. “The great…
Fear and Trembling: Why We Are Scared and How to Use This Feeling for Good
OnlineOn 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…
Nature vs. Nurture Part 2/2: Nurturing Our Nature and Cultivating Talent (with Harry Ramsay)
OnlineIn 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
OnlineInterintellect 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…