Jests of Genius: The Charms and Scandals of Vladimir Nabokov

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Interintellect founder Anna Gát hosts an intimate literary salon discussing the works, reputation and legacy of the Russian-American novelist. All book-lovers welcome! Brave. Preposterous. Genius. Unputdownable. Uncancellable. Hard to talk about the 20th century novelist virtuoso Vladimir Nabokov without a string of big adjectives. The author of the infamous Lolita, the iconoclastic Pale Fire and…

$30.00

The Curation Series – Becoming the Curator (Part 3) with Patricia Hurducas

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During this Interintellect Curation Series Patricia Hurducas will lead a discussion on the topic of curation in three parts: Understanding the Curator (Part 1), Copying the Curator (Part 2), and Becoming the Curator (Part 3).   In the third part of the series - Becoming the Curator - we will discuss the museums of the…

$25.00

Home on the Internet – With Emmett Shear, Anna Gát and Visakan Veerasamy

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In this exciting upcoming SuperSalon, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, the internet's favourite "friendly ambitious nerd" Visakan Veeraasmy, and Interintellect founder Anna Gát discuss online communities, global bonding, web3 subcultures and cyber-families. Come join us! The past one and a half years have brought the world challenges at an unprecedented scale: we spent our seemingly unending…

$25.00

Writer’s Corner: Writing in Theory and Practice, Chapter 5

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In these Interintellect workshop salons, Sylvia R helps us master the art of the short fiction through reading some of the greatest short story writers and analyzing their techniques. In this session, we’ll read Turgenev's "The Singers" and its analysis in “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”, George Saunders’s literary masterclass on what makes…

$5.00

Salons from a Hat

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In this salon Maybe Gray invites you to explore a series of mystery topics for which she has not prepared to talk about at all. This brand new approach to improvisation at the interintellect is inspired by the Whose Line is it Anyway? improv game "Scenes from a Hat". In this game, a series of…

$25.00

A History of War – Strategy Part I: Intelligence, Planning, Iteration

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In this salon, Interintellect founder Anna Gát leads a discussion on military intelligence - strategic, operational, tactical. We will look at the history of espionage and strategic planning, as well as the lead-ups to some of the most famous battles. This event is part of our A History of War series; no previous attendance or…

$25.00

Building a Better Society through Writing and Community Management – What’s the Right Balance? A Conversation with Glen Weyl

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Join economist, social technologist and RadicalXChange founder Glen Weyl and Interintellect co-hosts Alaka Halder and Wes Chow for this special members-only salon! Glen Weyl is a rare force in academia,…

Free

Fr€e Ca$h? Let’s talk Universal Basic Income!

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In this salon hosted by Lukas Rosenstock, we'll share our thoughts about the idea behind universal basic income. It's a simple idea with proponents as varied as Martin Luther King and Elon Musk: give every citizen a monthly stipend to cover their essential needs, without conditions or work requirements. Unfortunately, no country or region has…

$10.00