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…
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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)
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
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…
Writer’s Corner: Short Fiction in Theory and Practice — Session 3: Gabriel García Márquez
OnlineWelcome to Writer’s Corner where we talk about and practice the craft of writing. Join Sylvia R for this session on Gabriel García Márquez. The salon will include three sections: Section 1: Discuss We’ll dive into the formal qualities of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (see pre-salon reading materials). We’ll discuss structure…
Peak Performance. Mens Sana #3
OnlinePhysical 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…
Dead Economists Salon Series : Degrowth, Doughnuts, Postalgia and Progress
OnlineIn this meeting of the Dead Economists Salon Series we discuss the benefits and challenges with degrowth and doughnut economics that preference social and economic sustainability over economic growth and shareholder value. Hosted by: Bronwyn Williams and Peter Isztin.…
“Masks” and Meaning – Improv Games
OnlineIn 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…
The Great Interintellect Friend Finding Self Discovering Mingle (Part 2)
OnlineFellow Interintellects Katrina Dela Cruz and Brian Ahuja cordially invite you to a salon of inter(intellect)mingling, of finding friends and rediscovering old ones, in group convos and 1:1s, just the way you like it… The Great Interintellect Mingle is back again! We had great success with the initial mingle salon and are hoping to help continue forging new connections…
Information Curation from the Library of Alexandria to the World Wide Web
OnlineIn 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
OnlineIn 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
OnlineOn 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…