IRL social in an increasingly digital age: what does IRL offer uniquely?

New York NY

With the rise of social media and digital communication, many of us have grown accustomed to living our lives through screens. Social media has greatly expanded our options for connectivity, our number of social contacts, and the time we spend digitally connected. Still, loneliness has risen sharply among every age group around the world. The…

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On Talent: How to Find Talent

Online

How do you find and attract great talent? No matter your discipline or industry, everyone relies on working with exceptional people to achieve greatness. But how do you do it? Interviewing is notoriously hard to do reliably, and it's very difficult to get in front of right people in the first place. In this second…

$15.00

An afternoon playing Cards Against Humanity

Online

Join Nicky Buttigieg for an afternoon of laughter and wit as we play the beloved fill-in-the-blank party gameā€”Cards Against Humanity. Each round, one player asks a question from a black card, and everyone else answers with their funniest white card. Come hang out with the community, make new friends and share laughs at the outrageous…

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Lisbon’s Past & Future: Walking Salon on Sunday Afternoon šŸŒž

Lisbon

Starting out at the Miradouro and finishing our walk in GraƧa! We will end at Vino Vero for a glass of wine and cool down šŸ’¬ šŸ· thereā€™s a few breweries around the corner, too!   (Image source: Time Out) *** Ā ii CalendarĀ |Ā Ā Code of Conduct |Ā Ā Become a Member

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The Writing Process ā€“ Fireside Chat with Elaine Wang

ii CafƩ Voice Channel

Join Elaine Wang to learn about her writing process, ongoing projects, and why writing in various contexts can be so different. A members-only fireside chat, moderated by Nicky Buttigieg. "Any discipline can help your writing: logic, mathematics, theology, and of course and particularly drawing. Anything that helps you to see, anything that makes you look."…

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Eastern vs. Western Concepts of Self: Constructing Who We Are

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Western concepts of Self tend to focus on the ego in defining one's persona and on the careful construction of self-identity.Ā  Eastern concepts of self, on the other hand, tend to emphasize the individual ego as an illusion and underscore the importance of fulfilling one's duty to society.Ā  Ā How does this cultural difference shape our…

$15.00

To Write For: A London IRL Salon on Writing Personas

London London

In this salon, Podcast Librarian and Writer Norman Chella explores the concept of writing with purpose: from writing in your journal, to letters to a cherished one, readers on a blog, or note-taking. In each situation, we have a persona in mind, and fully articulating these personas will help us discover ourselves more. When putting…

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Berlin IRL Meetup

Berlin

Join Lukas Rosenstock for a casual dinner with the Berlin Interintellect community. Let's meet over dinner on a Friday night, talk about whatever comes to our minds and enjoy seeing our online friends in real life. The location will be shared privately with attendants via email (RSVP below) and in the Berlin channel of the…

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Iā€™ll Be There For You: Exploring the Ingredients of Friendship

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ā€œEach friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.ā€ (AnaĆÆs Nin)   Join Interintellect fellow Vidhika Bansal for the first in a series of salons about adult friendship. What are the ingredients of friendship? How can…

$20.00