Join us for an offline salon in San Francisco where we explore the art in everyday objects, sharing how mundane beauty inspires our creativity and enriches our lives. An object imbued with art is an object worth appreciating. Yet, an individual who seeks art in the mundane will find a reason to appreciate it. This…
Rachel Nuwer, science journalist and author joins Alex Criddle and Michael 't Sas-Rolfes for a discussion of her most recent book: I Feel Love, MDMA and the Quest for Connection…
Join Alex Criddle for the final salon in the Breakthroughs series and explore the explosion of Artificial Intelligence and what future breakthroughs for the human species look like. In the…
Discover the world between pages. Join the OSV Community Book Club! We'll explore books often mentioned by our founder and CEO, Jim O'Shaughnessy, and his guests on the Infinite Loops podcast.…
Join Jordan Castro, author of The Novelist, and Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon) for a conversation about faith, moral realism, the purpose of art, and the pursuit of transcendence…
Join crime writer and New York Times reviewer Sarah Weinman (Scoundrel, The Real Lolita) and novelist and theologian Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon) for a conversation on crime writing, good…
Join Bryan Kam and Olga Yakimenko for the first Interintellect London IRL meetup this summer. Whether your spring has crawled or flown right by, come see old friends and make…
Writer Henry Oliver joins the Western Canon Book Club series for a salon about three unusual Shakespearean kings. What do Hamlet, Prospero, and Richard III have in common? They are all inadequate rulers. Prospero abandoned his dukedom for his library, Richard III is a criminal tyrant, and Hamlet is impolitic. Taken from three different stages…
How does one disrupt the computer-aided design (CAD) industry? Keshav Sharma plans to do it with Augrade by creating a new platform that generates code-compliant, error-free 3D designs with material quantities, cost estimations & documentation. Join O'Shaughneesy Fellow Keshav as he discusses Augrade, his pathbreaking project that aims to take on the behemoths of the…
Hi, I’m Gina! I’m a therapist, avid learner and educator. I’ve spent time in many settings, ranging from mental hospitals to jails and schools and most recently I’ve been coaching entrepreneurs in AI on self-care and social connection. I’m extremely interested in the origins of electric connections! Is the nature of our consciousness one or…
Welcome to the first episode of "The Quantum Quill: A Summer Series of New Writing Workshops to spice up your Mondays and maybe even your life." In this session, "Write…
As science discovers more and more about the universe and human beings, many conclude that free will is an illusion. In 'Free Agents', leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell argues that there is a wealth of evidence to the contrary and presents an evolutionary case for the existence of free will. Join us and discuss the free…
