Parenting Approaches: How to Live with Small Humans
OnlineWhat if you had been trusted more as a kid? Join Martha Sharpe as we talk about the different approaches to parenting and how treating kids more like adults might…
$10.00
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Emotional Realism and “Therapy-Speak” with Krista Thomason and Tara Isabella Burton
OnlineJoin philosopher of emotion Krista Thomason and theologian Tara Isabella Burton as they delve into the world of therapy-speak, toxic positivity, and authentic living! Is there a pervasive culture of toxic positivity? Does it harm us rather than help us? Drawing inspiration from Krista's essay on emotional realism, this salon will challenge the pervasive culture…
$15.00
Education for the Information Age: Networked, Decentralized, Self-Sovereign.
OnlineWhat does an Information Age education system look like and how do we get there? In this salon, Dominic Duffin will lead a conversation about the reinvention of education for…
$15.00
Karl Popper’s Philosophy of Science
OnlineJoin Arkadiusz Synowczyk, a philosophy student specializing in epistemology (the theory of knowledge) and philosophy of science, for a salon on Karl Popper's philosophy of science. Karl Popper is regarded…
$15.00
Interintellect Celebrates Wandering Spirits Book Launch – IRL in San Francisco
San Francisco San Francisco, CAThis meetup is to celebrate the launch of Interintellect member Salman Ansari's book, Wandering Spirits. A whimsical adventure awaits! Come meet fellow community members, hear from the author, and chat…
Beauty, Love, and Knowledge in Plato’s Symposium
OnlineIn his debut Salon, Michael Spicher will explore the ideas of love, knowledge, and especially beauty in Plato's Symposium. Plato’s Symposium is widely regarded as a wonderful work of literature…
$10.00
Art for Art’s Sake: Writing Aesthetic Fiction in an Age of Literary Moralism
OnlineJoin American novelists A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) and Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon; Social Creature) for a salon on the nature of novelistic responsibility, the prevailing ethos of historico-political utility in contemporary fiction and its discontents, and the literary pursuit of beauty and truth. In her 2022 essay for Lit Hub “Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What…
$15.00
Community Casual Hangout
ii Café Voice ChannelNew to the Interintellect community or want to hang out with new and other members? Join Interintellect editor and host, Timothy Wilcox, for a casual hangout. Feel free to bring some…
The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create – SuperSalon with Steve Kaczynski and Scott Kominers
OnlineHarvard Business School professor and a16z research partner Scott Kominers and web3 entrepreneur Steve Kaczynski join hosts Alaka Halder and Wes Chow for a SuperSalon on how NFTs will become pivotal to our lives, transforming online and offline interactions. Many people consider non-fungible tokens (NFTs) a bygone fad of the early 2020s, associated with the…
$20.00
The Feminist Case for Progress
OnlineWhat do new pharmacological and technological developments mean for women's liberation? Join Genomics PhD student Ruxandra Teslo to discuss the value of progress from a feminist perspective. Contemporary feminism often holds a disparaging stance towards technological advancement. On one side, there are progressive feminists who criticize capitalism & its products; a recent example is Kate…
Millennial Women – With Kat Rosenfield and Anna Gát
Online"Get in loser, we're going to talk about Millennials!" Join culture critic and novelist Kat Rosenfield and Interintellect founder Anna Gát for a discussion about millennial women. Did Millennials kill culture? What does "premium mediocre" mean? Why are Millennials obsessed with pink? Join this discussion about the most reviled and perhaps misunderstood generation that gave…
$20.00
The Beginning of Infinity: (Artificial) Creativity
OnlineJoin Phil Filippak for his series on critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. Newcomers welcome! What makes us creative? How do we boost…
$20.00