Starting out at the Miradouro and finishing our walk in Graça! We will end at Vino Vero for a glass of wine and cool down 💬 🍷 there’s a few breweries around the corner, too! (Image source: Time Out) *** ii Calendar | Code of Conduct | Become a Member
This Salon is for aesthetes, dreamers, and visionaries; for those who like to ask big questions and who are curious to dive deeper. We will talk about aesthetics (specifically what beauty is, and pathways of knowing it), cosmology (including chaos theory), quantum mechanics, and consciousness - the nature of mind itself. These inter-related topics will…
A friend recently said "what AI can't replace is the Personal Essay." I — Crystal — think this is true. But what can it replace then? Part discussion, part interesting exercise, Crystal will run a salon to see if ChatGPT can replace her as a host, and as a writer. She will use ChatGPT to…
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."…
Western concepts of Self tend to focus on the ego in defining one's persona and on the careful construction of self-identity. 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. How does this cultural difference shape our…
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…
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…
“Each 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.” (Anaïs 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…
There's been quite a buzz recently around generative AI programs such as GPT and Stable Diffusion. In this workshop salon we will work as a group on a short piece of illustrated fiction using tools such as ChatGPT to produce the writing and Midjourney to generate illustrations to accompany it (Since this is a fast…
To celebrate the beautiful spring weather and the arrival a few beloved ii visitors to town, we'll be hosting a picnic and book swap in Golden Gate Park! The more the merrier! Feel free to invite friends, and bring picnic blankets, games, and any other sources of merriment. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided,…
In this exciting in-person discussion, please join Interintellect fellow Bryan Kam to discuss his original philosophical work. No background in the subject is required. We live in two worlds: one of language, logic, concepts, and abstractions — and another, of sensations, experience, and intuition. They're inseparable and enrich one another, but each world has its…
We will be holding this Twitter space for anyone and everyone (the general public, Interintellect hosts, or Intellect community members) to learn more about the popular ii series, "Thinking About Not Knowing" with host Vaughn Tan. Interintellect Executive Producer Crystal Duan will lead the conversation. Come learn about how we discover how to live on and live well in…
