In This Economy? 6. The Vibes Economy

New York NY

Join the next episode of an offline salon series in Manhattan, featuring the brilliant writer and multifaceted creator Kyla Scanlon! Come and discuss her upcoming book, finance, crypto, and more! Kyla has written for the New York Times, New York Magazine and Bloomberg Opinion. In her Substack, she provides a fun, accessible and educative place where we can all learn…

✨ Mexico City IRL: Casual February Meetup ✨

Mexico City

Calling all Chilangos! Join Phil Chu for this casual February Mexico City meetup and forge new friendships, reconnect with existing friends, and dive into enriching conversations. Few things make life better than casual but inspiring gatherings. Whether you’re a long-time Interintellect member or new to our community, this is the perfect opportunity to meet like-minded…

Parenting Approaches: How to Live with Small Humans

Online

What 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 make life better for everyone. In this series, Parenting Unlocked: Simplifying the Impossible, each month is a new chance to hop in and discuss approaches…

$10.00

Emotional Realism and “Therapy-Speak” with Krista Thomason and Tara Isabella Burton

Online

Join 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.

Online

What 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 the Information Age, through tech culture perspectives from venture capital to Bitcoin. Dominic sees a dichotomy between the use of technology to digitize processes and…

$15.00

Karl Popper’s Philosophy of Science

Online

Join 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 by many as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the twentieth century. Many scientists cited him as a source of influence or even…

$15.00

Interintellect Celebrates Wandering Spirits Book Launch – IRL in San Francisco

San Francisco San Francisco, CA

This 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 about creative projects and more. Hosted by Abbe Hyde. Dive into the enchanting world of "Wandering Spirits", a magical collection of fables that promises to…

Beauty, Love, and Knowledge in Plato’s Symposium

Online

In 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 and philosophy. In this dialogue, a handful of people get together and challenge each other to give spontaneous speeches about love. They each go and…

$10.00

Art for Art’s Sake: Writing Aesthetic Fiction in an Age of Literary Moralism

Online

Join 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
Recurring Event Community Casual Hangout

Community Casual Hangout

ii Café Voice Channel

New 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 drinks and snacks!  Come make new connections with the Interintellect community. We’ll introduce ourselves, chat on anything that is on our minds, and have a…

The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create – SuperSalon with Steve Kaczynski and Scott Kominers

Online

Harvard 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

Online

What 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…