Join artist and film-maker Olga Yakimenko in sharing interpretations of films and TV shows that are greater than the sum of their parts. The tools involved in the making of film and television allow for sophisticated indirect communication of ideas: complex concepts are transmitted to our senses using cinematography, sound, design, editing, and the human…
Join host Rachel Tan as we do a read-through of Dr. Gabor Maté's groundbreaking book, "Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder". Sometimes those with ADHD feel exhilarated that life is full of wonderful ideas & projects, but then often find it hard to struggle to juggle them all. If you relate…
Join Zohar Atkins, rabbi, poet, Rhodes Scholar, and philosopher in-residence at Twitter, for a special salon. Ask Me Anything. For two hours you can ask me anything, really anything generally…
In the second of a three part series on the TV show Mad Men, Vivek hosts a discussion on persuasion as seen through the lens of the show. What can…
My focus is at the intersection of the good life, the just society, and techno optimistic capitalism. My name is Max Dostart-Meers and I am a Silicon Valley native currently in exile. Follow me here Twitter. For the first event in our series, through the juxtaposition of Singapore and my home city of San Francisco,…
Join members of the completed “Gödel, Escher, Bach” reading group in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of reading a challenging, thought-provoking book boosted by your friendly peers’ additional eyes, hearts, minds, and life experiences. Maybe you heard about it on Naval's podcast, or perhaps you follow the father of quantum computing…
Visual artist turned medical educator Alexa Miller will host this salon centering experiences with visual art as a catalyst for expansion, innovation, connection, bias awareness, and shameless enjoyment. This Salon's topic is: Great Works of Art and Powerful Questions: The Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Approach. The first in a 6-part monthly series, this Salon will feature in-depth…
In this salon, Daniel Golliher examines the reception that both thinkers received in their own time, and how it compares to their legacies in the present. This salon is the…
In this six-month Interintellect Salon series, writer and editor Julie Mosow shares everything she knows about writing, becoming the writer you’ve always hoped to be…and, most importantly, about finishing the work you…
Join London ii hosts Flick Hardingham and Irene JK in an exploration of the truth, inspired by philosopher William James. William James (1842-1910) was the father of American psychology as a formal discipline,…
Dr. Jennifer Frey (associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the literature, philosophy, and theology podcast, Sacred and Profane Love), explores the fiction of…
In this new series, writer Sean Patrick Hughes explores the culture, events, and history of Generation X Generations are defined by many things. Their wars. Their politics. Their ideas and…
