Experiment with ways of Doing Gentle With an Edge in your life, in this series hosted by Helena Roth, giver and receiver of Tankespjärn. We start off with an introductory exploration of the concept of “Doing Gentle” to oneself and what happens when “An Edge” is added. The salons of the series will all center…
(PART 2/3: Finding Courage: Using fear setting to move towards our deepest desires.) Summary: Many of us have long held dreams and desires that we hold ourselves back from pursuing because of fear. While fear can be helpful in some situations, irrational or overdeveloped fear can prevent us from leading our most fulfilling lives. In…
In recent years, there have emerged a number of different yet somewhat related movements that can be largely characterized as pro-growth, pro-technology, and pro-progress, including American dynamism, the abundance agenda, progress studies, and more. At the core of many movements is a normative vision for the future. As such, one question relevant to building these…
In the second salon of a nine-part series on human flourishing, join host Ashley Zhang to explore how we can master our minds in order to live well. "Madness is not to be despised and not to be feared, but instead you should give it life." — Carl Jung Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung famously said…
Vaughn Tan wants to help you learn how to think and act better in situations of not-knowing. We’re culturally and socially conditioned to avoid not-knowing or pretend it doesn’t exist. This conditioning…
Evan Henshaw-Plath (Rabble) and Nathan Schneider will discuss decentralized social networks and their future role in public discourse. Both are veterans in the decentralized space, and in the wake of Elon Musk’s…
Interintellect host and professional tarot reader Crystal Duan will take us through a discussion of the first part of the Major Arcana as part of her “Tarot In the Day to Day” series. We will discuss…
Come join David White for the next installment of a salon series dedicated to exploring the themes, ideas, and world-building of science fiction. We will be venturing into the world of Station Eleven and…
"Those who only know one country know no country." - Martin Lipset The Without Borders Salon Series is for nomads, expats, third-culture kids, immigrants, or anyone who feels inescapably foreign.…
The conversation on introversion and extroversion has been around for decades. But how do we apply this concept in real time, leading to better expectations of yourself — and others?…
Join us for our next in the author talk series, a discuss with Peter Cole on the reissue of his book about Ben Fletcher, an important figure in the early…
The blank page can be a fearsome enemy. Writer, teacher and experimenter Char Putney knows this all too well. But we don't have to approach it with too much seriousness…
