Meta has set out to reshape our collective vision for an embodied, virtual utopia, but at what cost? What type of future does Meta want? What type of future is it trying to get us to forget? Brent Lucia, professor of communications at the University of Connecticut, will guide a conversation regarding the strategies Mark…
Los Angeles is the city of angels — but how do we deal with demons? Join Interintellect host Crystal Duan and visiting from NYC and Christin Balan for an in-person gathering as we discuss how we handle disillusionment and loss of faith in the world, and how this helps us both fuel our dreams and…
Londoners! Join Lucia Asanache and Interintellect founder Anna Gát in London (Barbican) for a casual hangout and book recommendation party. Few things build community and friendship as powerfully as a shared love of reading. Join us for a cosy conversation about our favourite books, and leave with a list of recommendations just for you, by…
In the sixth salon of the Ideas Shape the World - An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosted by Robert Nemeth, we will discuss anti-colonialism and how it influences today’s world. Anti-colonialism is both a historical event, meaning "the struggle against imperial rule in different parts of the world," and a philosophical movement, “the under-acknowledged predecessor…
A Neuropsychologist (PhD), Donald Frederick, and a Philosophy PhD researcher, Christophe Porot, are joining forces to share a new theory in a Salon that will explore the theoretical dimensions of the perspective and test it out by mutually uncorking and inviting anyone to join us. The concept of uncorking is simple: it is the inverse…
"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. Hosted by debut host Nolan Yuma Janssens every Sunday in February, we will discuss ways to break down borders through cultural psychology research, immigration advice, and travel…
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 is a form of learned helplessness and it's an impediment to being happy. Happiness results from being curious about the world around you, being free…
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 acquisition of Twitter, their experience and thinking has become especially salient. We will discuss the technology of decentralization and differing philosophical approaches. Some of the…
