Legitimacy, cooption, retaliation: the three pillars of power are never more up for debate than in a year when a country elects its new leaders, when it exerts its democratic force to make the one who represents the majority best its chief executive. Mass media, educational institutions, and communities of worship all play important roles…
Packy McCormick, founder of Not Boring, joins Interintellect founder Anna Gát to discuss the future of America and the interplay between government and entrepreneurship that he believes will define the next century. Is America on decline? Far from that! Drawing on historical examples and contemporary economic data, Packy McCormick argues that despite political and institutional…
Join sociologist and writer Musa al-Gharbi in conversation with novelist and theologian Tara Isabella Burton about his new book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. In We Have Never Been Woke, al-Gharbi argues that “wokeness” can be fruitfully understood as the ruling ideology of an increasingly dominant class of elites: symbolic…
About Robin Hanson's book Elephant In the Brain (co-written by Kevin Simler): "Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains are therefore designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to get ahead socially, often by devious means. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The…
Join us for an in-person Interintellect gathering where curiosity leads the way! As fall settles in and the seasons change, it’s the perfect time to come together in beautiful Old… Continue reading DC IRL: October Meetup in Beautiful Old Town Alexandria
Join Gina for a return of the Self-Compassion series this October! We will continue discussing Self-Compassion tips, insights, theories and more, diving more deeply into the relationships between Self-Compassion and Performance (physical, career and social!) For our first session, I encourage you to bring a piece of poetry or writing you adore or have written…
Hollywood screenwriter Michael Sonnenschein, The Common Reader essayist, literary critic, and Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life writer Henry Oliver, and former screenwriter-playwright and now Interintellect founder-CEO Anna Gát lead a discussion on whether humans have lost their storytelling ability thanks to bitesize phone videos and binge-watching streaming services, or instead we're…
Join hosts Alaka Halder and Benjamin Woosley for a casual meetup at Easy Tiger in North Austin! This Interintellect offline gathering is a casual meetups devoted to open group discussions… Continue reading Austin IRL: November Meetup in North Austin
Join hosts Alaka Halder and Benjamin Woosley for a casual meetup in East Austin! This Interintellect offline gathering is a casual meetups devoted to open group discussions of the topics that interest participants the most. From philosophy to science and art, there is nothing that escapes our inquiries! Come, forge new friendships, reconnect with existing friends, and dive…
Join hosts Alaka Halder and Benjamin Woosley for a casual meetup at Easy Tiger in North Austin! This Interintellect offline gathering is a casual meetups devoted to open group discussions of the topics… Continue reading Austin IRL: January Meetup in North Austin
Join hosts Alaka Halder and Benjamin Woosley for a casual meetup in East Austin! This Interintellect offline gathering is a casual meetups devoted to open group discussions of the topics that interest participants the… Continue reading Austin IRL: February Meetup in East Austin
