National Book Award winning author Phil Klay joins fellow veteran writer and technologist Sean Patrick Hughes to discuss the positive role of comedy in writing about the darkest topics. While humor is a part of art, it rings most true because it is a part of life. Moments of levity are intractably woven through us…
Come craft your salon description along with Interintellect Host Care Lead Crystal Duan, here to help you get unblocked about your ideas and contributions. Crystal can go through the form with you and help you turn your salon topic into a listing on the spot! This is for anyone who needs guidance. This office hour…
Nicky Buttigieg hosts a members-only hangout to chat about what we've been reading. Let's talk about what we've been spending our time reading—books, poems, blog posts, newsletters, whatever you've been enjoying and curious about! *** 🗓 ii Calendar | 📋 Code of Conduct | 📚 Become a Member
Join us for a fireside chat with Interintellect community member Robert to discuss AI alignment, social networks, communities and collaboration. Hosted by Nicky Buttigieg, Robert will be joining us for a community fireside chat on some of his interests, including AI and the alignment problem, project planning and collaborative efforts, social networks, community and globalization.…
Membership in traditional civic institutions is on the decline and places of worship are no exception. Religion has been a central institution in human societies for thousands of years, providing a sense of deep belonging through engagement in shared rituals, values, and spaces. However, in recent decades, traditional religious institutions have been declining in many…
We’ll focus on how to create a good space for a conversation no matter what type of person you are. E If you’ve ever wondered: How do I keep people…
“Community Meet & Greet” is an on-going series, where Nicky Buttigieg will welcome new members and introduce them to our community. If you're new to the Interintellect community, come introduce…
Join Isabela Granic, developmental psychologist, as she and participants explore how philosophy and psychology can be put into practice to change the way we think, collaborate, and create. This salon will introduce participants to a variety of conceptual frameworks that will be translated into creative, collective practices. These collective practices are designed to harness group…
We are all in the process of unmaking and remaking ourselves. In this salon, join executive coach Jason Shen in exploring the 3 stages of transition and how we might navigate them with greater ease and wisdom. We live in a time of accelerating change—but there’s a difference between change and transition. Change represents a different…
For the inaugural salon of the Liberties X Interintellect series, Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of the biography Sontag and renowned translator of Clarice Lispector, joins Celeste Marcus to discuss his upcoming book The Upside Down World. Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of the biography Sontag and renowned translator of Clarice Lispector, joins Celeste Marcus, managing…
The new social media platform Bluesky is all the rage. A kind of decentralized Twitter, just better, fairer, it's run by Jay Graber and a group of exceptional engineers, and supported by Jack Dorsey. Join us for this intimate community fireside to ask all your burning questions about how Bluesky came to be and why.…
Whether you're a religious person or identify as an atheist, it's more than likely that the great questions of life -- love, birth, death, and our species' future -- occupy your thoughts sometimes. At this casual online salon-style gathering we will discuss some interesting readings and share personal stories about death and what might come…
