Louis Bijl de Vroe and Simon Ohler are philosophers and brothers in spirit. When we get together, we combine culture, comedy, and ancient wisdom, and something happens. We like to call it Spiritual Mischief.…
“Love is at first not anything that means merging, giving over, and uniting with another (for what would a union be of something unclarified and unfinished, still subordinate—?), it is…
Join us for our next in the author talk series, a discussion with Jenny Brown—editor at Labor Notes and author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women's Work—and Crystal Grabowski, a abortion care worker organizer from Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania UE Local 696—about reproductive justice in the worker power context. We’ll be talking…
This salon is part of his InterIntellect series and broader project on not-knowing. Many situations of not-knowing are called “risk” (even when they aren’t). The cynical view is that this is to make them seem more knowable and manageable than they really are. The emerging kerfuffle around Silicon Valley Bank ("poor risk management!") is just one example of what…
“Community Meet & Greet” is an on-going series, where Interintellect Community Manager Nicky Buttigieg will welcome new members and introduce them to our community. If you're new to the Interintellect…
According to psychologist Michael Lewis, our separate, existential self develops at 2 months of age. At this time, infants start to identify themselves as a separate object–as someone who experiences…
Join Interintellect host and fellow Vidhika Bansal for a cozy, casual afternoon hangout while she's visiting Amsterdam. Can't wait to see you! 💛 We'll meet within a 1-mile radius of…
Trivia always has potential, but it's tricky to get right. Often, the idea of trivia is more fun than trivia itself. For starters, it's hard to make trivia feel fair. The winner is often decided by arbitrary factors, like the question topics preferred by the host or the fastest player at the buzzer. But even…
Interintellect Community Manager Nicky Buttigieg will be hosting a Community Townhall to gather feedback on hosting and community documentation forming part of The Interintellect Knowledge Base. Join us at this Community Townhall to help shape our Interintellect Knowledge Base, also known as the Atheneum. It contains information on Interintellect events, the community and hosting salons.…
“The Symbol That Is You” is a powerful and transformative workshop I designed to help you explore your deepest (unconscious) emotions, memories, and (inner) relationships and take them into your…
Nicky Buttigieg hosts a casual hangout to explore the variety of music that we collectively listen to. Come join us for our community chat, where we'll be hanging out and…
Though James Baldwin spent much of his life in France, few people know about the early days in Paris that inspired perhaps the greatest love story about life in Paris,…
