In an age of self-exposure, what does it mean to be authentic? Join Skye C. Cleary, a philosopher whose third book is titled How to Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Fulfillment (out August 2022). She teaches at Columbia University and the City College of New York. Her writing has appeared in The…
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 exploring the world of Oryx and Crake and discussing the consequences of a bioengineering disaster, socioeconomic effects of widespread genetic engineering, and how the tension between humanities and technology grow as scientific…
Join members of the “Gödel, Escher, Bach” book club in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of wrestling with a challenging, thought-provoking book with the help of friendly peers’ additional eyes, hearts, minds, and experiences. Maybe you heard about it on Naval's podcast, or perhaps you follow the father of…
Fellow Interintellects Anna Grigoryan and Lukas Rosenstock invite to a salon of inter(intellect)mingling, of finding friends and rediscovering old ones in a series of one-on-one conversations! We will gather as a group and then enter into a series of breakout rooms, so that ideally you have the chance to personally meet every other participant. This…
Political polarisation, Substack, Netflix, TikTok - the modern world seems to conspire against the introspective reading of long fictional texts. Anna Gát looks at the chances of survival for the novel in the 21st century. A seminal experience of my adolescence: withdrawing and curling up with a book, re-emerging days later shaken, fulfilled, accomplished, a…
Dear Members and Hosts, Interintellect is always growing and changing – I am so blessed to be looking after this beautiful global community, where we gather at online salons around the clock and offline meetups around the world, hang out in our Discord channels and DMs, and sometimes even travel together! Since joining us, Interintellect…
In this salon, best-selling children’s books author K.A. Mulenga leads a discussion on self-publishing books. For all aspiring authors and those who have already published and just need some insight from a fellow author, this one's for you. The publishing industry has grown immensely in the past 10 years allowing people to publish books on their…
Imagine you could cast a magic spell and bring anything into existence... We're not there yet, but creating AI art is actually pretty close. Join Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek for a collaborative workshop where we'll test our spell-casting skills, and manifest our own comic book in just two hours. The image above took six words…
In this salon, the first in a potential series (depending on demand), Eyal Shay will lead a discussion on the concept of Courage in Ancient Greece, why it can't be…
A movie-loving members-only gathering by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. After our many successful Book Therapy events – where we come together to share our favourite readings and life stories, and…
Hello, friends! Join Matt Neapolitan and fellow Interintellects in Santa Monica to discuss Part I of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder…
Progress thinkers Jason Crawford and Benedict Macon-Cooney lead a wide-ranging discussion on the many ways individuals and communities can build a better future. Come and bring your questions, stories and projects! A progress studies movement is calling upon us to understand the history of technological and scientific breakthroughs and how to keep the many resulting improvements sustainable.…
