Join Phil Filippak for the next episode of a series about critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. It may sound counter-intuitive but mathematical…
Calling all Central Texas Interintellects! Join hosts Alaka Halder and Shahid Nowshad for a casual fall meetup at Meanwhile. Whether you’re a long-time Interintellect member or new to our community, this…
Experiment with ways of Doing Gentle With an Edge in your life, in this series hosted by Helena Roth, giver and receiver of Tankespjärn. If the cup is already full,…
Bay Area! There has been a lot of interest of late for a Bay Area IRL meetup. It's coming up this November with our member Rahul Subramanian. This event is…
"What's a man now, what's a man mean...?" Authors Christine Emba and Shadi Hamid return to Interintellect to try to find out: while women have spent the past century trying…
Henry Oliver is a literature blogger at The Common Reader. This salon will guide through some of the great English language poems and show you how to understand their nuances and niceties.…
Join Michael Sonnenschein, a screen/TV writer with a background in academia, for an introduction on how to write for movies/tv. I've been writing television and movies professionally in Hollywood since 2008, after transitioning from (well, dropping out of) an academic career path. My intellectual interests have informed my writing work and been central to the…
Since 2015, Patricia Hurducas, a writer and design researcher, has lived across Europe, exploring how our surroundings influence our quality of life. With deep, firsthand knowledge of the challenges and rewards…
Join Kevin Kelly — Senior Maverick at Wired and illustrious writer, photographer, and technologist — with hosts Paul Millerd and Ashley Zhang for a SuperSalon on how to design your own game of…
Join Dr. Jonathan Whitmore, an Astrophysics PhD who starred in the the 3D IMAX film Hidden Universe while completing an astrophysics postdoc research position, for an AMA! Jonathan is interested in current and historical astrophysical research -- especially as it relates to core questions about using science to learn about the universe. This salon will…
Join the fourth episode of an offline salon series in Manhattan, featuring the brilliant writer and multifaceted creator Kyla Scanlon! Come and discuss her upcoming book, In This Economy?, and a variety of…
Join Vaughn Tan in building a better relationship with the not-knowing that surrounds us. What tools do we need to relate well to not-knowing? Episodes 11-13 of this series focus on tooling up: appropriate mindsets, approaches, and actual tools for thought and action. Episode 11 unpacks what a mindset is and why an appropriate mindset for uncertainty is based on explicitly…
