The Nature and Future of Consciousness with Anil Seth and Erik Hoel

Online

Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Anil Seth joins scientist and author Erik Hoel for a discussion of the nature and future of consciousness in this exciting SuperSalon. Long a subject of inquiry, consciousness is much theorized about and now technological developments over the past several decades…

$25.00

Workshop: Intro to First Principles Thinking Using Visual Diagraming for Life, Business and Decision Making

Online

Join AI founder Farzad Khosravi to dive into the world of first principles thinking in this dynamic workshop designed to transform your problem-solving approach. This unique event centers on real-time, interactive learning experiences, where participants become an integral part of the process. I will invite volunteers to present their challenges, and together, we embark on…

Rethinking Forgiveness – with Agnes Callard, Elizabeth Bruenig, and Jennifer Banks

Yale University New Haven, CT

Join us for a panel on forgiveness with philosophy professor Agnes Callard and journalist Elizabeth Bruenig, hosted by Senior Executive Editor at Yale University Press Jennifer Banks, as we explore the practice of forgiveness in our unforgiving age. In recent years, forgiveness has come under increasing attack. Isn’t it unfair, many have asked, to expect…

$27.00

Can We like Beauty and Badness? A Conversation about Beauty and Morality

Online

Join Michael Spicher, a public philosopher, for an evening devoted to exploring the relationship between beauty and morality. In the 18th century, philosophers often claimed a connection between morality and beauty. They seemed to think that a virtuous person was able to comprehend beauty more fully. We don't generally think this way anymore. But we still…

$15.00

The Man from the Future: A Conversation with Ananyo Bhattacharya on the Vision of John von Neumann

Online

A combination of genius and unique historical circumstance allowed a single man to sweep through so many different fields of science, sparking revolutions wherever he went. Join London Institute for Mathematical Sciences chief science writer Ananyo Bhattacharya in conversation with Chroma founder Anton Troynikov for a salon on the massive technological fingerprint of John von…

$25.00

Umbilical Phantoms: A Conversation with Siri Hustvedt and Anna Motz

Online

"The more scientists find out about the placenta, the weirder it gets. The cellular exchange creates chimeras of both mother and foetus during pregnancy." Join novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt and forensic psychologist Anna Motz for a philosophical and psychological salon on the birth of things: babies, ideas, art. This salon will explore philosophical and…

$20.00