Raising Competent, Independent, and Self-Driven Kids

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Mother and Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek wants her daughter to enter adulthood feeling capable, competent, and excited for the future. She knows this will require experimentation in the real world, learning things by trial-and-error, and making a bunch of mistakes. Join her for an exploration of whether independence and agency can be taught, how can…

$20.00

London IRL: Drunk — How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, with author Edward Slingerland

In this exciting and exclusive live discussion, please join professor of philosophy and writer Edward Slingerland and Interintellect host Bryan Kam to discuss Edward's book Drunk, a deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication. The event, which is free for those who register, will take…

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Children’s Books With Life Lessons

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In this salon, best-selling children's books author K.A. Mulenga leads a discussion on children's books with life lessons. Not all children's books these days teach a life lesson or have a life lesson attached to them. In this day and age, can children learn from books or is everything centred around gadgets, devices, and apps,…

$10.00

Ending Unconscious Bias with Jessica Nordell – SuperSalon by Bryan Kam

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In this exciting SuperSalon, award-winning journalist and writer Jessica Nordell will join writer and Interintellect host Bryan Kam to discuss The End of Bias. Discussions of unconscious bias often focus on the problem, not solutions. How do we eradicate the unexamined prejudices that clash with our values and wreak havoc across medicine, the workplace, education,…

$25.00

What Information Wants, Chapter 5: Printed Knowledge in the Industrial Age

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Rhys Lindmark is writing a book about how information flows and how it’s changing on the internet. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by chapter, and get an inside look at the author’s creative process. This is the 6th salon for Rhys Lindmark’s series on What Information Wants. Join…

$20.00

21st Century Monetary Policy | Part II: The Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession

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Join Jared Davis—a software engineer in Cambridge, Massachusetts who enjoys studying mathematics and reads widely—for the second of a four-part discussion of 21st Century Monetary Policy. In this salon, we will discuss the first part of Ben Bernanke’s book, 21st Century Monetary Policy. Bernanke is an economist, historian, and Chairperson of the US Federal Reserve…

$20.00

Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Tour Through the Great Works of Speculative Fiction – Frank Herbert

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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 Dune and discussing futuristic feudal systems, political intrigue, resource constraints, and the importance of destiny.  Dune is one of the most ground-breaking and best-selling novels of sci-fi. The political…

$20.00