Let's gather once again for 2 and a half uninterrupted hours of reading, study, or meditation, together. Hosted by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. We'll start and end by a short discussion on the current role of silence in our lives, otherwise we will spend the time quietly, focusing on the tasks at hand. The salon…
Join Ulkar Aghayeva for a writing workshop led by Lily Rock, Jameel Martin, and Ryan Tuozzolo as part of the Words and Sounds series exploring connections between literature and music. “We are always searching for the unconditioned, but only ever finding things.” –Novalis We will discuss “artist habits” – a spectrum of work habits of…
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 2nd salon for Rhys Lindmark's series on What Information Wants. Join…
In this salon Interintellect host Patricia Hurducas leads a discussion on how the places we live in and work in impact our thought processes, creativity, imagination, and ultimately the trajectory of our lives. "Street names must speak to the urban wanderer like the snapping of dry twigs, and little streets in the heart of the city…
Joining our community and friends, author and Washington Post columnist Christine Emba discusses her much-awaited new book Rethinking Sex with psychology professor Dr. Isabela Granic. In her vibrant new book, aptly subtitled "A Provocation," the journalist Christine Emba investigates whether the current state of sexual liberation is founded on the right ethics: does our current…
Teens have straight, important questions, but few adults ever give straight answers… until now. Andrew and Isabela are teaming up to share wisdom and demystify the world for teens in this 12-part series. Teens have straight, important questions, but few adults ever give straight answers, in many cases because they don't want to admit that…
Fellow Interintellects Katrina Dela Cruz and Brian Ahuja invite you once again to a salon of inter(intellect)mingling, of finding friends and rediscovering old ones, in group convos and 1:1s, just the way you like it… The Great Interintellect Mingle is back again! Come meet new friends (and maybe some old friends as well) in the main room as well…
Join Interintellect host and editor Timothy Wilcox along with fellow Interintellects for an afternoon of casual discussion in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. On what should hopefully be a wonderful Spring day, come for a nice outdoor hangout. We can meet and grab food at the recently re-opened Smorgasburg food market (located on the park's Breeze Hill),…
In this salon, Tanya Raj will lead a deep dive discussion on dreams and their various textures. Come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned ~Peter…
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…
Interintellect founder Anna Gát continues her series A History of Love with an episode focusing on the Long Nineteenth Century, from the French Revolution to the sinking of the Titanic. The only recent century more turbulent than the 20th must have been the one before it, the infamous nineteenth century, with its prudes and its colonists,…
Are you interested in the foundational texts and topics that have shaped psychedelic use and research today? Join hosts Alex Criddle and Ava for a monthly series on these fundamental ideas and texts that have shaped psychedelia. One of the most common topics surrounding psychedelics is ego dissolution: the notion that your ego dissolves and…
