In this episode of his music production workshop series, musician and sound engineer Zsolt Török invites you to discuss the history and cultural impact of synthesizers, and explore the creative possibilities of sound synthesis. From Vangelis's Blade Runner to Trent Reznor's The Social Network, from Kraftwerk's early krautrock to Sophie's glitchy hyperpop—synthesizers have played a…
Have you thought about hosting a salon, but you are worried you would mess it all up? Maria Górska-Piszek recently joined the Interintellect team, and wants to hear about all your hopes, dreams, fears and horror stories related to hosting. Is the idea of public speaking giving you chills? Does your imagination suggest a hundred…
Join Kyla Scanlon in her this first episode of Obsessions, a new monthly sequence of rotating topics. In this episode, we will focus on the Federal Reserve! The Federal Reserve has become one of the most powerful entities in the world since their creation in the early 1900s. Founded on the basis of normalizing market…
In this series—Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners—linguist Colin Gorrie will teach you how to read Old English texts like Beowulf with the aid of a dictionary. Like every language, English has a past. More than many languages, English has changed dramatically over the years: the language as spoken just a thousand years ago would…
Hi, I am Arkadiusz Synowczyk. I am a philosophy student at Newcastle University (UK). My areas of specialization are epistemology (the theory of knowledge) and philosophy of science. You can find me on Twitter. Thomas Kuhn is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century. His most famous book – The Structure…
Join Jared Davis—a software engineer in Cambridge, Massachusetts who enjoys studying mathematics and reads widely—for the first 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…
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 start analyzing the world of Ender's Game and discuss the costs of war, the importance of empathy, and the logic of survival. Ender’s Game serves as an important meditation on the nature…
Hello! I'm Matt Neapolitan, a cinematographer in Los Angeles. You can find me on Twitter. This Sunday, we'll be discussing Viktor Frankl's beloved reflection on finding meaning in suffering and how his concentration camp experience shaped a new school of psychology. We'll touch on themes as relevant today as in his own time: compassion, free…
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…
Join Jacob Huber, founder of Revolutionary Character, to discuss the methods and science behind starting at an individual level to address change. In an ever changing world filled with challenges from sustainability to inequality, we need more people capable of leading change in themselves, their communities, and their companies. If we can't change ourselves, though,…
Thought about hosting a salon sometime but you're not sure yet what it should be about? Join Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek for a brainstorming session and let's find a topic that gets you excited to explore it further with the ii community. The best salon ideas are born right where you are, starting with whatever…
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…
