In a world where the Creator Economy is thriving, there are more opportunities than ever before to participate. The question is: How? Pulling from her personal experience launching an online community for writers, Moore will share some practical ideas for creative ways to monetize an area of expertise and open a conversation about the pros,…
Renée DiResta, expert in (mis)information in our digital age, joins Interintellect founder Anna Gát to explore how propaganda shapes our reality and what can be done to counter its influence. Don't miss out! Join this thought-provoking discussion featuring Renée DiResta, author of the groundbreaking book Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. In…
Join Jacob Huber, founder of Revolutionary Character, to discuss why and how to rest appropriately and support each other in doing so rather than guilting each other into excessive (and unproductive!) grinding! We are overwhelmed with “productivity” hacks and advice to grind grind grind to get what we want, but there is insufficient discussion of how to maintain…
Fellow Interintellect host Katrina Dela Cruz invites you to a salon of inter(intellect)mingling, finding new friends and rediscovering old ones, in group convos and 1:1s conversations! The Great Interintellect Mingle is back! Come meet new friends (and maybe some old friends as well) in the main room as well as in 1-on-1 breakout rooms. No…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and…
Meet fellow seekers and thinkers at public online Interintellect salons. Find new friends "backstage" among Interintellect community members at our in-person events and in our online forum. Learn deeply from our hosts as they create incredible events and explorations. And if you feel ready: host your own events yourself...! *** This is an invitation to…
We will wander around the Magnificent Mile and Navy Pier and talk about Chicago’s history and its future. Possibly convince me to move here! Did the fire of 1871 pave the way for the modern city and skyscraper development? Does being the transportation hub for the agricultural bounty of the Midwest create the deep dish…
Hosted by DJ Scruggs, a kinda sorta tech bro who is worried about how political rhetoric in the United States has become ever more apocalyptic since his first presidential vote in 1988. In my lifetime, apocalyptic political rhetoric was mostly a right wing phenomenon driven by fundamentalist Christian ideas of prophecy. In the last 10…
Join writer Patricia Hurducas from The Flâneurs Project in this IRL salon to dive into a conversation about the places that we long for. What are the places that we cannot stop thinking about? Where do we want to live next, or where do we want to set off on a big adventure? Join us to…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. 'Is that a mirror in your pocket?' Does gender reflect biological sex, or stand on…
Legitimacy, cooption, retaliation: the three pillars of power are never more up for debate than in a year when a country elects its new leaders, when it exerts its democratic force to make the one who represents the majority best its chief executive. Mass media, educational institutions, and communities of worship all play important roles…
Packy McCormick, founder of Not Boring, joins Interintellect founder Anna Gát to discuss the future of America and the interplay between government and entrepreneurship that he believes will define the next century. Is America on decline? Far from that! Drawing on historical examples and contemporary economic data, Packy McCormick argues that despite political and institutional…
