The Embodiment of Evil: Adolf Eichmann vs Ellsworth Toohey

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In this salon, Daniel Golliher dives into the nature of evil. Philosophers have approached the subject differently throughout time, but few as memorably as either Rand or Arendt.  This salon is the second of three in a mini-series comparing the thinkers Ayn Rand and Hannah Arendt.  Hannah Arendt famously called it banal while covering the…

$25.00

Interintellect @ Vibecamp: Materializing the New Republic of Letters

Austin, Texas TX

If you're attending Vibecamp, join Étienne Fortier-Dubois and Alex Grin at this special Interintellect gathering to discuss the beauty and perils of manifesting online communities “in real life.” In the age of Enlightenment, the Republic of Letters was a group of intellectuals who lived across Europe and kept in touch through written correspondence. It was…

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The Future Of Cities: Smart And Sustainable Or Segregated And Uninhabitable

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Roman Skorzus is a policy lead in the Tech for Development Policy Unit at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He leads the development of actionable policies and strategies to harness the transformative opportunities of tech for developing and emerging economies. This salon is part of a new ten-part series called The Future Of…

$20.00

Generation X: Cinema

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In this new series, writer Sean Patrick Hughes explores the culture, events and history of Generation X. At 7:30 PM eastern time on November 8, 1972, HBO launched the first premium pay cable station in America. By the end of the decade, it was in 10 million American households. By 1982 10% of American households…

$15.00