Whence Rationality? – SuperSalon with Steven Pinker

In this exciting SuperSalon, the world-renowned Steven Pinker, distinguished cognitive psychologist and bestselling author of books like Enlightenment Now and Rationality, joins clinical psychologist and Interintellect host Gena Gorlin to explore what motivates—or demotivates—human reason, virtue, and progress.  Academic psychologists use the term “motivated reasoning” almost synonymously with “irrationality”—as if rational thought only happens in the absence of any motivation.…

$35.00

How To Have Conversations With Your Body, And Why Most People Don’t

Online

In this salon, mathematician-turned-massage-therapist Elena Polozova and somatic coach James Mayfield will share that it’s totally possible to talk to your body. And also, they’ll guide you through doing it yourself, right here in these two hours. What does it mean for your body to “speak”? It’s quite literal. James consults his knees about how…

$20.00

Community Around The World: Tips, Tricks and Lessons from 4 Continents with Liz, Marie, Rachel and Lucia feat. Anna Gát

London London

London friends! A free IRL discussion on organising community around the world, just for you. Join Interintellect founder Anna Gát and her knowledgeable panelists to explore how building togetherness works in different geographies, and what we can learn from each other...   Build a community for tech policy, they said. It will be fun, they…

Free

Emerging New Stories of Work: What Comes After The “Default Path”?

Online

For the past five years, I (Paul Millerd) have been self-employed and been writing about my personal experiments with work and life and about the hundreds of conversations I've had with people from around the world carving their own path.  A lot of this evolved into a book, The Pathless Path, which I recently published…

$10.00

Parenting in the Digital Age

Online

Join Isabela Granic – parent of two 16-year old boys and developmental psychologist studying tech and wellbeing – as we consider the marvelous and mysterious world of parenting in our digital age. In this third salon in the Our Hybrid Lives series, we'll focus on both millenia-old and completely novel parenting challenges that are top-of-mind…

$20.00

Interintellect Hosting – 101 with Anna Gát – Twitter Spaces

Online

Come and join Interintellect founder Anna Gát‘s Twitter Spaces and find out everything there is to know about how to list a successful Interintellect event or series, and how to ensure the world hears about it! If you’d like to be added as a speaker, please RSVP below. If you don’t have a host account with us, you can…

Free

Pursuing an Abundance Agenda – Noah Smith & Kim-Mai Cutler, feat. Dylan Matthews – SuperSalon

In this salon, Vox reporter Dylan Matthews will lead a discussion between Kim-Mai Cutler, partner at Initialized Capital and leading thinker on housing and technology, and Noah Smith, economist/Substacker/bunny enthusiast. The three will discuss the potential and barriers to an "abundance agenda" in the United States: What can be done to supercharge growth and make…

$25.00

Everything Is a Remix: Making Music by the Creative Manipulation of Samples

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In this episode of his music production workshop series, musician and sound engineer Zsolt Török invites you to discuss and explore how sampling became a creative tool in its own right, and get hands on with the sample based devices and workflows available in Ableton Live. What does avant-garde composer Pierre Schaeffer's musique concrète from…

$60.00

Saving the City: Poverty

Online

Silicon Valley native currently in exile Max Dostart-Meers is focused on the intersection of the good life, the just society, and techno-optimistic capitalism. You can follow him on Twitter. Part of the Saving the City series, this salon asks: How can we unleash the potential of American cities as social mobility engines? We will discuss…

$25.00

Chapter 9: Optimism – The Beginning of Infinity Reading Group (Members Only)

Online

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…

Free

Host Office Hours: Planning Your Salon (in the ii Café)

ii Café Voice Channel

For all hosts new and old (and prospective!): Have you always wanted to start and need a pair of eyes on your salon ideas? Do you have a salon coming up and want to give it your best? Do you want a second opinion on possible event types? Join Interintellect editor Tim to discuss the…