Hello, friends! Join Matt Neapolitan and fellow Interintellects in Santa Monica to discuss the nature of consciousness and what it is like to be something. Monism, Dualism, Physicalism, Panpsychism, and…
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…
Interintellect host and mentor Visakan Veerasamy hosts a fireside chat about expression. How are we expressing ourselves? Are we aware of it? Do we like it? Would we like to change it? How can we express ourselves better, while being even more honest and true to who we are? – (Image via El Swaggy, Unsplash) ***…
The Art of Hosting is a new host training series, where Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek interviews experienced ii hosts in search for their secrets, hard-won lessons, tips, and best practices. In this episode, we’ll talk to Colin Gorrie – linguist, conlanger (maker of constructed languages), and experienced Interintellect host. "Knowledgable and infectiously enthusiastic" – that's how…
Come explore the hows and whys of creativity with artist and writer, Anne Ross (@annerossart). All people are creative, but what makes a few of us actually create? What makes you pick up that guitar, or paint brush, or empty page? Do we need to cross this threshold only once? Do we have to wait…
Join us for our fifth author talk, with Max Alvarez and Courtney Smith, to discuss Max’s new book, The Work of Living, a human history of COVID-19—one of the defining events of the 21st century told by the people who lived it. Through a series of interviews conducted in 2020 and 2021, Max spoke with…
Join Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek for another weekly hangout in the ii Café. This time we'll see how we can make listing the salon as simple as possible - and sort out all the obstacles you might find on the way. Have you thought about hosting a salon but don't know what would be the best…
Join hosts Alex Criddle and Ava for the final salon in their Foundational Texts and Topics of Psychedelics series as they explore the utopian ideals of the 60s and 70s, what they did right and wrong, and how to think about creating golden ages and utopias. During the initial psychedelic era, psychonauts, hippies, and normies…
Louis Bijl de Vroe and Simon Ohler (that’s us) are philosophers and brothers in spirit. We are the founders of Spiritual Mischief, a podcast that combines culture, comedy, and ancient wisdom. In this salon series, we offer you a peek into our studies. Based on the eastern philosophy of The Dao, and the book that Dr. Jaap Voigt wrote on…
Join Josh Pollock, Interintellect's engineering team lead, for a members-only Salon for a preview of the next evolution of Interintellect.com. For the last several months, the Interintellect team has been working on a new version of our platform. We are getting close to launching the new site. Attendees will be able to try out the new…
Interintellect founder Anna Gát leads a salon on this much discussed literary phenomenon. The new favourite book of some of the smartest people you'll ever meet, Liu Cixin's trilogy has moved the hearts of sci-fi buffs, adventure lovers, existentialists, and the Asia-curious alike. In this salon, we will try to untangle what makes these books…
Join Krupali Rai and Maria Górska-Piszek for a recurring parents circle—hosted on the first Monday of each month. Parents mingle – find friendship with the extended Interintellect family. Share your experiences with moms and dads at the same stage of their parenting journey or make time to talk about anything but your kids. All kids…
