London IRL: Drunk — How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, with author Edward Slingerland

London London

In this exciting and exclusive live discussion, please join professor of philosophy and writer Edward Slingerland and Interintellect host Bryan Kam to discuss Edward's book Drunk, a deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication. The event, which is free for those who register, will take…

Free

Children’s Books With Life Lessons

Online

In this salon, best-selling children's books author K.A. Mulenga leads a discussion on children's books with life lessons. Not all children's books these days teach a life lesson or have a life lesson attached to them. In this day and age, can children learn from books or is everything centred around gadgets, devices, and apps,…

$10.00

Host Office Hours: What’s Stopping You from Hosting? (hangout in the ii Café)

Online

Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek is hosting another weekly hangout in the ii Café. Join her to talk about all the possible things that might be blocking you from hosting, and let's see how we can make it work together. Have you thought about hosting salons with Interintellect, but you wouldn't even know where to start?…

Los Angeles ii IRL – Tech Week

Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Interintellect members and SuperSupporter Abby Garcia are hosting a free in-person get together for the Interintellect community. With people in town for Tech Week and other reasons, we invite not only Interintellect members who live in Los Angeles, but anyone from the extended community who can make it. The event will take place…

Free

21st Century Monetary Policy | Part II: The Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession

Online

Join Jared Davis—a software engineer in Cambridge, Massachusetts who enjoys studying mathematics and reads widely—for the second 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…

$20.00

Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Tour Through the Great Works of Speculative Fiction – Frank Herbert

Online

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 be exploring the world of Dune and discussing futuristic feudal systems, political intrigue, resource constraints, and the importance of destiny.  Dune is one of the most ground-breaking and best-selling novels of sci-fi. The political…

$20.00