The Three Body Problem: Its Cultural Impact and Afterlife

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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…

$20.00

Kinderintellect: Work-Life Balance

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…

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How to Read a Novel: I, Beginnings — Persuasion, Jane Austen

Do you want to read more classic fiction? Do you want to know more about how novels work, their technique? Do you want to do this in a low pressure bookclub-style setting? Join Henry Oliver, who writes The Common Reader for this series on How to Read a Novel. In this series, we will learn how novels…

$20.00

Host Chat: Your Next Salon Topic (hangout in the ii Café)

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Thought about hosting a salon sometime but you’re not sure yet what it should be about? Join Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek for a brainstorming session and let’s find a topic that gets you excited to explore it further with the ii community. The best Salon topics start with something you care deeply about. Is there a question…

What Information Wants, Chapter 6: The Information Revolution

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Rhys Lindmark is writing a book about how information flows and how it’s changing on the internet. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by chapter, and get an inside look at the author’s creative process. This is the 7th salon for Rhys Lindmark’s series on What Information Wants. Join us…

$20.00

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

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In this exciting online 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. While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol…

$15.00