Join hosts Isabela Granic and Thomas Arnold as we read Louise Glück's title poem from her remarkable 1982 volume "The Wild Iris." What kind of a flower narrates a poem? What is death, and what life? Where do we find ourselves in these verses? This salon will allow us the time to read, savor, and…
Since 2011, Richard D. Bartlett has worked with self-organizing groups and teams. Out of this came Microsolidarity - a roadmap for building communities of belonging, partnership and purpose. In this salon, he will chat with Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek and Interintellect community members about cultivating trust and belonging within our community. How do we create…
A salon on Creativity, Genius and The Gift & Market Economies, hosted by Bryan Kam, Nasos Papadopoulos, and Isabela Granic. Many of us have a deep need to do creative work which we believe in — but this kind of expression does not naturally pay the bills. In this wide-ranging salon, Bryan Kam, Nasos Papadopoulos,…
In this salon, writer and scientist Samuel Arbesman leads a discussion around the nature of computer code and its relationship to magic and sorcery. Computer code has been described to many different things, but one analogy that crops up over and over is that of code as a type of magic: words that affect our…
My name is jp, and I evolve who I am by interacting with people and asking questions mainly on Twitter. My mission in life is to shine a light into…
Join economist and author, Russ Roberts at this SuperSalon as he discusses the ideas inside his new book, Wild Problems, and gives suggestions on how we can better deal with…
This will be an information-filled salon during which we’ll explore multiple educational models and options available to students these days. We will also set aside plenty of time for participant…
Join Krupali Rai and Maria Górska-Piszek for a recurring parents circle—hosted on the first Monday of each month. This time we'll talk about the role of extended family and local community in raising a child: the joys, the challenges, strategies, tips and best practices. Everyone knows it takes a village to raise a child. But…
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…
AI regulation is moving from suggested guidelines to the full force of the law as the EU gets ready to pass its EU AI Act. Kevin Schawinski an astrophysicist and startup founder in the AI space will moderate a discussion on how this will impact how we engage with AI. The EU is looking to…
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…
On a personal level, one can easily make the case for having children (although the not too online will not even bother): "Yep, it's what makes us human – the natural order of things – and I want someone to continue my legacy, inherit my money, spend time with". But in her recent essay, independent…
