ii IRL in Santa Monica Discussing the Isms of Consciousness

Santa Monica

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 more! Following up on our recent book club and further discussions in the Los Angeles area ii Discord channel, we’ll begin with the inherent difficulty…

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Chapter 15: The Evolution of Culture – The Beginning of Infinity Reading Group (Members Only)

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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…

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The Art of Hosting: Host Training with Colin Gorrie

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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…

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What Makes You Make?

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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…

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The Work of Living – Talk with Max Alvarez and Courtney Smith | New Labor Book Series #5

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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…

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Host Chat: Let’s List a Salon Together! (hangout in the ii Café)

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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…

Psychedelic Utopias: Where did the 60s go wrong?

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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…

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Interintellect Town Hall: Previewing The New Interintellect.com

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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…

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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…

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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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