In this salon, the first in a potential series (depending on demand), Eyal Shay will lead a discussion on the concept of Courage in Ancient Greece, why it can't be a virtue at all, and what can take its place (and does, according to Plato and logic). Ask an Athenian born in the 5th cen.…
A movie-loving members-only gathering by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. After our many successful Book Therapy events – where we come together to share our favourite readings and life stories, and have the group create a personal recommendation list of 10 books for each of us – we will try the same format but with movies!…
Hello, friends! Join Matt Neapolitan and fellow Interintellects in Santa Monica to discuss Part I of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America. Following up on our recent book club, conversation about consciousness, and further discussions in the Los Angeles area ii Discord…
Progress thinkers Jason Crawford and Benedict Macon-Cooney lead a wide-ranging discussion on the many ways individuals and communities can build a better future. Come and bring your questions, stories and projects! A progress studies movement is calling upon us to understand the history of technological and scientific breakthroughs and how to keep the many resulting improvements sustainable.…
KORNIENKO コニンコー (that's me, Sophia Kornienko), journalist, animation artist and the host of the UnschoolingFuture Podcast, invites you to become part of her new project about kids' and teens' digital freedoms. I am writing/ illustrating a book, Free to Browse: Organic Contexts for Tech and Media Literacy (working title). Drawing from my family's experience as…
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 people that are capable of doing amazing things, hold important spaces, and transform who we are in the process. The guest for this Salon will…
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 wild and wicked problems, as individuals, organisations, and societies at large. Led by Bronwyn Williams. “Wild problems resist measurement. What works for you might not…
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 questions and discussion. Hosted by Lori Dunlap, mother of two grown homeschooled sons and author of, “From Home Education to Higher Education.” When Lori and…
