Debut host Sasha Chapin, is a slightly autistic writer/coach who's currently pursuing ventures in perfume, charter cities, meta-science, and talking to groups of people. We are in a time where being neurodivergent seems to be kind of good, to a degree. The fundamental characteristic of being on the spectrum is not hearing the social music…
In this exciting upcoming SuperSalon, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, the internet’s favourite “friendly ambitious nerd” Visakan Veeraasmy, and Interintellect founder Anna Gát discuss the future that is already here, just unevenly distributed. As we (hopefully) approach the tail end of the pandemic, many of us have started thinking, internally and in unison, what's next? How…
Join linguist Colin Gorrie in the second in a series of salons investigating language for a look at how fictional languages are created. Many celebrated works of speculative fiction over the last hundred years have involved elaborate world-building, often to the extent of having whole languages or families of languages created for the project. Think…
In this salon, debut host Dima Syrotkin explores the pros and cons of ambition. "A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions." - Marcus Aurelius “If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.” - Alan Lightman,…
Join Interintellect founder Anna Gát as she returns to the topic of last year's popular miniseries, A History of Love. In this first episode, we will talk about our evolutionary…
Long-time Interintellect members Haider Al-Mosawi and Anwar AlKandari are thrilled to finally be hosting an IRL Interintellect meetup! This is an opportunity for people in Kuwait to get to know…
This is now a tradition in the ii: a casual Holiday gathering with wine, cake and cocoa, where we can sit down and take stock of this past year, make plans for the next, and enjoy each other's beloved company. Feel free to bring friends, spouses, and children, so we can share our stories and…
Malcolm Ocean hosts a salon to help you orient to the coming year, based on some of the content from his crew’s Goal-Crafting Intensive workshops. We’re going to do a…
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”― Zora Neale Hurston Interintellect Host Patricia Hurducas invites Interintellect members to a Letter Writing Workshop. On the 5th of January we will meet to have a conversation on the year that passed and on the New Year which will follow. During this workshop we will write…
Hi, my name is Nikolaus Sabathiel. I am a life coach for self-confidence & honest self-expression. Further, I am a software developer for augmented & virtual reality. In this salon we will explore: Why does Overthinking sabotage our Creativity & Performance? Why do people choke under pressure? What creates Flow Experiences? How can we create…
“An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.” — Stephen King What are your favorite first sentences, the ones that grabbed you and never let go? Why is the beginning of any piece of writing so important? And what…
ii’s very own Camp Curiosity hosts Jeeva Vijay, Helena Ng, and Luke Butler invite you to a wholesome gathering to inspect our emotional experiences through collective metaphor building. This event is a rerun of last month’s Metaphoring salon, and is now adapted for European and Asian timezones. Whether it’s as stiff as a dead leaf,…
