Navigating the early days of adulthood as a founder, creative, hacker or dropout can be challenging. Let’s talk about it and share our insights! In this weekly event, Zack and Zelda open a space for makers to share what they’re working on, receive support and make new friends. Our ancestors gathered around a fire to…
Join Vaughn Tan in building a better relationship with the not-knowing that surrounds us. This episode focuses on the fourth category of not-knowing, which is about the relative value attached to particular outcomes. Not…
In Self-Made, Tara Isabella Burton delves into "the theories and forces behind our never-ending need to curate ourselves." In this Supersalon we will talk with Tara about how to put current "self-fashioning" into perspective, both comparatively and as a distinctive moment. Are we all Kardashians now? Does a godless, or at least perversely sacred, world…
If you’re feeling a constant level of stress, join the “Tools for Stress Resilience” series. It is hosted by Interintellect host Mariya Hoffman, a somatic mindfulness instructor with a specialty in…
In the tenth salon of the Ideas Shape the World - An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosts Robert Nemeth and Ferenc Laczo will discuss the civil rights movement and…
Epistemology, the theory of knowledge, is often understood as a subject worthy of study, if at all, for the sake of itself. In this new salon series, Arkadiusz Synowczyk, a philosophy student specializing in epistemology, will show how this approach is fundamentally misguided. Epistemology, far from a purely theoretical subject, will be shown as providing crucial guidance…
"We don't actually experience the world — instead, we filter reality through the state of our nervous system." Jonny Miller is an emotional resilience researcher, host of the curious humans podcast and founder of Nervous System Mastery ~ a cohort based course for cultivating calm and agency over your internal state. Join as we…
Join OSV fellows, Martha and Nat Sharpe, as they explore the future of education and the promise of self-directed learning! The meeting will be hosted by Katrina Dela Cruz and Visakan Veerasamy. In a rapidly changing world, the traditional approaches to education are being challenged. How do we equip the next generation for a future…
In the sixth salon of a nine-part series on human flourishing, join host Ashley Zhang to discuss religion and spirituality, reason and faith, fate and free will, the sacred and the profane, and how they can guide us in leading flourishing lives. “To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are…
Navigating the early days of adulthood as a founder, creative, hacker or dropout can be challenging. Let’s talk about it and share our insights! In this weekly event, Zack and Zelda open a space for makers to share what they’re working on, receive support and make new friends. Our ancestors gathered around a fire to…
Join Interintellect founder Anna Gát at a friendly debate on Greta Gerwig's movie Barbie. We will explore its style, message, humour, and success - or failure - as a feminist movie! If you haven't been living under a rock, you're probably aware that Greta Gerwig's movie Barbie is the talk of the town. We debate its…
Join host Adwait Srivastava and celebrate one of history's greatest thinkers in a place he would've loved: New York's Central Park! Leo Tolstoy was an avid naturalist. So, where better to discuss his life and works than in the only place in NYC he could truly appreciate? Central Park! Come and dive into discussions on 'Anna…
