Community Townhall – Part 2 | First Look at the New Interintellect Platform
OnlineJoin Interintellect Head of Engineering Timothy Lim for a first look at the new Interintellect platform.
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The Philosophy of Crypto – Li Jin with Packy McCormick and Zoë Hitzig
Join crypto investor Li Jin in conversation with investor and writer Packy McCormick (The Great Online Game) and Harvard economist and poet Zoë Hitzig (Co-author of A Flexible Design for Funding Public Goods with Vitalik and Glen Weyl) for a discussion of the philosophic underpinning of crypto. We'll delve into John Rawls, political philosophy, and…
Hosting 101: From Topic Selection to Tone and Audience Management
OnlineJoin a FREE AND PUBLIC training session in the art of hosting with Arkadiusz Synowczyk. We’ll discuss all you need to know about hosting online: tone, topic selection, listing, promotion, and audience management! No Interintellect host is born with the knowledge of how to create, promote, and run a successful, engaging online salon—but these skills are…
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Addiction and Disability
OnlinePursue the philosophical foundations of addiction in a series hosted by John T. Maier, psychotherapist and philosopher. This is the 3rd session in the philosophy of addiction series, and will focus on addiction and trauma. In the law, addiction is understood as a kind of disability. This view gives us an alternative picture of how to think…
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Wilde in Hollywood, or How the Golden Age Got Naughty
OnlineHollywood is haunted by the ghost of playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde. But how did Wilde, who died over a decade before the first feature film, help to make the movies? Join Kate Hext, associate professor of English literature at the University of Exeter and author of the new book Wilde in the Dream Factory:…
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IRL – Washington D.C.: “JOIN OR DIE” Film Screening @ the Library of Congress + IRL Get-Together!
Washington DCIRL - Washington D.C.: “JOIN OR DIE” Film Screening @ LOC + IRL Get-Together!
Breakthroughs in Scientific Theory
OnlineJoin Alex Criddle for the seventh salon in the Breakthroughs series and explore breakthroughs in scientific theory and paradigms. In this first of two salons following Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions we'll explore breakthroughs in scientific theory beginning with the ancient Greek's discoveries in biology and physics and how Greek philosophy shaped the course…
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Western Canon Book Club: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
OnlineExplore with Joseline Yu the dangerous games played to test a knight's virtue in the Middle English romance poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. In place of fights to the death that readers of older epic poetry are familiar with, games are played in "Sir…
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Insurance and Other Fearsome Beasts: Understanding the Myths and Methods of Health Insurance
OnlineJoin Tina Marsh Dalton for this inaugural salon in our Roots of Progress Fellows series. Insurance is vital to accessing modern medical care, but why is it so complex? In this salon, Tina will examine how we got here: why insurance first emerged, its (true) core purpose, and how it has evolved. We will travel across…
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Creative Pairs in History
OnlineHi, I’m Gina! I’m a therapist, avid learner and educator. I’ve spent time in many settings, ranging from mental hospitals to jails and schools and most recently I’ve been coaching entrepreneurs in AI on self-care and social connection. I’m extremely interested in the origins of electric connections! Using Joshua Wolf Shenk’s book Powers of Two,…
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Exploring the Dynamics of Hope: Perspectives in Healthcare and Everyday Life
OnlineAs an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Razan Baabdullah has thought about what hope means for her, her patients, and her team during tough times. So, she wrote a piece about hope. Join her for a conversation on hope, optimism, honesty, and agency in healthcare and everyday life. Hope, often conflated with optimism, can guide us…
Open-sourcing the Quantum Revolution with William Zeng
OnlineJoin OSV fellow, William Zeng, in conversation with quantum researcher Asier Piñeiro Orioli as William discusses his efforts to fund and develop open-source quantum software and hardware! Quantum Computing holds the promise to revolutionize the world someday. However, the challenge of controlling matter at the quantum scale is formidable and requires a collective effort. What if anyone had…
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