The Necessity of the Human Body

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In this salon, Ben Fleming discusses the ways we are trying to make the human body obsolete. Is it ethical? Is it even possible? And why do we want to escape our physical bodies?  As a personal trainer I have spent a lot of time invested in the human body. I regularly train my body…

$15.00

Host Training Journey: Joseph Campbell’s Framework – Act 4 – The Return

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Host Training Journey In this host training series, ii Camp Curiosity host Helena Ng will walk with you on the journey of hosting your own ii salons through the lens of the Hero's Journey. The discussion will be co-hosted by Bryan Kam who has a decade worth of experience in hosting conversations. Helena is the…

Free

The Story of Industrial Civilization: Information

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Progress writer Jason Crawford is writing a book about the modern world and how it was invented. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by chapter, and get an inside look at the author’s creative process. Behind the world of our daily lives, there is a hidden world, one that keeps our world…

$25.00

Interintellect – NYC Local Meet and Greet (And Great Food)

Old Tbilisi Garden 174 Bleecker Street, New York, NY

In this casual community gathering in NYC, we will come together at Old Tbilisi Garden for a dinner of discussion about books, wine, friendship, and philosophy. You will meet and make new friends, and also reunite with fellow Interintellects in the city. Menu: see here Address: 174 Bleecker Street Not a member yet: join us…

Free

Welcome New Hosts! – The Art of Salon Hosting with Visa

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Interintellect host and mentor Visakan Veerasamy leads a discussion on how to host great salons. Friends, new and old, welcome to Interintellect! What makes a good ii salon? How do you choose a good topic? How do you make it compelling, interesting, exciting? And once you’ve got people interested, how do you make sure that it goes…

Free

San Francisco IRL: ii Pre-Thanksgiving

San Francisco San Francisco, CA

Casual pre-Thanksgiving community gathering - come join us for friends, food, laughter, and beer! Please note that you must RSVP to this event to attend. You can follow any updates to this event and the others in our #bay_area channel, and keep in touch with other attendees! Menu: here. We can't wait to see you…

Free

Rand vs Arendt: Meeting the Novelist and the Philosopher

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Daniel Golliher presents a discussion about two of modern America's most profound thinkers, with all of their sharp similarities and differences.  She fled the rise of totalitarianism in Europe in the early twentieth century, and, after coming to America, she settled in Manhattan. Her work and her personality were a force, and in between cigarettes…

$25.00

Science to the People – Hosting Science Salons 101

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You do amazing research! Why not share it with the public? Learn about hosting Interintellect salons as a graduate student, post-doc, or professor with Interintellect host Donald E Frederick. Interintellect is a global community where every day, we come together at salons. From across the globe to talk about philosophy and science, art and technology,…

Free

In Praise of The Prophet Series – Part 8: Prayer, Pleasure, Beauty

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In this salon series, Tanya Raj will lead deep-dive discussions on The Prophet by Khalil Gibran and his philosophy on living a life with purpose and meaning. In this salon, we will delve into the power of prayers and surrender, a way to reach our own consciousness, what defines pleasure and beauty, are they interlinked…

$20.00

The Future of Formal Debate

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In her debut salon, former college debater and generally argumentative person Alice Fine will lead a discussion on formal debate, including high school and college debate, political debates, and debates among public intellectuals (such as the Munk Debates). " the goal of persuasion above the goal of truth. The debater's strength lies not in intellectual…

$10.00

Improvisation, Spontaneity, and Oneness

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Rosano and Vivek invite you to a salon on creation and consumption becoming one. What can various traditions of non-duality teach us about being spontaneous? What makes someone a good improviser? What makes for a good experience on improvisation? How much do improvisers plan? Is it something that is “manufactured” or simply “channeled?” Can improvisation…

$15.00