Austin Summer Meetup at Easy Tiger East
Austin, Texas TXCalling all Central Texas Interintellects! Join host Alaka Halder to kick off the summer with an IRL meetup at Easy Tiger East. We'll catch up with all the friends we've…
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Silent Salon Vol. III – Collaboration and Togetherness
OnlineAfter two beautiful Silent Salons, we're coming together once again to sit, read, study, and work together, quietly. As before, we will open and close with short discussions on the nature of silence in our lives, what relaxes and reassures us, and how community can provide a space not just for conversation but contemplation. I…
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How to Think Philosophically about Regret and Failure
OnlineDebut host John Danaher leads a discussion on how philosophy can be applied to our everyday regrets and failures. We all have failures; we all have regrets. How can we live with them? Is it rational to 'minimise regret'? Do we over-ascribe failure to our own lives? This Salon will explore these questions and more, considering in…
$15.00
Let’s Read Novels – With Anwar AlKandari
OnlineIn this Interintellect salon, Anwar AlKandari will gather the curious readers around the world to embark on a journey through novels. “The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.” —Ursula K. Le Guin Remember the times…
$12.00
The Future of Humanity & The Methods of Ethics
OnlineThe next 10–10,000 years. What can we expect? What do we want? What should we want? A discussion of Bostrom, Sidgwick and Scheffler, hosted by Peter Hartree. In this salon, we'll consider questions like: Where should we start, if we want to think about the next 10–10,000 years? How trustworthy are our intuitions about the…
$20.00
Sparks Between Us: Step Into The Comfort Inn
OnlineThis new track of monthly Interintellect Salons by two secret ii hosts explores the varying levels of intimacy in sex and relationships. Save the date: this track of ii Salons will run on the fourth Friday of every month. Step into the ii comfort inn for a cathartic conversation in vulnerability, intimacy, and sexuality. In…
$25.00
Psychedelic Therapy and Psychedelics as Medicine
OnlineIn part two of this mini-series, Alex Criddle will lead a discussion on the usage of psychedelics as medicine and psychedelic therapy to heal physical and mental maladies. There are numerous clinical trials ongoing at places like Johns Hopkins, NYU, and MAPS. What are these studies finding? How are they using psychedelics as medicine? Psychedelic…
$20.00
Play and Creativity: Better Together
OnlineWe, Reddy2go and Eyal Shay chose to join hands and play together for our next salon. Join us for a salon celebrating collaboration, openness, levity, yea-saying, and reciprocal creativity. Individuals may boast success or be enthroned, yet no-one has ever achieved anything great alone. Every great leap toward survival and progress was only achieved thanks…
$15.00
The Philosophy of The Little Prince
OnlineIn this salon, Tanya Raj will lead a deep dive discussion and analysis on The Philosophy of The Little Prince and what this classic children’s book can teach adults. The novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is a book that transcends generations and has been loved by children and adults alike. A philosophical tale of humanist…
$15.00
Deschooling Society – Comparative Perspectives On Education Reform & Alternatives
OnlineIn this salon, Zac Yap and Yudhistira lead a discussion on the potential harms of formal education through schools and college, and possible paths of reimagining education from scratch. Drawing on Ivan Illich's 1971 book titled Deschooling Society, we critically evaluate, update and extend the book's arguments across cultures and borders. Has the vision of…
$10.00
The Complete Fiction of Elena Ferrante – Troubling Love
OnlineJaycel Adkins, “Interintellect’s favourite bookworm” introduces his series on the complete fiction of the Italian writer, Elena Ferrante. Why read the complete fiction? In an age of online resources, selected readings, and excerpts, the idea of reading the complete works of any writer is becoming more and more rare. We read more ABOUT a writer…
$20.00
The Story of Philosophy Series – Is Voltaire’s Candide still relevant?
OnlineJoin London ii hosts Flick Hardingham and Irene JK to discuss the key themes raised in Voltaire's Candide and their relevance in today’s society, while questioning the role of satire in driving change. Even the British acknowledged Voltaire as Europe's most famous public intellectual, and his Candide as a prime example of literature as news. The renowned French philosopher…
$20.00