Interintellects Vidhika Bansal and Rosano invite you to reflect on the pivotal role technology plays in our lives, the trade-offs of its everpresence, and finding balance in the digital world. — Post-salon update: read takeaways from our conversation. — Nowadays, so many goods, services, and experiences are just a tap or click away. Need a…
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 what is knowledge, is all knowledge good or even required, what does knowing the self, mean, can knowledge be taught or…
Join Pavel Shibayev for an IRL picnic meetup in Central Park! Location: we'll gather on the Great Hill (close to the northwestern corner of the park; enter from W 106th Street). There should be picnic tables around, so no need to sit on the ground. Some food and snacks will be shared; please feel free…
In this Salon, veteran host and philosophical life coach Pamela J. Hobart invites participants to consider the concept of “clarity” in one’s life - What is it? Why do we want “clarity?” Should we want it? In over 2 years of philosophical life coaching work with over one hundred clients, virtually everyone has shown up…
In this salon, Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex, co-director of the Canadian Institute for Advance Research Program on Brain, Mind, and Consciousness, will join us for a Q&A discussion of his new book: Being You — A New Science of Consciousness. The discussion will be co-hosted by…
"These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country." - Zadie Smith, White Teeth Join engineer and mathematician Meghan Kane (an American in Berlin) and Interintellect founder Anna Gát (a triple immigrant of Hungarian origin) as we wade through the many aspects of the immigrant experience,…
In this salon debut host Vikram Das explores the limits of the English language. Ever racked your brain for a word you're convinced should exist, yet is inexplicably absent from the dictionary? All languages have their limitations-should English fall short, the expression may lie elsewhere. We are going to discuss linguistic gems that capture cultural…
In this salon, Mashal Waqar hosts a conversation about how and when to take chances in life. When you look back and think about how you’ve gotten to a certain stage in anything, there’s often dots you can connect and paths you can trace back. It’s easier to do when looking back, but how do you do…
Autumnal read-aloud salons return with Interintellect host Catherine Woodiwiss! For millennia, as nights grow longer and the air gets colder, humans have gathered together to shelter and tell each other stories. The earliest stories were rooted in the natural world — finding lessons and meaning in the autumnal turn that brings us from light to…
Join London ii hosts Flick Hardingham and Irene JK as we reflect on Herbert Spencer's ideas are relevant (or not) in today's society and our own lives. Some questions to prompt your curiosity. In the mid-1800s, as England was ushering in the industrial era, Herbert Spencer gained prominence for his intellectual and scientific prowess. A man with varied interests…
Welcome to the third salon of a mini-series on all things community hosted by Lucia Asanache – she will explore, with support from wonderful guests, the power and potential of communities for improving our society. Inspired by her work building global communities around tech policy at the Tony Blair Institute, Lucia is keen to share but also to…
Video production basics workshop for existing and prospective hosts! With every year the tools used for media production grow increasingly powerful, but communicating your message with video and audio doesn't have to be complicated. Olga Yakimenko is a video editor and past videographer with experience in video and podcast production, and is keen to share…
