In this salon, debut host Tasshin Fogleman explores the highs and lows of collaboration. Scientific research, political movements, films, Broadway musicals, and even the humble neighborhood block party all require collaboration. Good collaboration results something greater, more beautiful and more beneficial than any one person could create on their own. Bad collaboration results in headaches,…
When was the last time you felt enthusiastic about living life? Is the world a dangerous place? Or is it ripe with pleasures to be discovered? How we grew up experiencing pleasure affects how we determine self-worth. A healthy integration of our sub-personalities, an abundance mindset, and a strong sense of havingness are central to…
Interintellect host Linus Lu continues his series all about classical music by exploring the relationship between classical music and the spaces in which it is heard. In this salon, we explore how and where we listen to music. More so than perhaps other art forms, music can switch contexts. While we usually read books in relative silence and…
Join Eyal Shay for a creative pursuit of reimagining societal structures and modes of transaction. In the beginning there was trust. Bands of Homo sapiens relied on internal trust-based bonds for surviving and thriving. Then came simple trade, followed by common currency, or money. Money allowed people to leave behind the paradigm of gifting with…
Interintellect Maybe Gray and special guest Qiaochu Yuan invite you to explore the interconnections between the experience of envy and the concept of evil. Sometimes we recognize that we have encountered injustice in the world and maybe some of the occasions upon which we blame this injustice on something called "Evil" we are correct. Sometimes,…
Dear community and hosts, After Arcadia, Uncle Vanya and The State of Siege, we once again gather to read a masterpiece of theatre: Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize winning August: Osage County, a family tragicomedy with 13 great roles! Whether you've been to our previous readings or not, as a member you're invited to cast yourself…
Interintellect Patricia Hurducas will lead a workshop on visual curation – from curation of objects in (virtual) museums and galleries to curation of ideas for our personal projects. How can we become better curators and what does that entail? The workshop will start with a discussion about visual intelligence, aesthetics of ambiguity, taste, storytelling, and…
Join Kelsey Oppenheimer in her debut salon to discuss the anatomy of subcultures, their relation to culture at large, and the identities that have formed around them. In this salon, we are going to dissect subcultures. How have they emerged? Why do they thrive? Are they destined to merge with the larger culture? What is…
In the second salon of a mini-series on urban life, Judit Petho leads an exploration of the places we will inhabit in the decades to come If you were suddenly transported to a city in 2040, what would you see? Flying cars? Red smoke filling the air like in San Francisco last year? Elevated green…
In his debut salon, venture capitalist Roy Bahat explores the present state of labor organizing -- covering a little bit of history as context and then discussing different approaches at work today, union and otherwise. This will be a broad overview, to explore possible topics for future salons. Most of the focus will be on…
Join Ashley Zhang for dinner in the SF Mission District to celebrate the beginning of fall with friends, new and old! Come for a delicious dinner; stay for the delicious conversation. We'll be meeting at an Interintellect-favorite restaurant in the Mission District — please RSVP to receive restaurant details via email. Friends and family welcome!…
Podcaster, writer, and editor, Nigel Warburton discusses Public Philosophy A chance to discuss what public philosophy is, why it matters, and how best to do it. Nigel Warburton is the main interviewer for the very popular Philosophy Bites podcast which he makes with David Edmonds and which has had more than 42 million episode downloads. He is the…
