In this salon Maybe Gray invites you to explore a series of mystery topics for which she has not prepared to talk about at all. This brand new approach to improvisation at the interintellect is inspired by the Whose Line is it Anyway? improv game "Scenes from a Hat". In this game, a series of…
In this salon, Interintellect founder Anna Gát leads a discussion on military intelligence - strategic, operational, tactical. We will look at the history of espionage and strategic planning, as well as the lead-ups to some of the most famous battles. This event is part of our A History of War series; no previous attendance or…
Join economist, social technologist and RadicalXChange founder Glen Weyl and Interintellect co-hosts Alaka Halder and Wes Chow for this special members-only salon! Glen Weyl is a rare force in academia, public discourse, and movement building. One of the world’s foremost political economists, he co-invented groundbreaking systems such as quadratic voting to help societies make better…
In this salon hosted by Lukas Rosenstock, we'll share our thoughts about the idea behind universal basic income. It's a simple idea with proponents as varied as Martin Luther King and Elon Musk: give every citizen a monthly stipend to cover their essential needs, without conditions or work requirements. Unfortunately, no country or region has…
Eureka! In this salon debut Interintellect host Neville A Mehra leads a discussion on creativity and the origin of ideas. We'll share and explore our beliefs on the nature and origins of ideas and our experiences as creators, artists, knowledge workers, and thinkers of all sorts. Questions for Discussion: Where do ideas come from? Do…
In this salon (the first of a three-part mini-series), Jake Orthwein will lead a discussion on the parallels between contemporary politics and professional wrestling. It's difficult to escape the sense that there's something unreal about contemporary politics. The narrowness of the Overton Window, the pageantry of the debate stage, the artificial feuding of cable news…
Join Liz Voeller on an exploration through one of Herbert Simon’s key concepts and what it means for addressing complexity in our own lives. Systems demonstrate the property of “near-decomposability” when interactions WITHIN each subsystem are stronger than the interaction AMONG subsystems. This concept, made legible by Herbert Simon in his essay The Architecture of…
In part one of this mini-series, Alex Criddle will guide you through the ages of psychedelic usage from ancient to modern times. We'll also look at the psychedelic culture of the 60s and 70s -- the good and the bad, exploring the cultural ramifications of this period of psychedelic usage. We'll examine the reasons for…
Join Interintellect Host Brian Toh, in this guided physical-exploratory salon, taking you through an experience of discovering your embodiment and how to "move better". "The Dance is an animate composition in space. Dancing is movement made significant; technique used to express spiritual content in intelligible form" - Armitage, 1969 The Wind once asked a Tree…
In this salon, debut host Eloy Fisher leads a discussion on our reasons for wanting to disappear. Our world invites us to excel in ways that our forefathers not so long ago deemed impossible. However, how much of that engagement acts as an eraser for our narratives, as we sketch them in thick and dark scrawls given…
Calling 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 made during a year of Zoom-only salons, trade Texas stories and recommendations, and discuss our visions and plans for the Interintellect locally and online. What…
After 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…
