Tech emotionographer Pamela Pavliscak hosts an 8-month Interintellect Salon series while writing her new book #Feels: How Technology is Changing Our Emotional Life for the Better. Have you ever wondered why we feel compelled to note and name every new variation of sadness online? Or what you call that emotional hangover you can get after scrolling social…
Interintellect host and mentor Visakan Veerasamy hosts a fireside chat about fresh starts. It’s 2022! A time for new beginnings! Let's discuss plans, hopes, goals, ideas. (This is the fifth of…
Join members of the completed "Gödel, Escher, Bach" reading group in reading through David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity." Share the pleasure of reading a challenging, thought-provoking book boosted by…
Join London ii hosts Flick Hardingham, and Irene JK as we reflect on Bertrand Russell's ideas are relevant (or not) in today's society and our own lives. Some questions to prompt your… Continue reading Can Knowledge and Love Help Lead the Good Life ? – The Story of Philosophy Series
Interintellect host and mentor Visakan Veerasamy leads an experimental mini-salon made up of your micro-salon ideas. Friends, new and old, welcome to Interintellect! We've now hosted a couple of events where we… Continue reading Welcome New Hosts! Let’s Test Your Salon Ideas
You do good work. You have great ideas. You understand trade offs, constraints, and incentives and policy. Why not share your ideas directly with the general public who they are…
Join Jimmy Wales for a fun quiz on his platform inspired by his family quiz nights during lockdown. Quiz Night Beyond is a way to do fun pub quizzes over video online with…
Default Friend hosts a members-only meetup in Miami (with Interintellect founder Anna Gát attending, if COVID allows travel). “Tumblr beats Facebook in everything. People spill their hearts out on Facebook… Continue reading How Tumblr Changed American Culture
Join Eyal Shay, dialectician and philosopher, and Plato to learn about learning how to do well in life. In this salon we will discuss learning, rationality, critical thinking, puzzles, and…
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…
Join Yatharth and Dalton for a mindful exploration of what it’s like to doom scroll, procrastinate, or otherwise feel beheld to our devices. It’s that time of year we make resolutions. We spend so much time thinking about changing our digital habits. How much time have you spent asking what it’s like? What’s it like, to be caught…
Interintellect host and mentor Visakan Veerasamy hosts a fireside chat about relationships. It's halfway through January already?! Wew! Let's hang out as usual, and maybe this week let's talk about family… Continue reading Peopling – Community Fireside Chat with Visa
