ii Book Club Special – Donald Braben on His Book ‘Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization’

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After our popular book club reading Donald Braben's Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization, the author joins Anton Troynikov and Interintellects from around the world to discuss the future of research.   The subject of the first Interintellect Book Club, Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization, is an exhortation and roadmap for how to reform…

Silent Salon

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Silence is more of an idea. A notion. The silence around us may contain a lot, but the most interesting kind of silence is the one that lies within. A silence which each of us must create. About this Event If the early 21st century seemed hellbent on depriving us of silence, the current pandemic,…

Yesterday’s News: Does the News Industry Have a Future? And Does Anyone Care? – With Christopher Schroeder

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  Former washingtonpost.com CEO, investor Christopher Schroeder joins us for a discussion about the future of the news industry: it seems to be the consensus that decentralisation is inevitable, but exactly will it happen? And how can you not miss out? Global tech/venture investor Christopher Schroeder is also the former CEO of washingtonpost.com. He has backed…

Splitting: A Polarizing Phenomena in Psychology & Politics

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Interintellect Maybe Gray invites you to explore our tendency to see "Good" and "Bad" separately in ourselves, our relationships, and our political perspectives.   “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts.…

Cheating on Dunbar: Maintaining our growing Social Networks

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In this salon, debut host Lukas Rosenstock and returning host Vajresh Balaji will discuss our growing social circles and the tools we use to manage them. Humans probably evolved in smaller tribes where everybody knew everyone else. Dunbar’s number says there are around 150 relationships we can retain in our heads. Modern life, on the…

Ted Chiang Part 3: Worlds and Beings Very Foreign to Us

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Étienne Fortier-Dubois  leads a series of thematic discussions on the work of science fiction author Ted Chiang. In Part 3, we discuss non-human beings and how their psychology and biology may differ from ours. Ted Chiang ranks among the best living authors of science fiction. Though he cannot be described as prolific — his entire…