Design for Emergence and the Future of Learning

New York NY

What can LEGO bricks teach us about the human mind? Join researcher and technologist Kasey Klimes live in New York City for a conversation that will explore design for emergence as an alternative to user-centered design and its implications for the expansion of human intelligence. Seymour Papert and Mitchel Resnick described great learning technologies as…

Terrific Twos: Understanding Toddlers

Online

Join Montessori Infant and Toddler Guide, Beatriz Freitas, and explore the Montessori perspective on toddlers! Whether you’re expecting a child, already have one or more, this salon is designed for you! Terms like “terrible twos” and “threenagers” are often used by adults to paint a picture of toddlers as disruptive, manipulative, demanding “little dictators” with…

$10.00

Educating with Respect: Unschooling and Self-Directed Learning

Online

What is the goal of education? Who decides what's important to learn or not? Martha Sharpe has been exploring alternative education for years to find what works for her family. Join her as we talk about the approach that flipped her understanding of education upside-down. In this series, Parenting Unlocked: Simplifying the Impossible, each month…

$10.00

Austin IRL: March Meetup in North Austin

Austin, Texas TX

Calling all Central Texas Interintellects! Join Alaka Halder for a casual meetup at Easy Tiger Linc in north Austin. Whether you’re a long-time Interintellect member or new to our community, this is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends, form new connections and have fun, meaningful conversations. Come when you can and stay…

Making Room for the Weird: Carlos Eire on the Paranormal in a Secular Age

Online

Join Yale History professor Carlos Eire and theologian-novelist Tara Isabella Burton for a conversation on Eire's new book They Flew: a history of the paranormal and inexplicable in the early modern world, and what it can tell us about our current age of "weirdness" against a backdrop of seeming secularism. The early modern era was a…

$15.00

Contemporary Faith

Online

What could a modern, intellectually honest religiosity look like? Last time, we talked about the value of intellectual humility and having the wisdom to sometimes sacrifice the notion of truly “knowing” something. On the fifth (!!) iteration of Miriam and Shahid’s salons on the timeless topics of community and religion, let’s take a turn towards…

$15.00
Recurring Event Philosophy as Play

Philosophy as Play

Online

A light exploration of existential and abstract philosophical issues, in dialogue with Christophe Porot, a Scholar in Residence at Cambridge University and a lover of both advanced and amateur explorations of philosophy. This series of open-ended discussions will run each Tuesday in the #ii Café voice and video channel on the Interintellect community forum on…

Workshop #5 – Worldbuilding by bouncing with AI

Online

Love playing with words but feeling stuck? Boost your creativity at AI writing workshops with an award-winning video game writer Charlene Putney! Do you love to play with words? Do you sometimes feel creatively blocked? Do you need some new techniques and exercises to loosen up your mind and your pen? Do you find it hard…

$15.00

The Wealth Of Nations Reading Group, Part 4

Online

Read and discuss the most important work of economics in the Western canon. Hosted by Ben Landau-Taylor—join this discussion below or join the full reading group series here. The Wealth Of Nations laid the foundations of modern economic theory when it was published in 1776. While the structure of the economy has changed substantially since…

$20.00

NYC IRL Social – Milestones

New York NY

Join new-to-New York member Shahid Nowshad and Santiago Hernandez for an Interintellect gathering in NYC, discussing milestones and more! This is a great opportunity for new members to connect to the community, old members to re-kindle old connections, and for all to discuss the topics that are most exciting to you right now! Please RSVP.…