The Craft Behind Feminine Fun in ‘Chick Lit’ and Women’s Fiction

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Join Joseline Yu to unpack the literary merit of novels in the 'chick-lit' genre and other fictional works across various mediums that fall under the umbrella of women's fiction. Women's fiction, especially novels in the 'chick lit' genre, are often seen as light, easy and just for fun. Works targeted towards women are often read…

$10.00

Breakthroughs in Consciousness: The Evolution and Development of Consciousness to the Modern Day

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Join Alex Criddle for the second salon in the Breakthroughs series and explore the evolution and development of consciousness. After looking at the development of language and its role in human evolution, we'll tackle the evolution of consciousness from its disputed origins through the modern day. How and when did we develop phenomenal experience? How…

$20.00

History Has Begun Again: In Conversation with Bruno Maçães

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Join us for a conversation with politician and author Bruno Maçães, on the end of our brief break from history and what comes next! Hosted by Interintellect host Bronwyn Williams. It's been a while since geopolitics has been so, well, interesting. And we know what they say about interesting times... In this Super Salon with…

$20.00

The Beginning of Infinity: Rational Democracy

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Join Phil Filippak for the next episode of a series about critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. We'll discuss rationality and democracy! Critical rationalism and a properly built democracy have more in common than one can guess at first sight. Better voting systems are a product of knowledge creation, only constrained…

$20.00

Doing Gentle With an Edge: Wrap-up of “Doing Gentle With an Edge”

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Experiment with ways of Doing Gentle With an Edge in your life, in this series hosted by Helena Roth, giver and receiver of Tankespjärn. Let's reflect together on what we've learned, what we've tried, what's shifted, and how we will continue to do gentle with an edge in our lives. No reading/listening for this session,…

$10.00

Talking ‘Terraformation’ with Yishan Wong | Restoring Native Forests to Reverse Climate Change

Terraformation CEO Yishan Wong joins us for a conversation on technology and climate future! Co-hosted by Chroma cofounder, Anton Troynikov, and Interintellect founder Anna Gát. Since the industrial revolution, technology has been seen as at odds with the natural world. With the rise of the environmental movement in the 1970s, humanity became more aware of its impact on the environment.…

$20.00

What’s Wrong with Education? Indifference and Dependency

In the third salon of his series on 7 things wrong with education, João will explore 2 of the main factors that contribute to helping the current educational system be obsolete: indifference and dependency. Throughout the schooling experience, we're trained to feel indifferent toward all subjects by avoiding depth and embracing a shallow understanding of…

$15.00