Are you ready for 2024? Have you wrung all the juice out of the last 12 months? Join writer and executive coach Jason Shen in making the most of New Year's Day with a set of journaling exercises that you'll complete during the salon. We do not grow wiser simply with time. We must actively…
Join Interintellect member and IRL host Chuck Gillman for a new year face-to-face gathering in Santa Monica. This get-together will take place at 3 PM on January 2nd in the Northwest corner of Santa Monica, away from the touristy pier. Any Interintellect member within a short driving distance is welcome to join. The exact meeting…
Join Topi Heikkerö for reflections on the central insights of Stoicism. Epictetus’s Handbook (Enchridion) takes us to the pivot of a good life. Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor, learned his Stoicism from Epictetus, a former slave. Paradoxical perhaps, but wisdom doesn’t depend on one’s station in life. We shall discuss the Handbook, a short collection…
To continue this fun Interintellect tradition, we will gather again to share life stories and put together a personal list of 10 recommended books for each participant. Hosted by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. One thing that is better than a Great Book, is a book that is great for you. One of our favourite salon…
Join host and exiting New Yorker Timothy Wilcox for an IRL meetup of Interintellect members at the massive Metropolitan Museum of Art. Come meet with community members in New York City, including at least one visiting guest. We will have time to walk, talk, and see incredible art collections. The museum is pay-what-you-wish for NY,…
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 beauty and its objectivity! Is it possible that all beauty is subject to yet unknown but stringent laws? May all paintings and sculptures and songs be described by some complicated but precise…
Join Celina Maiorano for a casual offline San Francisco social on new year's projects, goals, and more! Where one year meets the next and the land concedes to sea, come reflect on the journey ahead and the trials behind; our projects, our archetypes, our place in the constellation of people and events. This will be…
Join Interintellect founder Anna Gát for this FREE AND PUBLIC session where we'll discuss all you need to know about hosting online: tone, topic selection, listing, promotion, and audience management. Believe me, no Interintellect host is born with the magical knowledge of how to run a successful, engaging, friendly online salon (or offline social)—but these skills are easy…
Interested in cultivating your inner poet? Join us for the opening session of Poems for Our Time where we'll slow down, explore contemporary poetry, and connect with our creativity. Hosted by writer, workshop facilitator, and meditation teacher, Grace Bialecki. Poetry is a place of solace, a place of mystery, a place where we can delve deeper…
Join host Joseline Yu to explore the nature of war and fate in the heroic epic Iliad, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Homer's Iliad pulses with conflict — the lifeblood of storytelling. The heroic epic poem brings to life the legendary war between the Trojans and the Greeks, along with the…
Join Mary Harrington and Bronwyn Williams as we discuss boys and girls and the future of us, drawing from gender economics research, lived wisdom, and the scapula-sharp wit in Mary's book, 'Feminism Against Progress,' to unpack where, why and how the quest for freedom and equality between the sexes has become just another set of…
Join Don Watkins of Earthly Idealism and reexamine the New Atheism. What were the New Atheists trying to achieve--and did they succeed or fail? During the early 2000s, the New Atheists dominated the intellectual discussion and seemed to put religion on the defense. Today, though more people than ever self-identify as atheists, leading intellectuals seem to be turning…
