Discover the world between pages. Join the OSV Community Book Club! We'll explore books often mentioned by our founder and CEO, Jim O'Shaughnessy, and his guests on the Infinite Loops podcast.…
Join Jordan Castro, author of The Novelist, and Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon) for a conversation about faith, moral realism, the purpose of art, and the pursuit of transcendence in fiction. Jordan Castro is the author of two poetry books and the former editor of New York Tyrant Magazine. He is from Cleveland, Ohio.…
Join crime writer and New York Times reviewer Sarah Weinman (Scoundrel, The Real Lolita) and novelist and theologian Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon) for a conversation on crime writing, good and evil, and our fascination with life's darker side. Weinman writes the monthly Crime & Mystery column for the New York Times Book Review. A 2020…
Join Bryan Kam and Olga Yakimenko for the first Interintellect London IRL meetup this summer. Whether your spring has crawled or flown right by, come see old friends and make new ones! Here are some things you can bring: conversation subjects (what's the last thing to blow your mind?), book/film/music recommendations, +1s, and opinions. If…
Writer Henry Oliver joins the Western Canon Book Club series for a salon about three unusual Shakespearean kings. What do Hamlet, Prospero, and Richard III have in common? They are all inadequate rulers. Prospero abandoned his dukedom for his library, Richard III is a criminal tyrant, and Hamlet is impolitic. Taken from three different stages…
How does one disrupt the computer-aided design (CAD) industry? Keshav Sharma plans to do it with Augrade by creating a new platform that generates code-compliant, error-free 3D designs with material quantities, cost estimations & documentation. Join O'Shaughneesy Fellow Keshav as he discusses Augrade, his pathbreaking project that aims to take on the behemoths of the…
Hi, I’m Gina! I’m a therapist, avid learner and educator. I’ve spent time in many settings, ranging from mental hospitals to jails and schools and most recently I’ve been coaching entrepreneurs in AI on self-care and social connection. I’m extremely interested in the origins of electric connections! Is the nature of our consciousness one or…
Welcome to the first episode of "The Quantum Quill: A Summer Series of New Writing Workshops to spice up your Mondays and maybe even your life." In this session, "Write Your First Romantic Comedy And Unfreeze Your Love Life," hosted by Christopher Hogg, you’ll dive into the art of writing romantic comedies. Discover how the…
As science discovers more and more about the universe and human beings, many conclude that free will is an illusion. In 'Free Agents', leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell argues that there is a wealth of evidence to the contrary and presents an evolutionary case for the existence of free will. Join us and discuss the free…
Offline Salon in NYC. In the latest installment of the Braver Angles x Interintellect Series on the Philosophy of Depolarization, join special guest Luke Nathan Phillips of Braver Angels to explore two models of depolarization via what we're calling soulcraft -- and to see what these longstanding programs might teach us about how to live…
Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics at Cornell University and former Chief Economist of the World Bank, joins host Alaka Halder for a special discussion on his new book, Reason to Be Happy: Why Logical Thinking is the Key to a Better Life. In this engaging and elegant book, Professor Basu shows us why logical thinking…
