Educating with Respect: Unschooling and Self-Directed Learning

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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

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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

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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… Continue reading Contemporary Faith

$15.00

The Wealth Of Nations Reading Group, Part 4

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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.…