Renée DiResta, expert in (mis)information in our digital age, joins Interintellect founder Anna Gát to explore how propaganda shapes our reality and what can be done to counter its influence. Don't miss out! Join this thought-provoking discussion featuring Renée DiResta, author of the groundbreaking book Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. In…
Join Jacob Huber, founder of Revolutionary Character, to discuss why and how to rest appropriately and support each other in doing so rather than guilting each other into excessive (and unproductive!) grinding! We…
Fellow Interintellect host Katrina Dela Cruz invites you to a salon of inter(intellect)mingling, finding new friends and rediscovering old ones, in group convos and 1:1s conversations! The Great Interintellect Mingle is back! Come meet new friends (and maybe some old friends as well) in the main room as well as in 1-on-1 breakout rooms. No…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and…
Join writer Patricia Hurducas from The Flâneurs Project in this IRL salon to dive into a conversation about the places that we long for. What are the places that we cannot stop thinking about? Where do we want to live next, or where do we want to set off on a big adventure? Join us to…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and…
Legitimacy, cooption, retaliation: the three pillars of power are never more up for debate than in a year when a country elects its new leaders, when it exerts its democratic force to make the one who represents the majority best its chief executive. Mass media, educational institutions, and communities of worship all play important roles…
Packy McCormick, founder of Not Boring, joins Interintellect founder Anna Gát to discuss the future of America and the interplay between government and entrepreneurship that he believes will define the next century. Is America on decline? Far from that! Drawing on historical examples and contemporary economic data, Packy McCormick argues that despite political and institutional…
Join sociologist and writer Musa al-Gharbi in conversation with novelist and theologian Tara Isabella Burton about his new book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. In We Have Never Been Woke, al-Gharbi argues that “wokeness” can be fruitfully understood as the ruling ideology of an increasingly dominant class of elites: symbolic…
About Robin Hanson's book Elephant In the Brain (co-written by Kevin Simler): "Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains are therefore designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to get ahead socially, often by devious means. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The…
Join us for an in-person Interintellect gathering where curiosity leads the way! As fall settles in and the seasons change, it’s the perfect time to come together in beautiful Old… Continue reading DC IRL: October Meetup in Beautiful Old Town Alexandria
Join Gina for a return of the Self-Compassion series this October! We will continue discussing Self-Compassion tips, insights, theories and more, diving more deeply into the relationships between Self-Compassion and Performance (physical, career and social!) For our first session, I encourage you to bring a piece of poetry or writing you adore or have written…
