As summer edges into fall, join host Alaka Halder for a fun (and shaded!) September picnic at Barton Springs (Zilker Park). We'll catch up with friends old and new, share…
In the second salon of a mini-series on urban life, Judit Petho leads an exploration of the places we will inhabit in the decades to come If you were suddenly transported to a city in 2040, what would you see? Flying cars? Red smoke filling the air like in San Francisco last year? Elevated green…
In this SuperSalon, writer Akash Kapur, author of Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville, will join writers and Interintellect hosts Tanya Raj and Visakan Veerasamy to explore the pull of a perfect utopia: the pleasures and the losses, and the finding of eventual transcendence and acceptance, even in…
In this casual community gathering in NYC, we will come together at Old Tbilisi Garden for a dinner of discussion about books, wine, friendship, and philosophy. You will meet and make new friends, and also reunite with fellow Interintellects in the city. Menu: see here Address: 174 Bleecker Street Not a member yet: join us…
Medieval historians and co-authors of the newly-released The Bright Ages Matthew Gabriele & David M. Perry join Interintellect hosts Donald Frederick & Catherine Woodiwiss for a special SuperSalon about the medieval world, nostalgia, and our cultural moment. “It is evident that the title ‘Dark Ages,’ given to the mediæval centuries, is...wholly inapplicable. They were, on…
Roman Skorzus is a policy lead in the Tech for Development Policy Unit at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He leads the development of actionable policies and strategies to harness the transformative opportunities of tech for developing and emerging economies. This salon is part of a new ten-part series called The Future Of…
How do festivals shape generations? During this ii salon, Rachel Haywire will go over the past, present, and future of festivals while discussing their unique role in influencing the growth of society. Festivals are a vibe shift. They represent a changing of the guards, in which a group of collaborators take the center stage and…
Silicon Valley native currently in exile Max Dostart-Meers is focused on the intersection of the good life, the just society, and techno-optimistic capitalism. You can follow him on Twitter. Part of the Saving the City series, this salon asks: Why does it cost so much to build anything nowadays? In this salon, we will talk…
In this salon Interintellect host Patricia Hurducas leads a discussion on how the places we live in and work in impact our thought processes, creativity, imagination, and ultimately the trajectory of our lives. "Street names must speak to the urban wanderer like the snapping of dry twigs, and little streets in the heart of the city…
Join returning host Scott Davies in a typically wide-ranging and freeform discussion on the idea of liminal spaces, both physical and mental, and the effects these have on our personal…
Silicon Valley native currently in exile Max Dostart-Meers is focused on the intersection of the good life, the just society, and techno-optimistic capitalism. You can follow him on Twitter. Part…
Interintellect host Ben Fleming invites London ii members for a summer picnic in the park After taking a break for paternity leave, I am looking forward to meeting up with ii…
