Whether you know the economist and poet Zoë Hitzig from her landmark paper co-authored with Vitalik Buterin and our friend Glen Weyl or her powerful pieces of literature, it is clear she's one of the rare individuals who understand what's going on with people right here, right now, on both the analytical and lyrical levels.…
The first of a series of conversations with Robin Hanson, this salon will discuss what "the sacred" is and how best to identify and explain its roles in human life.…
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…
In 2023, Kiubon Kokko was awarded a $100,000 fellowship grant by O'Shaughnessy Ventures to create a feature documentary about his father's 10-12 hour swim from communist China to Hong Kong…
Hollywood screenwriter Michael Sonnenschein, The Common Reader essayist, literary critic, and Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life writer Henry Oliver, and former screenwriter-playwright and now Interintellect founder-CEO Anna Gát lead a discussion on whether humans have lost their storytelling ability thanks to bitesize phone videos and binge-watching streaming services, or instead we're…
In this introductory salon, we’ll define key terms like “psychedelic” and “set and setting” in order to show how Jewish wisdom, practices, and narrative can serve as both the container…
A grandson of the Baal Shem Tov (the founder of Hasidic Judaism), Rebbe Nachman (1772-1810) originally from Bratslav, Ukraine, is growing in popularity to this day as thousands of pilgrims…
Drawing on evolutionary psychology, history, brain science, game theory, and more, cooperation theorist (and, coincidentally, zombie expert) Athena Aktipis reassuringly explains how we, as a species, are hardwired to survive…
The book proposes a provocative thesis that financial bubbles, far from being a purely destructive series of events, actually enable progress and transformative innovation. Join us for a conversation about the nature of progress, social narratives, finance, and technology! Become a Member This is an IRL event in Austin, Texas. The exact location will be…
What do you do when a desire to choose a romantic partner carefully runs up against the constraints of time? Join Anastasia Berg and Diana Brown for a conversation examining the "Slow Love" paradigm of dating--that is, a model for romantic decision-making that assumes one should proceed slowly and cautiously into commitment. Besides wholesale recklessness,…
The exact location for this event will be sent out via email to ticket holders. You can also see updates in our community Discord's Bay Area channel. Join the community! … Continue reading San Francisco Social: Building a World’s Fair with Cam Wiese
