In his debut Salon, Rafael Nepô will tackle the complexities in dealing with Information with a deep dive in Curation throughout history. “Humanity is at a turning point in its history. The mass of available information is formidable. New instruments are necessary for simplifying and condensing it or the intellect will never know how to overcome the…
In this Interintellect Salon, Dominic Duffin will lead an exploration of our spaces on the internet, how we use them, how or whether they represent us as individuals, their value as places for learning and experimentation, self-expression and socializing. Most of us probably have multiple spaces on the internet. Personal websites, blogs, social media accounts.…
On May 13, Wikipedia’s legendary founder Jimmy Wales joins us to discuss the contended nature of facts in the internet era, how this uncertainty affects our politics, relationships, identity and mindset, and…
Fellow InterIntellect Helena Ng invites you to a ‘salon of salons’ where we attempt to answer curious questions from the many minds of the InterIntellect. So many questions, so many rabbit holes to fall into! In our pursuit of curiosity and play, many questions from the Camp Curiosity collective have surfaced, and we can’t wait to indulge…
In this salon, Tom Beakbane explores the concept of consilience: the principle that evidence from independent, unrelated sources can “converge” on strong conclusions. Consilience is a new mode of thinking that is resulting from advances in many academic disciplines. Progress in biochemistry, genetics and mathematics allow us to make sense of the processes at work in the…
Join Dr. Mark Jackson and Trent Fowler in a discussion of the fundamentals underlying this new paradigm in information processing, and what its economic impacts might be in the coming years. Few technologies have emerged in recent memory which have elicited as much breathless excitement and trenchant skepticism as quantum computing. We will be discussing the state of quantum…
Helena Ng leads a monthly gathering where we spend time working synchronously on our multiplayer Roam Research graph. We'll begin each session with stream of consciousness writing, followed by discussions on recent entries. Previous Sessions: Tweet from April 2021 Tweet from May 2021
In this salon, Matt Groh explores the connection between the mystical, infinite labyrinths of the The Library of Babel and creative exploration itself. Borges' short story begins with an epitaph…
During this Interintellect Curation Series Patricia Hurducas will lead a discussion on the topic of curation in three parts: Understanding the Curator (Part 1), Copying the Curator (Part 2), and Becoming the Curator (Part 3). In the first part of the series - Understanding the Curator - we will explore the history of curation, the role…
In the finale of our curiosity series with Helena Ng, let's join hands once again to build our ultimate virtual playground. We'll use this exquisite time together to reflect, make notes, and celebrate in the name of play. Dear curiosity buddy, 'I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I…
