In this Salon, behavioral product strategist Rob Haisfield and real life monastic Matt Goldenberg will guide a discussion how we can learn and use software in a way that allows both deep expertise, as well as happiness and fulfilment. Software is rapidly encroaching into every aspect of our lives. It can be frustrating to use…
In this Interintellect Salon, Dominic Duffin will lead an exploration of 'virtual geography', the possibilities of virtual megacities, whether physical geography still matters in virtual space, and if so, how? Since the dawn of the internet, new virtual geographies have been forming as people gather in digital spaces, some with connections to physical place, but…
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…
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 written centuries before: "By this art you may contemplate the variation of the twenty-three letters." Upon entering the Library, you'll find an impeccably precise architectural…
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…
In her debut Interintellect Workshop Salon, Julia Racsko will go beyond criticising the attention economy and set out to create an alternative by exploring our understanding of attention through drawing. All of our lives: our perceptions, memories, emotions are mediated through our attentional capacities, yet it is often discussed in terms of productivity or time…
In this salon Interintellects Kushaan Shah and Amir H. Hajizamani host a discussion about the cultural merits of social media platform Tik Tok TikTok has taken the world by storm. With more than 600 million users, TikTok has ignited a creative revolution during the pandemic and introduced new trends in fashion, commerce, health and so much more. What was once…
In this exciting upcoming SuperSalon, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, the internet's favourite "friendly ambitious nerd" Visakan Veeraasmy, and Interintellect founder Anna Gát discuss online communities, global bonding, web3 subcultures and cyber-families. Come join us! The past one and a half years have brought the world challenges at an unprecedented scale: we spent our seemingly unending…
Join economist, social technologist and RadicalXChange founder Glen Weyl and Interintellect co-hosts Alaka Halder and Wes Chow for this special members-only salon! Glen Weyl is a rare force in academia, public discourse, and movement building. One of the world’s foremost political economists, he co-invented groundbreaking systems such as quadratic voting to help societies make better…
In this salon, debut host Eloy Fisher leads a discussion on our reasons for wanting to disappear. Our world invites us to excel in ways that our forefathers not so long ago deemed impossible. However, how much of that engagement acts as an eraser for our narratives, as we sketch them in thick and dark scrawls given…
In this salon, Zac Yap and Yudhistira lead a discussion on the potential harms of formal education through schools and college, and possible paths of reimagining education from scratch. Drawing on Ivan Illich's 1971 book titled Deschooling Society, we critically evaluate, update and extend the book's arguments across cultures and borders. Has the vision of…
In this deeply interactive and immersive salon, Dhrupad Karwa (Dhru) will humbly attempt to unravel the mysteries of "inspiration", through the unique lens of culture and technology. Dhru is the founder and CEO of Inspo - a search engine for inspiration, designed to enrich creative thinking on any topic. Inspo is an AI-human hybrid tool…
