Discovery in Borges’ Library
OnlineIn 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…
$15.00
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Finnegans Wake NYC – Bloomsday 2021
OnlineInterintellect host Timothy Wilcox invites you join in celebrating Bloomsday in New York to honour James Joyce. Bloomsday is June 16 (next Wednesday), commemorating the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses is set. Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom around Dublin, making his way back to his wife, Molly, whose love must be reborn after the two suffered…
Free
Music and Emotion Sharing Circle
OnlineDebut host Rosano invites you to this listening salon, exploring the music we listen to and sharing how it affects us. — Post-salon update: listen to our collective playlist. — In this salon, participants are encouraged to bring music to share during the event. We will listen collectively to your music, and then discuss what…
$10.00
Can Consilience Save Us from Societal Collapse?
OnlineInterintellect Tom Beakbane discusses the divisions in society and how they might be reconciled. Here are four suppositions about our collective predicament: Society is undergoing extremely rapid change resulting from technological developments. The institutions that have historically provided social cohesion and sensemaking are proving inadequate. Levels of social anxiety are increasing and society is fractionating…
$10.00
Building Social Bridges and Healing a Divided World
OnlineRosano invites you to this salon discussing pathways to overcome division. — Post-salon update: read takeaways from our conversation. — What are some ways to deal with misinformation and filter bubbles? Is this phenomenon particular to our heavily politicized present? When ideologies differ, how can we find common ground? How does technology play into these…
$10.00
On the Trail of Ancient Languages: An Etymological Mystery Game
OnlineIn his debut Interintellect Salon, linguist Colin Gorrie will lead you in an interactive simulation of language change and etymological discovery. Imagine you were transported to a distant time and place, a world full of diverse peoples and languages much like our own. Having given up all hope of returning to our world, you turn…
$20.00
Let’s Play Games!
OnlineThis Salon with Alex Danco will be all about games. What is a "game", and what does it mean to "play"? What exactly constitutes a "Game", and what constitutes "Play", is one of the hardest questions to precisely answer. Puppies and kittens do it; kids do it; and grownups certainly do it too - although…
$30.00
A Field Guide to Internet Emotion > 3.0 Atomize, or Bit-Sized Emotions
OnlineTech emotionographer Pamela Pavliscak hosts an 8-month Interintellect Salon series while writing her new book #Feels: How Technology is Changing Our Emotional Life for the Better. Have you ever wondered why we feel compelled to note and name every new variation of sadness online? Or what you call that emotional hangover you can get after scrolling social…
$20.00
Improvisation, Spontaneity, and Oneness
OnlineRosano and Vivek invite you to a salon on creation and consumption becoming one. What can various traditions of non-duality teach us about being spontaneous? What makes someone a good improviser? What makes for a good experience on improvisation? How much do improvisers plan? Is it something that is “manufactured” or simply “channeled?” Can improvisation…
$15.00
Shared Narrative of Emotions: A Metaphor Building Workshop by Camp Curiosity
Onlineii’s very own Camp Curiosity invites you to a wholesome gathering to inspect our emotional experiences through collective metaphor building with hosts Helena Ng, Luke Butler, and Jeeva Vijay Prasath…
$20.00
The Real-World Origins of Invented Languages: From Quenya to Dothraki
OnlineJoin linguist Colin Gorrie in the second in a series of salons investigating language for a look at how fictional languages are created. Many celebrated works of speculative fiction over…
$20.00
Metaphoring: Creating Shared Narratives of Emotions by Camp Curiosity (Europe and Asia)
Onlineii’s very own Camp Curiosity hosts Jeeva Vijay, Helena Ng, and Luke Butler invite you to a wholesome gathering to inspect our emotional experiences through collective metaphor building. This event…
$20.00