This Salon is for aesthetes, dreamers, and visionaries; for those who like to ask big questions and who are curious to dive deeper. We will talk about aesthetics (specifically what beauty is, and pathways of knowing it), cosmology (including chaos theory), quantum mechanics, and consciousness - the nature of mind itself. These inter-related topics will…
Join Elaine Wang to learn about her writing process, ongoing projects, and why writing in various contexts can be so different. A members-only fireside chat, moderated by Nicky Buttigieg. "Any discipline can help your writing: logic, mathematics, theology, and of course and particularly drawing. Anything that helps you to see, anything that makes you look."…
As you requested: Interintellect founder Anna Gát hosts an intimate discussion about the cultural history of suicide. "But suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build." (Anne Sexton)…
Join VR reading app Sol Reader co-founder Trae Stephens for an exclusive exploration of this new product and the future of books. Members only, moderated by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. "Stone. Papyrus. Paper. Pixels. Sol. In this era of constant beeps, alerts and updates, what will the next evolution of reading look like? Simply lean…
If you've just signed up as an Interintellect host, and are currently thinking about listing a salon but wondering "Which topic should I choose?", "How can I make this event captivating?", "How can I engage with my audience?", then definitely come and join Interintellect founder Anna Gát‘s host training salon! During this training, you will learn…
As requested, Interintellect founder Anna Gát hosts a spooky salon on ghosts: attendees are asked to please turn off most lights in the room and light a candle so we…
If you're looking for self-help material or tech gadgets that promote to you 9 hours of sleep, and send you to bed at times designed for toddlers, you'll have a…
Join Ben Springwater, Co-Founder and CEO of the Matter reading app, to discuss novelty bias in our social media feeds, showing us what's new, not what's best, and why they built ReadSomethingWonderful to be a portal to timeless internet writing. A members-only fireside chat, moderated by Nicky Buttigieg. "Most of the best writing was not…
Join Interintellect founder Anna Gát as she delves into some of the most exciting historical novels of the past 200 years, from 'War and Peace', through 'The Name of the Rose',…
Legendary author Larissa MacFarquhar on how to be good. Existentialist philosopher Skye Cleary and poet Grace Bialecki on how to be poetic. Media expert Kyla Scanlon on how to make sense…
Join Michael Sonnenschein, a screen/TV writer with a background in academia, for an introduction on how to write for movies/tv. I've been writing television and movies professionally in Hollywood since 2008, after transitioning from (well, dropping out of) an academic career path. My intellectual interests have informed my writing work and been central to the…
Tara Isabella Burton is the author of the novels Social Creature, The World Cannot Give, and the forthcoming Here in Avalon, as well as the nonfiction books Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to…
