Pieces of the Action by Vannevar Bush
OnlineJoin Alaka Halder and Wes Chow for a special Interintellect book club discussion to celebrate the Stripe Press reprint of Pieces of the Action by Vannevar Bush. Instrumental to the…
$10.00
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Chapter 13: “Choices” & Chapter 14: “Why are Flowers Beautiful?” – The Beginning of Infinity Reading Group (Members Only)
OnlineJoin members of the “Gödel, Escher, Bach” book club in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of wrestling with a challenging, thought-provoking book with the help of friendly peers’ additional eyes, hearts, minds, and experiences. Maybe you heard about it on Naval's podcast, or perhaps you follow the father of…
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London IRL: Drunk — How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, with author Edward Slingerland
London LondonIn this exciting and exclusive live discussion, please join professor of philosophy and writer Edward Slingerland and Interintellect host Bryan Kam to discuss Edward's book Drunk, a deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication. The event, which is free for those who register, will take…
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Ending Unconscious Bias with Jessica Nordell – SuperSalon by Bryan Kam
OnlineIn this exciting SuperSalon, award-winning journalist and writer Jessica Nordell will join writer and Interintellect host Bryan Kam to discuss The End of Bias. Discussions of unconscious bias often focus…
$25.00
What Information Wants, Chapter 5: Printed Knowledge in the Industrial Age
OnlineRhys Lindmark is writing a book about how information flows and how it’s changing on the internet. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by…
$20.00
Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Tour Through the Great Works of Speculative Fiction – Frank Herbert
OnlineCome join David White for the next installment of a salon series dedicated to exploring the themes, ideas, and world-building of science fiction. We will be exploring the world of Dune and discussing…
$20.00
Language, Ecology, and Evolution: Do Languages Adapt to Their Environment?
OnlineJoin linguists Colin Gorrie and Damian Romero to explore a controversial question: Do languages evolve to match the environment where they’re spoken? Do languages spoken in one environment work the same way as languages spoken in another environment? Does the climate a language is spoken in determine how many terms it uses for things like…
$25.00
ii IRL in Santa Monica Discussing the Isms of Consciousness
Santa MonicaHello, friends! Join Matt Neapolitan and fellow Interintellects in Santa Monica to discuss the nature of consciousness and what it is like to be something. Monism, Dualism, Physicalism, Panpsychism, and more! Following up on our recent book club and further discussions in the Los Angeles area ii Discord channel, we’ll begin with the inherent difficulty…
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Chapter 15: The Evolution of Culture – The Beginning of Infinity Reading Group (Members Only)
OnlineJoin members of the “Gödel, Escher, Bach” book club in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of wrestling with a challenging, thought-provoking book with the help of friendly peers’ additional eyes, hearts, minds, and experiences. Maybe you heard about it on Naval's podcast, or perhaps you follow the father of…
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The Three Body Problem: Its Cultural Impact and Afterlife
OnlineInterintellect founder Anna Gát leads a salon on this much discussed literary phenomenon. The new favourite book of some of the smartest people you'll ever meet, Liu Cixin's trilogy has moved the hearts of sci-fi buffs, adventure lovers, existentialists, and the Asia-curious alike. In this salon, we will try to untangle what makes these books…
$20.00
What Information Wants, Chapter 6: The Information Revolution
Rhys Lindmark is writing a book about how information flows and how it’s changing on the internet. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by chapter, and get an inside look at the author’s creative process. This is the 7th salon for Rhys Lindmark’s series on What Information Wants. Join us…
$20.00
Drunk SuperSalon — How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, with author Edward Slingerland
In this exciting online discussion, please join professor of philosophy and writer Edward Slingerland and Interintellect host Bryan Kam to discuss Edward’s book Drunk, a deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization and the evolutionary roots of humanity’s appetite for intoxication. While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol…
$15.00