Join Gina for a return of the Self-Compassion series this October! We will continue discussing Self-Compassion tips, insights, theories and more, diving more deeply into the relationships between Self-Compassion and… Continue reading A Return to Self-Compassion – Members’ Fireside with Gina Hafez
This year marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault, by some measures the most widely cited academic of the past hundred years. Often vilified on the right… Continue reading Why Foucault Matters – Reading Group with COMPACT’s Sohrab Ahmari and Geoff Shullenberger in NYC!
Join host Thomas Arnold with your questions, scenarios, hopes, and fears about AI, as we explore with Julian Togelius author of "Artificial General Intelligence", what the horizon of AI looks… Continue reading Artificial General Intelligence: A Discussion with Julian Togelius
Hollywood screenwriter Michael Sonnenschein, The Common Reader essayist, literary critic, and Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life writer Henry Oliver, and former screenwriter-playwright and now… Continue reading What Happened to Great Stories? – What TV and Literature Should Learn from Each Other
I’m a man with no power. Does that make me a woman? This line from an anonymous Mattel employee might seem like a cheap joke, but MIT professor Sally Haslanger… Continue reading Engineering Concepts: Barbie’s Philosophical World
Solidarity is often invoked, but it is rarely analyzed and poorly understood. Leah and Astra together developed the first in-depth examination and intellectual history of solidarity. We will discuss the… Continue reading Solidarity – Author Talk with Leah Hunt-Hendrix & Astra Taylor | New Labor Book Series #19
In this introductory salon, we’ll define key terms like “psychedelic” and “set and setting” in order to show how Jewish wisdom, practices, and narrative can serve as both the container… Continue reading Judaism is Psychedelic
All the Kens will head to the polls and vote to change the Constitution to a government for the Kens, of the Kens, and by the Kens! As the Kens… Continue reading Feminism and Citizenship: Barbie’s Philosophical World
Join hosts Alaka Halder and Benjamin Woosley for a casual meetup at Easy Tiger in North Austin! This Interintellect offline gathering is a casual meetups devoted to open group discussions… Continue reading Austin IRL: November Meetup in North Austin
By giving voice to the cognitive dissonance required to be a woman under the patriarchy, you robbed it of its power. Hell, yes, White Savior Barbie! Here Gerwig both channels… Continue reading Decolonization: Barbie’s Philosophical World
From the acclaimed author of How I Became a Tree, an enchanting and joyous exploration of life and creativity at the geographical edges of the modern world “A striking mix… Continue reading Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries – A Conversation with author Sumana Roy
Join Charlene Putney to delve into the life of Ivan Denisovich as we continue our trip down Western Canon Book Club series. This is the perfect book club read: it's short, snappy, and life-changing - what more could you want from a winter book?! Our hero, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, is an innocent prisoner sentenced to…
