Interintellect 🧭

Public and members only conversations for the very curious • • •

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

"... around one and a half years ago ... [t]here appeared a positive, encouraging theme that since then has kept growing and mutating, and bringing a lot of us together in conversation — unlikely companions, from all over the world and layers of society."

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[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Depending on the hour of the day, we might be all three, it just depends on which salon we are joining. 🏛️

Which one are you bringing to the table this week?

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Choice touches virtually every aspect of our lives—from what we buy to who we love—but the option to choose wasn't something we always possessed or even aspired to.

Today, we are often overwhelmed by possibilities and anxious about making the right selection. How did we get here?

In this salon, Sophia Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, joined American novelist @natashajouk to discuss these questions and Rosenfeld’s book "The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life".

Together, they explored choice across its historical, psychological, and literary manifestations, examining how modern ideas of freedom became so deeply tied to the act of choosing.

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Our CEO @TheAnnaGat is hosting this amazing online book club.📚️✨️

Whether you've read it a dozen times or are picking it up for the first time, you're welcome to join.

We are diving into D.H. Lawrence's "Women in Love"—an intense novel that probes the chaotic, passionate, and destructive nature of human relationships.

It’s the perfect setting for an honest, unfiltered look at how we love and push against societal boundaries.
https://t.co/y3uaN7PTae

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TOMORROW.💫

Are the masks we wear a way to hide who we are, or are they actually tools for transformation?

For Episode 3 of our Joseph Campbell series, Liv Li and Stephanie Louie are leading a discussion on masks, personas, and the sacred self.

We’ll be exploring the deep tension between the roles we play and our absolute authenticity.

No prior reading needed, just bring your curiosity. Join us!
https://t.co/DN7yw5tqUz

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Having kids might actually keep your brain younger.

As it turns out, there is a direct link between parenting and a sharper working memory—and because it happens to both men and women, it's about the actual experience of raising a child, not just biology.

We sat down with @darbysaxbe and @TKPullinger to dig into the fascinating science of how fatherhood remakes a man.

[João Mateus @joaolmateus]

I'm really excited about the last session of our Book Club on @RichardvReeves ' book.

What can we actually do to deal with the current crisis affecting Men across multiple fields?

Let's discuss practical solutions!

[Erica Robles Anderson @fstflofscholars]

This conversation is about living from the universe of unthinkable loss. It will be profound.

Join us @interintellect_ on 7/7 and we will sit together with Dispatches from Grief.

https://t.co/j8FM2gNW62

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TODAY.✨️

Final call for the "Of Boys and Men" series with @joaolmateus.

We’re exploring Richard Reeves' specific ideas for what comes next, and what we can actually do as a community.

Pull up a chair for the final session!
https://t.co/gCN6ZQUKiM

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"When was the last time you were genuinely thrilled to be proven wrong?"

We often treat changing our minds like a defeat, but at @Interintellect_, we investigate it as the ultimate victory. What’s a belief you’ve 'upgraded' recently through a conversation?

Let’s celebrate the best mind-shifts below 👇

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For our Super Salon, "The Art of War" in collaboration with @arenamagdotcom, @auderdy joined @krishnanrohit, @asgribbin, @SamoBurja, @TheAnnaGat, @mualphaxi, @ginevlily, and Brian Balkus.

We gathered for an interdisciplinary exploration of the American Dynamism mindset, the vibeshift of the past years, and the various international challenges America is facing and stepping up to.

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How do you heal when there is no apology, no closure, and no acknowledgment of the struggle?

Repair Circle is returning for a new members-only session to explore "Repair Without Recognition."

This is a quiet, unrecorded space to look at fragmentation and unresolved endings from a different angle.

No advice-giving, no performance. Just a small, trusted room to speak honestly.
https://t.co/lHSuzho1KC

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In this engaging Super Salon, @robinhanson challenges @AgnesCallard defense of Socratic intellectualism from her book "Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life".

They discuss the nature of philosophy, Socratic love, and how it influences politics. Topics like the role of ignorance in wrongdoing, weakness of will, and whether everyone might secretly be a philosopher are explored.

A thought-provoking conversation on how Socratic ideas shape our understanding of knowledge and life.

[Anna Gát 🧭 @TheAnnaGat]

The magnificent @AlmostMedia — longtime friend of @interintellect_ — was just on my podcast @TheHopeAxis 🤩
We talked about Millennials and life on the internet, grief and recovery, agency and society, Silicon Valley and Eastern Europe (where Julie is now visiting and where I am originally from), technological change and psychology — and the civic duties of being extremely online.

Thank you Julie! Coming soon:

[Anna Gát 🧭 @TheAnnaGat]

Haven't read The Golden Bowl in ~20 years. Just starting it again, as an adult, for this lovely reading salon coming up.

Come read with me?

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What we're all thinking

[Anna Gát 🧭 @TheAnnaGat]

I could host a mindblowing salon here:

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IN 3 DAYS.✨️

Join author @DCrittenden1 & NYU Professor @fstflofscholars for a vital, deeply human conversation on love, loss, and living in the wake of heartbreak.

"Dispatches from Grief" tracks a mother’s journey through the unthinkable.

We hope you will sit with us for this discussion.

https://t.co/kPigCbrFh7

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Hosting an Interintellect salon means building the room you wish existed.

It’s about gathering people around a question you can't shake, setting the table for a genuinely deep conversation, and watching a community form around an idea you care about.

If you’ve been thinking about hosting, the door is open.

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[Simon 🌳 : ) @simon_ohler]

gonna be on interintellect tonight : ) i ching & seasons

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TODAY.✨️

Culture, comedy, and ancient wisdom collide tonight.

If you want to stop fighting the current and start aligning with the season's impulses, join @simon_ohler and Louis Bijl de Vroe for a lecture and open conversation on the undercurrents of June.

Come join!
https://t.co/pItPb6swAT