By Karan Chawla — These notes were written during the Silent Salon hosted by Anna Gát on 27th Feb 2021. Like the lazy Saturday afternoon I wrote these on, they lack a clear structure. It’s mostly me thinking on paper and reflecting on the ideas I’ve been thinking about lately. If any of these…

Rika Sukenik on Matt Clifford’s “Lessons from the Middle Ages Part 2: Power and Territory” — A few weeks ago, I attended an Interintellect Salon on Lessons from the Middle Ages. It was Part 2 of a 3 Part Series, and my fourth ever Interintellect Salon. Since I attended four ii Salons, I guess this makes me a Salon connoisseur, an expert in Salons, and a…

Interintellect Host Michelle Huang on her debut Salon with Brian Toh — and pain, healing, and identity — First published on Michelle’s blog. “You never really know how it’s going to end. But when it does, you can’t really say you didn’t see it coming. They tell you the amount of love you’re willing to let in is equivalent to the amount of pain you think you can…

By fellow Interintellect Brian Toh — first published on his blog — If you have never attended an Interintellect Salon, it is an absolutely lovely experience; conversations of such a diverse range of topics and ideas, very literally the most interesting conversations on the internet. …

Finding Playgrounds and Playmates — First published on fellow Interintellect reddy2Go’s Substack What if I told you, that you couldn’t depend on any organization, corporation, institution, or government? In light of all that’s happening across the world, you’d be inclined to believe me 😆 But you can and should depend on yourself and your people…

By Irene Karthik — first published on her blog — A close friend confessed that she missed the human connection on the zoom calls. She longed to get back to the office and meet people in real-time. On the contrary, I have had the most beautiful conversations and productive outcomes while attending online meetings. My best experience has been in…

By Étienne Fortier-Dubois — This essay first appeared on Étienne Fortier-Dubois’s personal blog. You’re sitting in a math class in university. The professor is writing a proof on the blackboard. You’re extremely focused. The logic is spelled out with perfect clarity. Each step makes sense. Then, the instructor utters a word-perhaps “obviously” or “trivially”-and…

Even more instructive than our mental models may be our mental mythologies — By Daniel Golliher This story was first published on Daniel’s blog. Many are familiar with the idea of mental models, or mental frameworks, and why they’re useful. But I have another tool: mental mythologies. …

By Lorenzo Evans for the Interintellect — first published on his blog In preparation for the next Olympia Academy event via the Interintellect, entitled Running Out of Time: The Temporal Dimension, I thought it might be useful to give a brief rundown on some of the ways we work with…