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Fearless conversations with friendly people. Events https://t.co/7UXqgzgbm6 Members https://t.co/YCVdmu1aFm Hosts https://t.co/5PpjlY3Ehq
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Joined May 2019
"... 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." https://t.co/53IIKBIfof
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Why you probably belong to the “inter-intellect” and why this matters
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🌎 Why do authoritarian leaders, often with good intentions, turn into tyrants? What does it mean for an era of democratic backsliding? 📅 Sat Dec 6 (1pm ET): Join me & @kaushikcbasu (ex-Chief Economist @WorldBank, Professor @Cornell) for an @interintellect_ salon to discuss!
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📑 We'll be discussing this paper, and use it to understand historical cases and what societies can do in the future: https://t.co/U3rmiptauQ
🌎 Why do authoritarian leaders, often with good intentions, turn into tyrants? What does it mean for an era of democratic backsliding? 📅 Sat Dec 6 (1pm ET): Join me & @kaushikcbasu (ex-Chief Economist @WorldBank, Professor @Cornell) for an @interintellect_ salon to discuss!
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"Playwriting is closer to scoring... The mind can compose a 5 or 6-part fugue before it breaks down." @FOMO_sacer on the math of dialogue in our salon on AI & Ethics with @AliceAlbrecht, @TheAnnaGat & moderator Tara Isabella Burton. Find your intellectual home:
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TOMORROW✨ Can we save liberalism from its discontents? @FukuyamaFrancis says yes—but it requires admitting where it failed. Join the author & @TheAnnaGat for a frank, high-level audit of the free world & a search for solutions. Join the conversation:
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Political scientist Francis Fukuyama joins us to examine a hard problem in liberal politics: democracies can weaken not only from war or recession but from ordinary discontent. As expectations rise...
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IN 3 DAYS ✨ We assume privacy is a permanent human norm. History suggests it might be a brief, fragile anomaly. Join historian @tiffanyjenkins, @stephengadubato & @TheAnnaGa to investigate the "Rise and Fall" of private life. Are we witnessing its end? https://t.co/5mG8isTAZZ
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In an age dominated by public spectacles, and where even things as mundane as eating lunch can be projected out into the ether via Instagram stories, respect for privacy seems to be fading away. The...
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"The foundation of Western storytelling." Tackle The Odyssey (Emily Wilson translation) without the overwhelm. Join @gtmulligan for an 8-month deep dive into homecoming, identity & hospitality. Membership unlocks this quest for free.
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I’m reading Autocracy, Inc By @anneapplebaum in prep for her @interintellect_ salon She says free speech, accountability & democracy are the “dangerous ideas” dictators fight I’m curious to hear her opinion on the jailing of UK citizens for X posts etc by @Keir_Starmer govt 🤔
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Interesting in what way GPT and Claude differ in their assessments:
As the first quarter of this century is drawing to an end, I'm thinking about the biggest ideas that emerged in the past 25 years. What do YOU think were the most important transformative ideas of this period? AGI? Enshittification? Zero to One? Premium mediocre? Post-liberalism?
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TOMORROW✨ We tend to put activists on a pedestal. But history shows the biggest changemakers started simply. Join @NeilThanedar for Session 1 of "Positive Politics." Discover why you & not just the experts are qualified to lead the next awakening. https://t.co/POWKd5t0B9
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Session 1 Guide:This session will focus on Part One of Positive Politics:Chapter 1: Why Positive? — Negativity is winning now. But the pendulum’s always swinging in politics. By focusing on issues...
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Agreement is nice. Disagreement is better. @shadihamid brought this energy to our salon with @TheAnnaGat, tackling Oikophobia and the case for U.S. power. Have a thesis that challenges the consensus? Bring your expertise to our stage. Start hosting: https://t.co/HQRlcvwmbW
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"Factual expertise isn't wisdom." 📚 Good fiction gives you crucial information about yourself—deepening your self-dialogue in ways facts alone can't. Join our Series and Reading groups. Membership unlocks the entire intellectual journey. Start here: https://t.co/mcBlssOgE9
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Can a for-profit lab actually champion open science? @seemaychou (Arcadia Science) is betting on it. Join her & economist @Sam__Enright to investigate how these new structures can better align profit, curiosity & impact. A fascinating experiment. https://t.co/mAnQjsIcCq
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Science has always been humanity’s shared adventure. But behind paywalls and outdated incentives, discovery has begun to slow. What if the next scientific revolution isn’t technological—but about how...
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Complexity Science isn't just a field; it's a lens. Host @TKPullinger uses it to bridge the natural world & our digital future. A scientist and artist, she turns this unique synthesis into a buzzing salon series. Turn your expertise into income. Start here:
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What separates a writer from an editor? Is it just skill, or is it "taste"? @bsgallagher joins the Hostcast to discuss his time at Nautilus, the art of journalism, and the non-obvious hurdles of colonizing Mars. Listen to the full episode: https://t.co/7mbhxRXyVc
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Marriage, gender, immigration—the words haven't changed, but their political meanings have shifted entirely. @ArmandDoma & @RichardHanania join @TheAnnaGat to dissect the new language of politics reshaping our discourse. Watch the full debate: https://t.co/ezQ7hp4EAS
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We assume countries are permanent. But what if they are just a historical blip? @atossaaraxia argues that the nation state is an anomaly. Beneath the map lie special zones, freeports, and loopholes where wealth plays by different rules. What comes next?
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IN 3 DAYS✨ Where is the "Republic of Letters" today? Is it in New York publishing houses or on Substack? Join Sam Kahn (author of Castalia) & host @megan_gafford to map the new geography of American literature. Discover where the real thinking happens. https://t.co/C3VdCbQ7Ex
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Join us for a friendly salon with writer and The Republic of Letters founder Sam Kahn. Hosted by artist-writer Megan Gafford.This much-awaited conversation will explore the American literary world of...
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Why do exhausted democracies capitulate to authoritarianism? It's not just force; it's often comfort. Join @lionel_trolling (author, When the Clock Broke) & @TheAnnaGat to investigate the "Vichy Syndrome" & the subtle mechanics of political surrender. https://t.co/xRiauH37td
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Join us for a provocative discussion on the uncomfortable patterns between past and present politics with historian and writer John Ganz. After his excellent panel at our New York festival 'The Ideas...
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