Timothy Lim

As a child, I was always intrigued by my parents’ bookshelf. I would see my father deeply engrossed in books that looked incredibly hard to understand.  The books that I vividly remember were of different social philosophers. As a student of science, philosophy was a generic term to me. With

First published on fellow Interintellect Lukas Rosenstock‘s blog. Interintellect member Dominic Duffin hosted his first salon. The topic was “Our Spaces on the Internet: Personal Websites and Social Media”. I was curious about this discussion, considering my engagement in various social networking apps, communities, and the IndieWeb. We started

By Scott Davies Interintellect Salons have rightly gained their reputation as one of the most open and accessible places to have intellectually stimulating conversations on the Internet, and much of this is because of the remarkable work put in by each and every host to make the Salons this way.

Fellow Interintellect Anwar AlKandari dives into the joys and mysteries of fiction This essay first appeared on Anwar’s blog. “The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.”― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and

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

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. Joining “the ii” has been one of