• Democracy and Elitism

    Gilman Brewing Company 912 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    What’s the relationship between democratic systems and the influence of [...]

  • Travel Tales and Tips

    Adega Azul wine bar 1287 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Let’s swap travel stories! What blew your mind, changed your [...]

  • Weaponized Complexity

    Roses on Adeline 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    To do unethical or anti-competitive things, bad guys pay experts [...]

  • Spoken Inflections Jam

    Temescal Brewing 4115 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    It’s fun how a sentence can mean such different things [...]

  • Tipping

    Fort Point Valencia 742 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Tip screens: Who are they helping and who are they [...]

  • Sudden Personal Transformation

    Discover Community Cafe 3207 Louise St., Oakland, CA, United States

    Epiphanies, realizations, bottoming out, Damascene conversions, chemical interventions– what makes [...]

  • Modern Monetary Theory

    Discover Community Cafe 3207 Louise St., Oakland, CA, United States

    Modern Monetary Theory says that governments can create and spend [...]

  • Making Art

    Sweet Bar Bakery 2355 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States

    As humans, how do we continue making art amid busy [...]

  • Get-Rich-Quick Schemes

    Mushin Social Club 416 13th St., Oakland, CA, United States

    Got some moneymaking schemes that you want to sanity-check– or [...]

  • Legal and Political Ideas

    doña 3770 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    “There oughta be a law,” you say? Maybe you’re right. [...]

  • Voting Methods

    Discover Community Cafe 3207 Louise St., Oakland, CA, United States

    Plurality (Vote-for-One) voting entrenches opposition and shuts out new ideas. [...]

  • Bring Them Cheese!

    Roses on Adeline 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Life in the big city: You wanna get to know [...]

  • Photographing People

    Camera West - San Francisco 120 Maiden Lane, San F

    Getting good photos of people can be tough, whether they’re [...]

  • Favorite Books

    Adega Azul wine bar 1287 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    What books do you often think of, recommend, or go [...]