Meetup groups

public speaking
Published

January 24, 2024

I’ve been running Meetup groups for about ten years. It’s an important part of my study process. I currently run these two meetup groups:

The Discussion Group

This is a record of past meetups (correct up to 25 January 2024):

Date Title Speaker(s)
25 Jan 2024 Depression and creativity Ben
18 Jan 2024 Productivity before computers James
7 Dec 2023 William Shakespeare James
30 Nov 2023 Depression James, Maria
16 Nov 2023 Free Will James
26 Oct 2023 Witchcraft James, Yoyo
19 Oct 2023 The microbiome James, Maija Schmaijo
5 Oct 2023 Giordano Bruno James
21 Sep 2023 Can we make conscious computers? James, Gonzalo Guarner
31 Aug 2023 The Housing Crisis: let’s talk about it! Anna Smit
10 Aug 2023 Free Will in Neuroscience Hamed Ghane
27 Jul 2023 ’Scandal and Sensuality in Art: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood James, Alexa Turner
6 Jul 2023 Art, Creativity and Magic James, Alexa Turner
22 Jun 2023 Colour James, Anna Smit
8 Jun 2023 The magic of fungi James
18 May 2023 Could AI be conscious? James
20 Apr 2023 The existential risks of AI Gonzalo Guarner
13 Apr 2023 Ethics and AI James, Valeria
23 Mar 2023 Neural Implants: From pacing the brain to augmenting it Nicolás Barabino
9 Mar 2023 AI and the future of work James
2 Mar 2023 To judge or not to judge: Renaissance paintings in modern moral context James, Anna Smit
16 Feb 2023 Swarm intelligence: from ants to AI Gonzalo Guarner
2 Feb 2023 Climate Change and the future of food Evelyn Fitzherbert
19 Jan 2023 Intelligence and IQ James
15 Dec 2022 Genetically modified (GM) crops: Why, how, and what if? Jan
24 Nov 2022 Artificial Intelligence: Is this the start of a new epoch for mankind? Raj
27 Oct 2022 What is real? What is true? Jamse
6 Oct 2022 No more bullshit: an overview of fallacies and their (un)ethical uses Lucy
22 Sep 2022 Masculinity and femininity today James , Erica Zeitz
11 Aug 2022 Creativity and imagination James
4 Aug 2022 The Wealth Gap Anna Smit, Vinh
21 Jul 2022 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Alex Rovira
7 Jul 2022 Linguistics: Chomsky and Pinker James
9 Jun 2022 Schrödinger James, Luuk
19 May 22 Ethics and morality James, Maud Haffar
12 May 22 Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma James
28 Apr 22 Serial killers James, Maria Ventura
31 Mar 22 Emotion James, Maud Haffar
17 Mar 22 Consciousness James, Maud Haffar
3 Mar 22 Ukraine James
26 Jan 22 The Social Contract - Rousseau’s concept and modern adaptations Leo

The Professional Development Group