Socrates Cafe is a movement to bring philosophy outside the academic setting. It started in Montclair, NJ about 12 years ago to help those of us who are not professional philosophers develop our critical thinking skills by interacting respectfully and actively with others who share a love of ideas. There are hundreds of Socrates Cafes across the US, in the Americas, Europe and Asia. We meet on the last Monday of each month from mid-September to early June. During the summer, we meet on one …

… Join us at one of our events such as our Foundations of Ethical Culture course, Ethics in Film, Ethics and the Theater, Advocacy Forum, or Socrates Cafe. When considering Ethical New York Meetup events, please keep in mind that many of our members attend the posted events without RSVP-ing on Meetup, so attendence is typically much higher then indicated by the Meetup RSVPs alone. For more information, visit our website at http://www.nysec.org

Ideologi (pronounced “ideology”) is an open source, peer-to-peer system for facilitating high-performance group brainstorming on the Internet.   It works by integrating a wide variety of interactive processes—gaming, auctions, brainstorming, debate, peer-review, swarm intelligence, prediction markets, and genetic algorithms—to create an entirely new and engaging way to harness the wisdom of the crowd.   More information on Ideologi and its objectives can be found at www.ideologi.org   Gather wit …

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