Join us in reading and discussing this novel by the Italian postmodernist Italo Calvino.

Every being on Earth – human and non-human – breathes the same air. Yet air is shared unevenly: we pollute it with our factories and lights at night, claim it with our airplanes, and even capitalize on it through our wind turbines.

What are the experiences you think a life should aspire to? Find out what makes life worth living for your peers during your lunch break this Tuesday.

Join Hesiodos for a visit to the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and explore the All They Had exhibition together.

The new box office hit from South Korea combines black comedy and cinematic mastery in a socially critical thriller. After several years of unemployment, a man devises a unique plan to secure a job: eliminate all competition.

Algorithms shape attention, buildings respond to users, and data, emotions, and behavior flow through invisible networks. Internationally renowned artist Warren Neidich creates works that critique this neural capitalist landscape. After the artist talk, sign up to collaborate on a new work.

Wat betekent het om in crisis te leven, en hoe kunnen filosofische inzichten ons helpen omgaan met onzekerheid, angst en complexiteit? Technologische vooruitgang verandert ons leven ingrijpend en roept vragen op over menselijke vrijheid en de dreiging van totale controle.

Join VOX tonight to learn about the Talmud, one of the most significant texts in Judaism and among the most unique in the world.

An exciting, moving, and compelling Danish film about one of the most unlikely heroes ever. And at the same time so topical and important that you would want to show this documentary to everyone for that reason alone.

Whether you have New Year’s resolutions or not, figuring out what you really want is a useful way to invest your time. But what does it mean to want, and how deep do you need to dig to figure it out?

The holidays are upon us, so let’s get creative as well as reflective. We’ll explore the necessary elements of a religion and see if we can make one from scratch.

Bring your works in progress – your sketchbook, colored pencils, pastels, fiber art, poetry book, and more!

Does love need to be liberated? If so, from what? The phrase ‘free love’ may be associated with mid to late 20th century hippies, but has its origins as a philosophy in religious movements which are thousands of years old. Since then, thinkers have come and gone asking how love can be made more free, and what we need to do to make it so.

This week’s topic is a surprise. As in, nobody knows what the future will be bring, until it happens.

How do you escape the deep influence of digital media? We don’t fully control what we see online, or what we reveal about ourselves. But tonight we’ll examine approaches to maintaining our online autonomy in the face of social media algorithms.