Before each session, we circulate discussion questions. Each session runs for 2 hours. We begin with brief remarks from the lecturer(s), but most of the time is spent in small breakout groups. We randomly assign people into small groups, but we do this two times per session, to ensure a dynamic circulation of ideas and relationships. Then we finish with a large-group discussion, emphasizing the best ideas surfaced in the breakout groups.

IndieThinkers is a private community for independent intellectuals. Paying members access features that help them accelerate their intellectual work outside of institutions, i.e. on the internet. Participation in our course includes membership in the network and forum of IndieThinkers.org. That's also where you'll find the private course forum (hidden to everyone else). Participants on the Creator tier get access to all paid features of the Pro membership through the time of the course. See IndieThinkers.org for more details.

The Creator tier is for anyone who is serious about producing their own work through the time of this course. We'll meet with you in 1-1 Zoom calls at the beginning, middle, and end of the course—reading and giving feedback on your writing or just your ideas. The IndieThinkers.org Pro membership gives you access to 3 group work sessions per week, to help your productivity in a convivial group setting; a content library of instructional materials and private Q&As with successful indie thinkers; and other exclusive meetups and workshops.

Any adult who wishes to think is capable of philosophy. I would guess that about 20% of our course participants have essentially zero first-hand knowledge of the course material upon entering. These people have some of the most intriguing and provocative ideas because their minds have not been ground down by years of institutional conformity.

We've had grad students, full PhDs, and published book authors take our courses! Typically, such a person takes one of our courses because they feel bored with their career track or social milieu. Our courses provide advanced thinkers a wild space to toy with new or weird ideas, without worrying about professional signaling games, among an unpredictable cast of interlocutors they can't find anywhere else.

If you enroll, watch the lectures, and participate in the community discussion, and you don't find the experience valuable—we'll give you a 100% refund, no questions asked, anytime within the first 7 days. Grifters don't offer refunds like that! ;-)