What we're about
Do you enjoy deep, honest and respectful conversations of fundamental human questions? If yes, then you will love this Meetup!
We ask questions and share ideas to stimulate critical thinking. We enrich ourselves with the perspectives of others, not to convince others about our own perspectives. SlowTalk is about our own experiences, ideas and ambitions in life and not necessarily what scientists or philosophers may have said or written. We are not a debating club or a platform for proselytizing. No previous knowledge or academic training are required to participate. Your interest and enthusiasm to engage constructively with others are sufficient.
Everyone is welcome! Our conversations include women and men from different cultural backgrounds, races, ages, native languages, careers, and educational backgrounds. The only requirements are a willingness to listen respectfully, and to be open to what people have to say - even if you disagree.
Minimal facilitation is provided by the organizer, if and when deemed necessary. On some occasions it may be helpful to reflect on the conversation to get a better understanding of the process. This is usually done by consensus.
Give yourself a nudge and come along to join us. Staying within your comfort zone is boring.
Upcoming events (4+)
How do we actually meet each other? Do we allow ourselves to be guided by sympathy or antipathy? And how do we get from just meeting somebody to getting to know each other? And since society does not just consist of people who we like the real question is how can we genuinely meet people that we may not like (at least not at first sight)?
Let’s have a look at the few people we do call friends. What distinguishes them from other people we know? What was it like to meet them? Has the relationship always been as it is now - or has it undergone changes? What have you done to make this relationship a good one? What did they do? And what can we learn from all this to take an interest in new people we come across at school, at work, at the movies, etc.?
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Voluntary contribution: €10,00.
Please transfer the money to Hugo Skoppek, NL63 TRIO[masked] together with the payment notice "Meeting" - Thank you.
- Hugo S.
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In courtroom proceedings witnesses swear “to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”. Sometimes in real life we stray away from telling the truth. Other times we may not necessarily lie, but we chose to leave out critical facts to present a situation in our favor. Or we may skip important facts for the sake of efficiency, because there is not sufficient time to go into all the details. And yet, this too can have the effect of distorting the truth. And then there may be moments in our lives when we are simply not fully aware of what is true or not, because we are deluding ourselves on the basis of a particular concept that we have of ourselves and of others.
We have all met people who have said “yes” to us and we later found out that they really meant ‘no’. How did this affect our relationship?
Surely you have met people who you suspected of having a hidden agenda. Did this behavior promote a trusting and functioning relationship? Or did it have the opposite effect?
Or think of somebody who is totally nice, somebody who likes the same books, music, movies, food, sport etc., i.e. somebody who comes across as your perfect friend or ideal partner. - And then you find out that this person just did all this to please you. How would that make you feel? And how do you think they may feel themselves?
So what does it take to tell the truth? Come reflect with us, how we may become better truth tellers.
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Voluntary contribution: €10,00.
Please transfer the money to Hugo Skoppek, NL63 TRIO[masked] together with the payment notice "TRUTH" - Thank you.
- Hugo S.
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Voluntary contribution: €10,00.
Please transfer the money to Hugo Skoppek, NL63 TRIO[masked] together with the payment notice ST/.... - Thank you.
- Hugo S.
- 1 attendee
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Voluntary contribution: €10,00.
Please transfer the money to Hugo Skoppek, NL63 TRIO[masked] together with the payment notice ST/.... - Thank you.
- Hugo S.
- 1 attendee
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