Olio CDMX: Philosophy as a Way of Life

​Think Olio is an ongoing experiment in alternative adult learning to encourage curiosity, creative living, and face-to-face conversation.

​We design Olios with professors, artists, and therapists to help you skip the small talk and make interesting, meaningful connections.

​We often think of philosophy as a scholarly discipline that is largely confined to colleges and universities. This Olio aims to focus on another, deeper, and arguably older conception of philosophy as a way of life that centers on the pursuit and love of wisdom. We will explore the nature of wisdom and why we might want to pursue it, as well as three concrete practices through which we can work to transform ourselves into wiser, better, happier people.

​This Olio was designed by Conor Cullen, a lecturer in the Philosophy Department at Columbia University. He facilitates philosophy discussions with court-involved youth and incarcerated people through an organization called Rethink.  Conor is interested in ethics, social philosophy, and religion and how religious practices can be understood as truth-responsive means of self-transformation even if we’re skeptical of or simply reject the literal truth of the claims upon which they (seem to) center.

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​About the Olio Experience:

​Olios are a shared exploration of the arts and humanities in living rooms around the world. An Olio is a space that celebrates the wisdom of each individual and our collective genius. Without a central facilitator, Olios thrive on group participation and every gathering is unique.

​This is a do-it-yourself (DIY) Olio, signifying the absence of a central teacher. As a group, we will follow the lesson plan to facilitate our conversations and activities.