valuable irrespective of background or origin. We create an intellectual barrier-free environment and a counter-movement to the echo chambers of our times. Disruption is state of mind.

Today, different fields are converging at an increasingly rapid pace. Value is created at their intersections. At the same time, there are social, economic and ecological challenges that can only be met by mastering complexity and collaboration. Technological progress enables us to do this on a hitherto unimagined level. But we are confronted with many barriers that limit us in achieving our potential: lack of knowledge, creativity and collaboration. To reverse this, we need to reorient and inspire the synapses of the system. We are here to do exactly this: year down the barriers and accelerate change. We are a volunteer-run, chapter-based community. Starting with the genesis-node in Zurich we grow as our members establish new chapters all around the world and as we interconnect and meet. The congregations are inspired by the salons of the Enlightenment and are global social nodal points for silo breakers, transformers and disrupters under the patronage of inspiring hosts to expand the participants’ knowledge through discussion and create opportunity for cooperation.