We are animated by a quest to re-shape the world on individual and collective terms. On an individual level, we look at historic rates of contemporary unhappiness and believe the wrong questions are being asked to address it. We disagree that over-knowledge of trauma, problems, or victimization is an effective tool to create a meaningful life, while fully acknowledging the structural barriers to flourishing that affect us inequally. Indeed, these inequalities are what motivates us on a social level. Those born to power have always been taught that what they want matters, and we aim to expand this sense of agency to all, because we believe that the right to an existentially meaningful life is a human right.

Our research and programming alike draws from the social sciences, sciences, philosophy, religion, and anthropology. The body and its physiology are particular areas of expertise, along with the sociology of desire and its repression. We are currently in active development of our offerings – which will include partnerships with institutions and individuals in the form of live and digital programming – and our scholarship, which will take the form of research, essays, histories, events, and special projects.