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As the Covid-19 pandemic rattles the nation, workers and policymakers are using ingenuity to prepare for a post-pandemic economy.
Urban areas around the world are growing at rates not seen since the throes of the Industrial Revolution, and they're facing pressures never experienced before.
See the world through the eyes of a bird, dive into the culture wars, and hear how AI is revolutionizing health care with our top ten Aspen Ideas To Go episodes from 2019! Some are serious (Bill McKibben has a message about climate change everyone should hear), some are surprising (wait until Tara Westover sings), and others, like Ibram X. Kendi explaining antiracism, wil...
Our national conversation is increasingly defined by deep divisions, worries about the stability of our political system, and even threats of political violence. Yet, in the midst of our national partisan rancor and political and cultural upheaval, you can find heroes, visionaries, and bold leaders.
What are we doing here? Is there a higher purpose to the lives we lead? What does it mean to have a good life? What happens when we die? For millennia, people have been asking these central questions about what it is to be human. The search for answers and adherence to belief systems are crucial to how many people make sense of their pasts, live in the present, and envisio...
Politics are a frenzy right now, with bombshell headlines dropping so often that it’s hard to know what to focus on. Even when you can cut through the noise, what you hear is grim. Culture wars are dividing schools and dinner table conversations. Voting rights are threatened across the country. Distrust of news media is at an all-time high. Political discourse is fraught w...
Today's kids are coming of age against a backdrop of political, social, technological, and economic upheaval. While these circumstances are shaping a precocious generation that is changing society and redefining cultural norms, kids are also struggling with mental health issues, the pressures of social media, and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on key developmental years....
Aspen Ideas Festival’s signature event gathers an audience of 2,000 in the Benedict Music Tent. Big thinkers and doers engage in candid conversations about their work, our world, and the future. The Afternoon of Conversation is an experience for the curious, igniting discussion in a marathon of big ideas.
All the latest climate science underscores the need for rapid fossil fuel transition to avert the most severe environmental impacts. Achieving net-zero emissions hinges on swift energy innovations, yet these breakthroughs face obstacles of scale, geopolitical instability, and collective effort. Hear from leaders spanning multiple industries as they dig into the tricky ques...
From blockchain to back to school and virus-hunting to bridging divides, speakers at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival addressed issues in a new kind of world—one touched, and changed, by the pandemic. Our speakers looked to the future and discussed the biggest, boldest ideas. Here's a sampling of the some of the Festival's conversations.
Artificial intelligence is working its way deeper into our lives. Intelligent systems are reading and responding to human emotions, playing a critical role in medicine, and gathering vast amounts of data, often without us knowing. Does this kind of technology share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity? How can big tech companies and users of AI ste...
In May 2022, the world's most ambitious climate problem solvers came together in Miami Beach to address our collective future. Watch highlights from the inaugural Aspen Ideas: Climate, which brought together global and local policy makers, experts, artists, young leaders, and many others for a series of conversations aimed at educating and inspiring action to combat climat...
Speakers at the 2022 Aspen Ideas Festival addressed issues in a world that is irreversibly changed by the pandemic, divided by sharpening political polarization, reckoning with race, and craving connection after several isolating years. They looked to the past, present, and future to grapple with many of the most pressing — and simply fascinating — questions of our time....
Of course, Black history shouldn’t just be a month-long nod on our yearly calendar — it is inextricable from American history and fundamental to the very soul of our nation and our past, present, and future. We’ve put together a collection of talks, podcasts, and interviews from Aspen Ideas speakers that celebrate Black joy, community, and genius while grappling with the i...
At Aspen Ideas: Climate 2024, the world's most ambitious climate problem solvers came together in Miami Beach to address our collective future on this planet. Watch highlights from this year's event, which brought together global and local policy makers, innovators, scientists, artists, young leaders, and many others to forge solutions to climate change. These sessions wil...
So many kids these days can be outspoken and inspiring, with world-changing ideas they’re ready to put into action. But in truth, we’ve not been great to the youth of today, leaving many of the most vulnerable behind and leaving the majority ill-prepared for the travails that are coming their way. Though it’s tempting to leave them the job of building the future, we first...