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On Genius
On Genius
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How AI Will Shake Up Business — and Society
Unlike the internet, AI is not a new industry
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America’s Online Enemies
State-sponsored cyber-spies and transnational organized crime groups pose urgent threats
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A Democrat, a Republican, a Rental Car — and a Road Map to B
They invited America to join them via FB live, and through their spontaneous town hall
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We constantly strive to engage and surprise each other, our
Suddenly, machines are learning from gigantic expanding data sets at rapid rates.
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Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind (includes l
We constantly strive to engage and surprise each other, our inventiveness giving us reason
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The Second Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life
The Second Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life
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Are We Sure We Want to Let Robots Kill?
At an alarming rate, militaries from around the globe are employing AI
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Protecting Earth’s Last Conservation Frontier: The High Seas
The high seas comprise 40 percent of the surface of our planet
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Inventing Plan B: How to Move Forward without a Template
Most of us face the desire to be creative within busy, scheduled lives.
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Hacking, Disinformation, and a New Cold War with Russia
Hacking, Disinformation, and a New Cold War with Russia
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Climate Under Conservatives
Can such a business-led effort toa promote carbon dividends
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Will the Rise of Populism Destroy Liberal Democracy?
How did we get here? How are Western values shifting? What might the future hold?
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The Inside Story of How Presidents Prepare for Armageddon
How did these Cold War-era plans come together
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Markets Can Solve the Global Energy and Climate Challenge, i
Markets Can Solve the Global Energy and Climate Challenge, if We Let Them
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Economic Policy
Economic Policy
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Hate on the Rise — And What We Can Do to Stop It ?
What groups are most frequently targeted today?
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The Future of Human-Robot Interaction
The Future of Human-Robot Interaction
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Going Rogue: What Happens When States and the Federal Govern
Are we a union, or are we 50 states?
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Aspen Ideas Festival Young Adult Forum
Aspen Ideas Festival Young Adult Forum
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Art, Architecture, and Justice
How does culture help us learn from history and inform today’s struggles?
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Who’s Generating the New Jobs, and What Skills Will Workers
For those of us who will be hired, what skills should we possess?
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On Founders
On Founders
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Muslims and Jews in America
What’s the state of this historically fraught relationship?
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Might the Past Inform Our Future?
What might we learn from the past about the current state of politics?
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The Future of News: Is There a War on Truth?
Susan Page is Washington bureau chief of USA Today.
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Philanthropy and Democracy: Dangerous Liaisons
What, if anything, confers democratic legitimacy on foundations?
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The America I Have Come to Know through StoryCorps
The America I Have Come to Know through StoryCorps
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Is the Internet Broken?
The tough and interesting question is: How can we fix it?
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Manufacturing in America: The Millennial Way
Time to start listening to the growing set of young entrepreneurs
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Stopping the Violence in Chicago: Lessons for America’s Citi
What do they think it will take for meaningful change to happen?
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Lying, Bullshitting, and Truth Telling: When is the Truth th
Lying, Bullshitting, and Truth Telling: When is the Truth the Truth
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Managing Through Disruption
Managing Through Disruption
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Trump + Brexit and a New World Order
Against a backdrop of rising populism, weakening of traditional political parties
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What Would Madison Think?
What Would Madison Think
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Whom Can We Trust?
What can leaders of institutions do to restore faith in institutions?
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Creative Genius, Derived from Nature
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang is one of the most celebrated architects in her adopted city
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Mother Nature Is Cruel. Should Humans Intervene?
Should we ever intentionally drive a species extinct?
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The Privacy Paradox
Privacy Paradox experiment on WNYC’s “Note to Self,” along with ProPublica senior reporter
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Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White
What role does faith play in his quest to bring people together?
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Good Companies, Good Jobs — Are They Also Good Stocks?
What constitutes a “good job”? What roles should business and gov. play in creating them?
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Markets and Investing in a Dynamic World
What are the drivers of economic growth and opportunity in a changing world?
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Conservatism, the Republican Party, and President Trump
Will President Trump and the party’s traditional conservatives ever get in sync?
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What Turns a Skater Kid from Colorado into a Fighter for ISI
Graeme Wood is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a lecturer at Yale University
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Has American Grand Strategy Gone Missing?
Do we still have a coherent grand strategy about the country we want to be and our role
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Jeff Koons: American Imagination
Join in a conversation about creating wonder
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Why Investing in Good Companies Makes Economic Sense
Can companies determined to support solutions to some of society’s larger dilemmas
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Making Tech Humane Again
Making Tech Humane Again
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Afternoon Jam Session
Lyrical, musical, and physical acrobatics will introduce ideas and issues central to Ideas
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Black in America Since MLK
Black in America Since MLK
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Is the Internet a “Gift from God”?
Is the Internet a “Gift from God”
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power
Doudna joins Walter Isaacson in conversation about gene editing and the unthinkable power
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Can Faith Help Unite Us in Divided Times?
Can Faith Help Unite Us in Divided Times
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Music, Health, and Well-Being: Jon Batiste in Conversation w
Music can lift the spirits and help heal the body
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Deep Dive: Breaking the Cycle: Health, Poverty, and the Soci
How do we tear down social, economic, and environmental barriers and build better health.
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Health Legislation in the 115th Congress: Interview with Sen
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) offers an insider’s look at the policy
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Celebrating the 80th Birthday of the National Cancer Institu
Past NCI directors gather at Spotlight Health to talk about the NCI’s evolution
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Building a Caregiving Society
How do we build a caregiving infrastructure that can sustain us all?
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A World without AIDS
Thirty-six million people have died of AIDS since 1981, and are living with HIV today
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Reproductive Health: Can We Find Common Ground?
From birth control to abortion
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Undaunted: Defining Moments
In every leader's journey, there is a moment, or a series of moments, that stand out
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The Neuroscience of Poverty
Poverty is a powerful stressor that influences growth and development in children
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James Beard: America's First Foodie (Film and Discussion)
Learn why that claim is made in the new PBS American Masters documentary, James Beard.
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Deep Dive: Preventing Pandemics
Infectious diseases represent one of the greatest threats to global health and security
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Deep Dive: The Opioid Tsunami
240 million opioid scripts to Americans every year, the potential for abuse is enormous
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Quelling Violent Extremism with Public Health Tools
Can health interventions really change hearts and minds and turn potentially violence?
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Follow the Money: Investing in Health
What can we learn about the future of health care?
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Health and US Politics
The population is deeply concerned about rising health care costs
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Building Global Health Security from the Ground Up
Community health workers, social media networks, and local residents,fight against disease
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Will People, Data, or Payments Drive Health Care into the Fu
Will a patient-centered, data-centered or payment-centered system ultimately dominate?
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Whither Health Care Reform?
Discussing new approaches to the Affordable Care Act
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Federal Health Policy: An Interview with Kathleen Sebelius,
Kathleen Sebelius, 21st secretary of HHS, discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
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Festival Opening and Welcome Reception
Opening Session
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