What is “jookin'” and why is it now considered an art form? Is personalized 3-D printed food in our future? How has the birthplace of the Arab Spring become a breeding ground for ISIS? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute this week about what’s important right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
Palm oil production devastates the environment, but smart science and better farming can reduce the harm. http://t.co/pD5OxUkuGU
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) November 7, 2014
Artist in Residence @LILBUCKDALEGEND "Elevates Jookin to an Art" from @WSJ http://t.co/4RKHmZQeN6
— Aspen Institute Arts (@AspenInstArts) November 6, 2014
The difference between a #highered "certificate" and a degree? It's in the economics. http://t.co/hPleeRLIv7 HT @AspenHigherEd
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) November 6, 2014
“In Syria, they’ll get houses & wives. These people are so alienated from society they choose [ISIS] in a heartbeat.” http://t.co/SbuBjSc2G1
— Aspen Middle East (@AspenMidEast) November 5, 2014
MRE's, beware! US Army envisions 3-D printed food personalized to individual nutritional needs http://t.co/GU7KdBDR97
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) November 5, 2014
Advancing #studentsuccess requires that students learn #financial literacy and #financial planning.
http://t.co/gNQj36twNm
— College Excellence (@AspenHigherEd) November 5, 2014
The stark difference between what poor babies and rich babies eat: http://t.co/lARIlud187 #childhealth
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) November 4, 2014