2017 Aspen Ideas Festival

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News, Ideas, & Events

Energy

Closing the Knowledge Gap on Climate Change

Brett Perlman discusses how Texas created a space for wind energy in the late 1990s.

BY Brett Perlman

Blog Post

06.29.2017
US Education Policy

Why Schools Should Teach Entrepreneurship

Author Tina Seelig makes a case for teaching entrepreneurship to students of all ages and backgrounds.

BY Tina Seelig

Blog Post

06.29.2017
Technology

Don't Tax Robots Like People

Researcher Joanna Bryson talks about the potential pitfalls as artificial intelligence gets more human-like.

BY Joanna Bryson

Blog Post

06.29.2017
Global Health

Confronting the Pandemic Threat

Former White House Ebola Czar Ronald Klain talks about what the US must do to prepare.

BY Ronald Klain

Blog Post

06.29.2017
Criminal Law and Justice

TAKEOVER 2: Perri Peltz Interviews Neal Katyal

We examine the Supreme Court’s recent decision to take the case regarding President Trump’s travel ban.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

06.28.2017
US Government

Does the Truth Matter?

Fake news, like politicians who deceive, will remain a fact of life.

BY Charles Sykes

Blog Post

06.28.2017
Racial Equity

Color-Blindness Is a Cop-Out

It's counterproductive to avoid addressing race head-on.

BY Jeff Raikes

Blog Post

06.28.2017
US Economy

America Must Invest in its Rural Communities

Rob Riley on why creating rural opportunity is about more than cell phone coverage.

BY Rob Riley

Blog Post

06.28.2017
Small Business

How Worker-Ownership Can Rejuvenate Manufacturing

Molly Hemstreet talks about empowering workers in Appalachia.

BY Molly Hemstreet

Blog Post

06.28.2017
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