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Society

The Next Big Challenge in Your Life

Columnist David Brooks speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival about how life's mountains and valleys shape who we are.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

01.02.2018
Free Speech and Religion

Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White

Reverend Adam Hamilton discusses with David Brooks the role faith can play in bringing people together.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

08.19.2017
Around the Institute

The Second Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life

After you've achieved success, what comes next? New York Times columnist David Brooks delivers a lecture at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival.

BY Aspen Ideas Festival

Video

07.01.2017
Culture

How a Nudge Can Change Everything

David Brooks and Cass Sunstein discuss the power of “nudge” and how it can be a force for substantial change.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

01.18.2017
Society

The Choices That Create Your Life

In this episode New York Times columnist David Brooks examines happiness and commitments.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

11.29.2016
US Economy

Finding Meaning in Our Work

David Brooks and Arthur Brooks discuss the elements of meaningful work and the ways to achieve it.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

09.21.2016
Workforce Development

7 Ways to Find Meaning at Work

David Brooks and Arthur Brooks offer advice on how to turn a job into a vocation.

BY Uri Friedman, The Atlantic

Video

07.06.2016
Arts

Arts Summit Recap

The first annual Kennedy Center/Aspen Institute Arts Summit brought together a cross-section of leaders in education, law, technology, music, and entertainment for a series of candid discussions on the role the arts can play in addressing major societal issues.

Blog Post

05.28.2015
Law and Public Policy

David Brooks is Wrong on Campaign Finance

Instead of doing the business of government like attending hearings, writing bills, educating themselves on policy, voting, and even being in Washington, legislators are consumed with the hunt for donations. This has a profound impact on the quality of their legislative work.

BY Dan Glickman

Blog Post

10.10.2014
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