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Garrett Graff on UFOs

Featuring Garrett Graff, journalist, historian, and director of Cyber Initiatives at the Aspen Institute, in conversation with Vivian Schiller, executive director of Aspen Digital at the Aspen Institute.

Event

05.23.2024
Technology

The AI Election Threat

A group of experts gathered by Aspen Digital and the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs recently met to discuss the impact of AI on our elections.

BY John Peabody

Blog Post

04.02.2024
Reproductive Health

Digital Surveillance and the Fight for Reproductive Rights

The reversal of Roe v. Wade would make it difficult or impossible for millions of people to obtain abortions, but would also open the doors to criminally prosecute people who seek or obtain an abortion.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

05.18.2022
Technology

How Can Activism Repair Our Democracy?

The cornerstone of democracy is the principle that all citizens have the right and ability to participate in their own governance, either directly or via representation.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

02.02.2022
Media

Journalism's norms are changing. Here's why you should care.

Norms in newsrooms across the United States are being upended thanks to deep polarization, a racial reckoning, and the pandemic. Hallmark journalistic traits like neutrality and objectivity are being redefined.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

10.27.2021
Technology

Why Big Social can't Coexist with Democracy

Technology has changed the way we think and interact with one another, and social media platforms are intentionally engineered to be addictive and manipulative.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

10.06.2021
National Security

9/11: The Hinge of History

Twenty years ago, terror attacks on September 11th took place in the United States over the course of a morning but the effects have been felt ever since — politically and psychologically.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

09.14.2021
Technology

How Can We Fix a Broken (and Dangerous) Internet?

Much of this stems from malign actors, some who are driven by profit and others, like foreign intelligence services, strategically weaponize our existing divisions against us.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

08.03.2021
Media

The Press's Critical Role in a Healthy Democracy

In a time of heightened distrust, how can media outlets reclaim the public’s confidence? We hear from a longtime journalist.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

02.25.2021
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