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Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk

Featuring Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author and the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University.

Event

08.31.2023
Science

Walter Isaacson on the Next Great Innovation Revolution

Biographer Walter Isaacson's latest book tells the story of biochemist Jennifer Doudna. She helped develop a controversial tool that has the power to transform the human race. CRISPR can edit genes to cure diseases but can also be used to create designer babies.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

03.18.2021
Science

The Power and Ethics of Gene Editing

In 2017, Jennifer Doudna spoke with Walter Isaacson, then president of the Aspen Institute, about gene editing and what it could mean to have the power to control evolution.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

10.13.2020
Arts

What’s Weird About Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi?

Walter Isaacson points out a puzzle for viewers of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi painting.

BY Institute Staff

Video

11.16.2017
National Security

Who Is Watching Us Online?

A cybersecurity expert joins the Aspen Insight podcast to discuss the 2016 election and more.

BY Zach St. Louis

Podcast

10.19.2017
Arts

The Imagination of Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson speaks with David Rubenstein about his new book on the life of Leonardo da Vinci.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

10.18.2017
Technology

CRISPR: A Crack in Creation

Jennifer Doudna speaks with Walter Isaacson about the latest technological developments in gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

08.28.2017
Communications

Truth, Trust and the Future of Journalism

Featuring Andrew Lack and Rebecca Blumenstein in conversation with Walter Isaacson.

BY New York Public Programs

Video

06.06.2017
Around the Institute

Einstein's Creativity

Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson delves into the source of Einstein’s creativity.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

03.14.2017
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