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A Vision for Multidimensional Infrastructure

We’re accustomed to thinking of our physical, digital, and social infrastructure independently, but in fact they are inherently interconnected.

BY Jennifer Bradley

Blog Post

12.09.2020
Society

How Meritocracy's Luster Tarnishes The American Dream

Harvard professor Micheal Sandel says climbing the ladder of success is getting harder in the United States, because the rungs on the ladder are growing further apart.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

12.01.2020
Society

More Alike than Different

Weave and the Listen First Project, creator of the National Week of Conversation, launched a social media and publicengagement campaign called #WeavingCommunity During Crisis.

BY Institute Staff

Longform

12.01.2020
Society

Healing in the United States: Wonder and Grace? | Two-Part Episode

The Presidential election in the U.S. revealed deep divisions across political and ideological lines. Many are now asking: what will it take to bring the c ...

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Podcast

11.28.2020
Society

The Most Important Rule for a More Civil Thanksgiving: No Eye Rolling

Current political fault lines are fracturing American society as people grow further apart from one another due to differing beliefs and opinions.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

11.24.2020
Society

Elevating The Common Good Over Self-Interest

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks says liberal democracy has become about “me” instead of “us.”

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

11.04.2020
Society

Is the American Dream Finished?

Ford Foundation President and CEO Darren Walker joins PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to consider the unfinished work of building a more just economy.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.30.2020
Society

Do Millennials and Gen Z Believe in the American Dream?

A new study led by Kristin Soltis Anderson, author of The Selfie Vote, asked young Americans how they feel about their future.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.30.2020
Society

Can We Imagine a Better Way to ‘Be’ Americans?

Claudia Rankine and Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, discuss the urgency of imagining a different way of being American.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.30.2020
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