How would life change if, whenever you had a free moment, you reached for a tiny sketchbook instead of your phone? Artist Nishant Jain suggests that a five-minute drawing habit is the best way to stay curious and actively engage with whatβs around you: www.aspenideas.org/articles/the...
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Research professor and bestselling author BrenΓ© Brown talks with AI scholar Kate Crawford about how artificial intelligence is challenging our systems, our values, and the very essence of our humanity.
Listen to their conversation on our podcast: bit.ly/46BxU6Y
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Humans were never designed to live at a pace determined by machines, says writer Pico Iyer.
Drawing on the wisdom of Benedictine monks and the Dalai Lama, he offers practical tips for reclaiming attention and finding calm in a world of uncertainty.
www.aspenideas.org/sessions/liv...
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I'm often asked what to do if you want to start a spiritual path but feel like you just can't believe in a higher power. Here's Rabbi Shira Stutman with my favorite answer. Sometimes it's the doing - and doing good - that comes first. From @aspenideas.bsky.social www.aspenideas.org/sessions/los...
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Renowned theoretical physicist Brian Greene has spent a lifetime grappling with mind-bending theories and striving to understand the physical universe.
Watch his conversation about how science and storytelling help us create meaning and find our place in the vastness of the cosmos.
bit.ly/4mQ0EhH
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living as a process of composition. each self: a rough draft. via @aspenideas.bsky.social
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At @aspenideas.bsky.social, @vivianschiller.bsky.social moderated a panel with NPR's Jenn White, Aspen Public Radio's Breeze Richardson, and @macfound.org's John Palfrey on the power of #LocalNews. During the panel, White offered insight on local journalism's value. Watch the clip here. #AspenIdeas
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How America Recovers
YouTube video by The Aspen Institute
Watch this, βHow America Recoversβ. it will be the best hour you spend this week. @aspenideas.bsky.social @nytimes.com #DavidBrooks
www.youtube.com/live/8MMOJIi...
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Aspen Ideas Festival: The power of local news
There is a new momentum to populate news deserts with small publishers who carry big impact.
@npr.org 1A recently featured an @aspenideas.bsky.social panel @vivianschiller.bsky.social moderated with 1A's Jenn White and Aspen Public Radio's Breeze Richardson on local journalism. Learn why #LocalNews carries such power and how to help it grow. Listen to the episode: the1a.org/segments/asp...
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Why do we have religion? As society becomes more secular, what are we leaving behind? Is there a way to regain religion's benefits? Out now on How God Works, a discussion with Krista Tippet, Father Greg Boyle, & Rabbi Shira Stuntman from @aspenideas.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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The Price of Discovery: Can U.S. Science Survive the Squeeze | Aspen Ideas
U.S. Government funding for scientific research has led to innovations and breakthroughs for decades. But, with funding freezes, slashed budgets, and the cancellation of grants, the health of Americaβ...
From @aspenideas.bsky.social: In June, Our director @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social joined David Leonhardt (@nytimes.com), Holden Thorp (@science.org) & Karel Mertens ( #DallasFed ) in a discussion on the past, present, & future of US scientific research.
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2025 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellows | Aspen Ideas
The Aspen Ideas: Health Fellows are a diverse group of health leaders who are selected for their innovative work, inspired accomplishments, and ability to transform ideas into action. Get to know the ...
Looking forward to joining other health leaders at @aspenideas.bsky.social Health next week as part of their 2025 cohort of Fellows! #aspenideas #aspenideashealth
Learn more: www.aspenideas.org/articles/202...
Many thanks to @arnoldventures.bsky.social for this opportunity! #MedSky
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On June 23, Peggy Clark will join Joseph Betancourt, Apoorva Mandavilli, and our Senior Fellow Mohamed Aburawi at #AspenIdeasHealth to explore how countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America are transforming health careβoften with fewer resources but greater innovation.
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2025 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellows | Aspen Ideas
The Aspen Ideas: Health Fellows are a diverse group of health leaders who are selected for their innovative work, inspired accomplishments, and ability to transform ideas into action. Get to know the ...
Iβm honored and excited to have been selected as one of the 2025 Aspen Ideas Health Fellows this year!
Forum brings together a diverse set of people working on issues related to improving health.
Full list of @aspenideas.bsky.social Health Fellows:
www.aspenideas.org/articles/202...
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Religion has shaped lives for millennia. As society becomes more secular, what are we in danger of losing? Are there ways to reconstruct the wisdom contained in those traditions? Iβm excited to moderate a discussion @aspenideas.bsky.social with Krista Tippett, Fr. Greg Boyle & Rabbi Shira Stutmanπ§΅
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Iβm excited to share Iβll be speaking at #AspenIdeasHealth this summer! Looking forward to
engaging in deep conversations about the big ideas shaping the future of health, medicine, and science.
Join me at @aspenideas.bsky.social: bit.ly/AspenIdeasHealth2025
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Packed with visionary leaders and thinkers whose ideas are shaping our collective future, the 2025 speaker lineup keeps getting better. Meet our latest additions: www.aspenideas.org/speakers
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Weβre less than two months away from the Aspen Ideas Festival and canβt wait for our stages to be filled with curious minds and bold ideas. Weβve continued to add more extraordinary speakers to our lineup: aspenideas.org/speakers
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We just announced over 100 speakers joining us for this year's Festival!
Get to know the lineup: aspenideas.org/speakers
03.04.2025 20:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
For the first time in a dozen years, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has published a new novel. Her highly-anticipated book βDream Countβ just came out on March 4th, so we're revisiting her conversation from the closing session of the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival. Watch: www.aspenideas.org/sessions/clo...
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Last call for savings! Our final discount on 2025 Aspen Ideas passes expires at midnight.
Secure your spot today: aspenideas.org/register
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Fun is far from frivolous, says Catherine Price. It's actually essential to our health and happiness.
Price's research finds that having fun increases creativity, productivity, and unity while reducing stress and loneliness. "Treat fun as if it is important, because it IS important," she says.
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Secrets of a Hollywood Hitmaker | Aspen Ideas
The entertainment industry has had to pivot and refresh time and again to adapt to constant changes in format, business models and attention spans. Somehow, producer Brian Grazer has been able to keep...
In this week's podcast, award-winning producer Brian Grazer lets us in on the unconventional rules and guidelines that have served him well over the past 40 years while making classics like βApollo 13β and βA Beautiful Mind.β
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Weβre delighted to announce more speakers who will join us in the Rocky Mountains this summer:
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Artist Lisa Park
Festival founder Walter Isaacson
Documentarian Perri Peltz
@nytimes.com's David Leonhardt
@economist.com editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes
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Weβre counting down to June by reading thought-provoking books by some of the brilliant minds speaking at this yearβs Festival.
Our February pick is βThe Anxious Generationβ by social psychologist @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social.
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NY Times investigative reporter. Co-author of SHE SAID, about how Megan Twohey and I broke the Weinstein story. Now focused on illuminating the Supreme Court.
National Book Award-winning Historian @Howard.edu β’ 11x NYT Bestselling Author. MacArthur Fellow. #BeAntiracist. ππ¦π±
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Journalist | Fact Checker at The Dispatch
Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirensβ Call: How Attention Became the Worldβs Most Endangered Resource out now.
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James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Interested in job quality, employee ownership, and economic systems that support human dignity. Also urban planning, pastel painting, food, books, sports and lots of other stuff. Views my own.
Writer for The New Yorker, social media addict
CEO of Microsoft AI | Author: The Coming Wave | Formerly co-founder at Inflection AI, DeepMind
Editor at large, The Bulwark.
Director, Defending Democracy Together.
Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
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Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of Democracy-Ish; Author of a Memoir and a Play; @YouTubeWajahatAli
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