Aspen Ideas Festival

Alexis Madrigal

Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic. He’s the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. Madrigal co-founded Longshot magazine. Previously at Wired.com, he built Wired Science into one of the most popular blogs in the world. It was nominated for best magazine blog by the Association of Magazine Media and best science website in the 2009 Webby Awards. He also co-founded Haiti ReWired, a groundbreaking community dedicated to the discussion of technology, infrastructure, and Haiti’s future.

  • 2013 Bio

Videos/Audio of Alexis Madrigal

Ideas for the Future: Art, Media, and Race
Four young pioneers deliver a high-speed download from the frontier of their fields. From detonating the conventions of... See more
Ideas for the Future: Work, Food, and Cities
Four visionary thinkers share ideas from the forefront of job creation, food systems, and architecture. Through two... See more
Will All This Data Make Us Better?
If we combine the data in our physical lives and the data in our online lives—connected by mobile tech highways—are we... See more
The Kinect Effect and Beyond: Evolving the Interface...
With each turn in the evolution of interactive entertainment has come new capabilities, new ways to delight consumers... See more
Powering the Dream
Half compendium of lost opportunities, half hopeful look toward the future, Powering the Dream tells the stories of the... See more
What Does the Utility of the Future Look Like?
Today’s electric utility looks the same, in many regards, as it did 100 years ago. How can return be provided to the... See more

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