Aspen Ideas Festival

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Fact:
 Seventy-three percent of Americans say moral values in the country as a whole are getting worse, up from 69% last year.
—Gallup, May, 2012

Audio/Video: Society

Head Games: Can Football Be Saved from Itself?
Football is America’s most popular game, underwritten by communities and schools everywhere. But even NFL veterans are... See more
Competition: What's Fair Today?
Where we draw that line in sports, and in the general culture, shapes the games we play and the society in which we... See more
Who Wrote the Book of Revelation - and Why Do People Still...
Religion historian Elaine Pagels talks about her new bestseller Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the... See more
The Art and Science of Human Inventiveness
The best-selling author of Imagine thinks differently than most about how creativity “happens.” Demystifying our... See more
The Aspen Institute/Atlantic American Values Survey
This study of What Americans Believe, conducted by Penn Schoen Berland for the Aspen Ideas Festival in partnership with... See more
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It...
We rely on science to tell us everything from what to eat to when and how long to exercise, but what about... See more

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Fact: Society
Americans are reported to be happiest in early adult hood, but diminishes as Americas age into their 30’s, 40’s and drops into the 50’s. The happiness rate increases among Americans in their 60’s, drops among Americans in their late 70’s and 80’s and then rises again among those older than 90.
—Gallup.com