Aspen Ideas Festival

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Fact:
Digital shopkeepers: In the G20 countries, the internet economy will grow at more than 10% annually for the next five years.  And by 2016 reach $4.2 trillion, or 5.3% of GDP compared to 2010’s $2.3 trillion and 4.1% of GDP.
—The Economist, April 2012

Audio/Video: Technology

Technology and Democracy
Google’s executive chairman discusses a variety of issues including its relationship to China, the value of the... See more
The Next Internet
How do mobile, local, and social trends change the way we experience the Internet and the world? Is it happening other... See more
How do we see the world?
Google's Marissa Mayer and The Economist's Vijay Vaitheeswaran See more
Will Technology Disrupt the Way We Learn?
This session is co-Presented with NBC News' "Education Nation." The onset of courseware, tablets, and social media... See more
Knowledge Exchange: Information's Beautiful Future
In the decades ahead, our reliance on innovative ways to explain and communicate massive amounts of information will... See more
Coding the Next Chapter of American History
Government is what we do together. How disruptive can digital technology be to actually make it work better? See more

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Fact: Technology
About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the Internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities.
–Pew Research Center American Life Project, May 2012