Aspen Ideas Festival

Technology and Democracy

Google’s executive chairman discusses a variety of issues including its relationship to China, the value of the Internet in our lives, where technology is headed in the future. Schmidt also confronts the limits of technology and whether or not the Web is enabling a confirmation bias.

Speakers: Eric Schmidt, Jeffrey Goldberg
Festival: 2012

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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
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Visualizing Our Future through the Lens of Big Data
With the global population hitting seven billion people, the necessity of cultivating awareness about the impacts of... See more
Talking Back to Facebook
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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 Genius of Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, acclaimed biographer of Apple’s founder, discusses Job’s brilliant ability to match creativity with... See more

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80 percent of young adults between 18 and 29 are wireless Internet users, accessing the Web on laptops, netbooks, cell phones, game consoles, and e-readers.
—Pew Internet and American Life Project