Science
Space
![Great Ideas to Start 2024](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/97c2456a-67d1-4012-9c9e-0330615b1884/AIFStockHeroImages4.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2532%2C0%2C3376%2C3375&w=290)
Whether you love setting New Year’s resolutions or ignore them entirely, there’s still a certain mix of nostalgia and excitement over the ending of one year and the possibilities that lay ahead. We’ve gathered five big ideas that offer some food for thought as you head into 2024, including a new mindset for thinking about careers, a glimpse into the history of the cosmos,...
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At the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival, we dug into some of the most important and fascinating issues of our time, from rebuilding trust in our institutions and the promise and peril of A.I. to the ingredients of a good life and the emerging geopolitical order — plus so much more!
![Aspen Ideas 2020: Mitt Romney, Alicia Garza, Michael Eric Dyson, Brian Greene, and Lulu Miller](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9320e5da-2900-4c87-a8a9-254a708a1e3d/AspenIdeasFestival-episode5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=693%2C0%2C1613%2C1613&w=290)
![Out of This World: How We’re Solving the Mysteries of Space](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e6f184c5-bc22-4642-97d8-2f6c5888b2da/AdobeStock_101426449.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1120%2C0%2C2880%2C2880&w=290)
Space… the final metaphor for the unknowable. But we are certainly trying to understand what goes on out there, and the more we learn, the more fascinating questions start to pop up. Journey with a galaxy of physicists and cosmologists as they take us to the farthest reaches of space, to the very beginnings of time, and right back here to our own front yard.