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![Designing for Better Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/526cabd9-2786-49ad-8c2a-b19fecdedea1/Screenshot2023-09-06at2.50.36PM.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=146%2C0%2C578%2C578&w=290)
Whether expressed through systems that are easy to navigate, devices that are friendly to their users, and spaces that are pleasing to the eye, thoughtful design can break down barriers, build trust, and help heal the mind, body, and spirit. Explore the power of design with Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 speakers who are thinking outside the box to build healthier lives and comm...
![All About Books](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/399a2516-783a-402b-ab64-2d4df0cdf0f5/AIFStockHeroImages9.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1312%2C0%2C3375%2C3375&w=290)
October is National Book Month, and we’re celebrating by looking back at some of our favorite conversations about reading and writing from the Aspen Ideas Festival and Aspen Ideas: Health. Hear from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, poet and memoirist Javier Zamora, bestselling novelist Amor Towles, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks, nonfiction master Tracy Kidd...
![All-Time: The Most Popular Talks From Aspen Ideas](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/73f15f2d-0b85-4fbd-9b8c-477895d2ff03/AIFStockHeroImages1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1260%2C0%2C3240%2C3240&w=290)
Jump in by watching our ten most popular talks of all time. From black holes to jazz and civil rights to psychology hacks, we've collected the talks that remain audience favorites over the years.
![Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/86eae8ca-c6a2-4d92-bb9e-7d943dea675b/AIFStockHeroImages.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1260%2C0%2C3240%2C3240&w=290)
The nature of beauty, and whether it’s objective or subjective, is the subject of timeless philosophical debate. Do perceptions of beauty vary culturally and generationally, or are they determined by something more ancient within us? Should beauty be the goal of art, or is conveying a particular emotion between artist and audience more critical? And turning to the mirror,...
![Sound Principles: The Varieties of Musical Experience](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/cbe1ceb0-f9f9-40cd-a530-5a688392b05d/18826243523_0a71467744_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=824%2C0%2C3280%2C3280&w=290)
Music and dance are humanity’s hallmarks, a shared ritual of communities the world over. Over the millennia, we’ve created some highly specialized forms, but at its root, music is a language of emotion and empowerment, longing and loss — though it can also be a subversive force against authority.
![Aspen Ideas Festival 2020: Bill Gates, Madeleine Albright, Anna Deavere Smith, and Yuval Sharon](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null02c5da7a-4eff-415c-b91f-70fa684c0c4f/episode3B.-hero.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=693%2C0%2C1613%2C1613&w=290)
![Aspen Ideas Festival 2020: Stacey Abrams, Anthony Fauci, and David Byrne](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null62f85272-471d-42f3-a3cc-f01e984b3918/episode1-hero2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=693%2C0%2C1613%2C1613&w=290)
![Dive Deep Into Aspen Ideas](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullef9a8894-bf66-48b5-bbdb-12358db513cb/35519509001_2d40f6ceb8_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=276%2C0%2C1048%2C1048&w=290)
Time on your hands? Looking to escape into learning? Dive deeply into a broad array of topics from Aspen Ideas. Discover how soul music became a soundtrack to some of our nation’s most defining moments. What role does the human microbiome play in inflammatory diseases? And, what is the universe made of and why don’t we know what it’s made of? Expand your perspective by lea...