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![Governments Alone Can’t Save the World](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null8515d50d-7eba-448a-a9b4-9c24961879c4/27934547066_3904b3a1c7_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
From global health threats to the refugee crisis, to privacy and cybersecurity, international organizations and the private sector are often in a better position and more effective on the frontlines of transnational threats than governmental entities. Join the Global Head of Public Policy for Google, a doctor working to get vaccines to the world’s neediest, and the former...
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For 60 years, the US government has been laying secret doomsday plans in the event of a nuclear war.
![Is the Government Failing Us on Big Tech?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e6d6c022-9f73-42b6-a498-08992feb9c62/43091029411_64eaa558b0_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Big Tech firms bristle at the mention of regulation, and unlike major industries including finance, energy, and pharmaceuticals, tech has so far managed to avoid the strong arm of governmental control. But companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon wield an out-sized amount of influence over how we shop, communicate, and get the news. Just in case these companies don’t ha...
![Going Rogue: What Happens When States and the Federal Government Don’t Agree?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld062ab06-3fb2-4a4a-92f2-f698c686242b/35500063251_7243ba8a27_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1000%2C0%2C4016%2C4016&w=290)
Are we a union, or are we 50 states? States are finding themselves at odds with federal policy on a wide range of issues: immigration enforcement, marijuana legalization, environmental regulation, health issues including reproductive services and Medicaid, and social issues from gay marriage to who can use what bathroom. What are the constitutional roots of these conflicts...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social media giant needs the government’s help when it comes to making certain decisions.
![Regulating E-Cigarettes, Cigars, and Hookah – How Far Has the Government Gone?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null4039b72b-ff04-4a10-8fb4-56e17cb1228c/27783540802_29905b5d58_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=231%2C0%2C1137%2C1137&w=290)
In May, 2016, the FDA finalized a rule extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco. This historic rule allows the FDA, for the first time, to restrict the sale of these tobacco products to minors nationwide. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy will discuss the importance of this new rule, the implications for co...
![Mark Zuckerberg Wants the Government to Regulate Facebook — But Not Too Much](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null7b217499-f4d8-437b-89b8-eab6562095fc/AdobeStock_124634376.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=949%2C0%2C3744%2C3744&w=290)
Zuckerberg believes government regulation of social media platforms is the best way to handle the complex moral decisions private companies are trying to make on their own.
![A Brief History of Lies: Government Deception from Watergate to Today](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/872ac393-1e01-4f10-b35f-93cca3bc8975/52190356500_d69ac9ebf3_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1012%2C0%2C4024%2C4024&w=290)
Fifty years ago, the nation was (gradually, then suddenly) rocked by revelations of dirty tricks in what became known as the Watergate scandal. But it wasn’t the first time that our government deceived its citizens, and it certainly wasn’t the last. From false narratives promoting war to deliberate lies meant to undermine elections, has deception come to be seen as a legit...
![Is Trust the Ultimate Currency of Stakeholder Capitalism?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/482893af-9891-49b5-ac13-eb38b5876a42/52178758869_2809a018be_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1012%2C0%2C4024%2C4024&w=290)
A majority of Americans say that distrust is their default setting, fueled by growing distrust of democracy, media, and government, according to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey. The survey found that business is now the most trusted institution, filling the void left by paralyzed and incompetent governments, but that trust has simultaneously become localized: in my...
![What’s Next for Ukraine?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/72257397-10ee-4bd1-9ead-7eb8a1fb3c5c/27759279550_590eea9fdd_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1224%2C0%2C4912%2C4912&w=290)
As a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia wearily sustains, Ukraine’s government still feels the two-year-old burn of Russia’s unlawful Crimea annexation. And although this defining geopolitical provocation still sets the governments of Moscow and Kiev at odds, Ukraine has many competing priorities. What is the future of economic sanctions on Russia? Can Ukraine defeat cor...
![Thinking Machines and the Future of Humanity](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null175cdc85-a130-4b5d-a16a-04c453826dac/48126932877_5fbb58b580_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=623%2C0%2C2754%2C2754&w=290)
Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. Big tech companies may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity. Is it too late to change course and realize a human-centered future for a...
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Putin’s government is increasingly acting as an outlaw state across the international stage.
![Who Should Safeguard Our Data?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null5b74e308-50b9-4382-b327-70f437ecfaeb/27424676824_d530b95000_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
So much of who we are and what defines us—as individuals, businesses, and organizations—is captured in data that resides in the cloud. A few lines of code can dismantle business, shut down infrastructure, and reveal critical personal details. It’s widely accepted that code moves faster than law, so how do we protect the intangible? What is the government’s role in keeping...
![Reimagining Citizenship](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/283675bc-0d39-4af4-a901-0572d8fd0d16/9157989263_130a2e40fa_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=800%2C0%2C3200%2C3200&w=290)
Is the spirit of citizenship still alive in America? Past generations had the draft and epic fights for civil rights. Before that, Tocqueville described how barn raisings and self-government were part of the same civic impulse. But what is citizenship in America today? What should it mean beyond a bundle of rights and benefits? What are the responsibilities, individual and...
![Are We Flunking Democracy 101?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/af2eee0f-1797-4a77-8d7f-f910d0821558/AdobeStock_208078880.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1151%2C0%2C2833%2C2830&w=290)
![Plenary](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7e0f0bbc-e1bc-47ff-b900-e4a87aa4007b/LisaJacksonM.Sanjaya-2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=866%2C0%2C3464%2C3464&w=290)
A conservative shares an alternative approach to fighting climate change. How private equity can drive solutions. How Apple and Conservation International have more in common than you think. Why companies, organizations, and cities are collaborating across sectors, and who’s lining up behind the Amazon Climate Pledge. National Geographic makes a big announcement, and a new...
![Does America Need a New Party?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/61b561cf-b4f4-4f89-b4e0-ad6d199b5b27/53012032415_ffae56d7ed_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=696%2C0%2C2994%2C2994&w=290)
Some research suggests that 60 percent of American voters want a new political party. With extremists on either side of the aisle hobbling the government’s ability toward the kind of forward change that most citizens might agree on, is it time to consider a third path forward?
![Our Carbon Future](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7beb3d8a-895e-489b-9e73-2980d71a697c/AIFStockHeroImages22.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1304%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=290)
Julio Friedmann is the chief scientist at Carbon Direct and a leading expert on carbon removal, sequestration, and conversion. “Addressing the climate crisis will be the biggest enterprise in all human history, so there is a tremendous opportunity to do it well and make sure that local communities benefit meaningfully,” he says. We interviewed him about the potential of gr...
![What It Means for Health Care to Be a Human Right](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullece2b464-b5f8-4734-b73a-d94f8a3d1386/AdobeStock_233170402.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=951%2C0%2C2922%2C2920&w=290)
Promising health care isn’t always enough to meaningfully safeguard the health of a country’s citizens.
![Prudential Financial Presents: What Living to 100 Means for Work and Wealth](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fceaec56-d6ae-43f2-9e24-6983a3cdfe40/workandhealth.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=872%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Across the globe, humans are living and working longer than ever — and today’s systems, governments and businesses aren’t prepared. Examine how we can reimagine work, wealth and retirement to live our lives both longer and better.