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![Technology: Panacea or Plague?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullce62b35b-7bc1-41d7-9891-9dd882eef99e/34801755713_2757dcbf70_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
As educators, parents, policymakers, and psychologists wrestle with the question of what we gain and what we give up as our reliance on technology grows by the day, digital natives often find the question quaint. For them, it’s not black and white — which makes it all the more important to focus our public conversation on the nuances of technology and how we can harness it...
![What Is Technology's Toll on Intimacy?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null4692a688-057f-48a1-b1af-88a5aaa28510/28020917585_e1dfce5974_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=160%2C0%2C1279%2C1279&w=290)
Thanks to technology, we are more connected than ever-digitally. But at what cost? How have technologies, like online dating sites and apps like Tinder, changed attitudes and behaviors? How do we choose a partner and stay interested when we have an almost infinite world of choices at our fingertips? Will marriage become a thing of the past? How do men and women interact an...
![Consumer Technology on Parade](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/97e42059-8794-4f5e-b658-6b8b7877476b/29113829828_3a22dd2e90_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=637%2C0%2C2226%2C2226&w=290)
Once associated mostly with IV poles and standard-issue hospital gowns, health-related design has entered a new era with creative and functional products that observe, inform, soothe, and connect. A stuffed animal named Chemo Duck helps children with cancer express their emotions; new digital health records give nurses in Rwanda the tools to provide quality care and improv...
![What Technology Makes Us Forget about Life](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullb17ca9b6-b446-4afa-bb61-bc62dce49f3e/34749327674_7b98db0be0_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
Technology may teach the pleasures of controlled exchanges—admit it, texting is often so much easier than real-time talking. But here is what we know about life: We lose out as individuals and as citizens in a democracy when we don’t take the time to talk to each other and when we don’t learn how to listen to each other, especially when it comes to talking and listening to...
![Cutting-Edge Technology Takes Aim at Gun Violence](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c9163745-6207-4022-a2b7-ae9f938daa8f/42250460714_31545d8a38_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Gun violence in the US is a public health epidemic. With partisan battles currently making state and federal legislative solutions elusive, private sector trendsetters are quietly exploring other avenues of opportunity. The Smart Tech Challenges Foundation funds research to advance biometric identification and other security technologies that allow only authorized users to...
![Powering Healthcare With Patient Centered Technology](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0872c3d4-e640-427f-bbc4-c4c6bf3cd4df/52997002601_1fd89f3029_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
The notoriously opaque healthcare landscape has been difficult for anyone to navigate. Patients need ways to find culturally sensitive providers, make wise medical decisions, understand their bills, and find communities of consumers facing similar health challenges. Health systems, employers, and insurers are looking for opportunities to personalize quality services, inclu...
![Israel’s Next Big Initiative: Breakthroughs in Science and Technology](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/04575e07-1b3d-4b1e-8292-7e326df0e050/43059506622_63a817d8b4_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=270%2C0%2C1059%2C1059&w=290)
Three experts discuss how science and technology are impacting Israel’s economy and security. This session will examine recent breakthroughs in quantum science in a way that is understandable to those without a background in the topic. In what ways are these recent discoveries promising, and what are the challenges that lie ahead? How powerful of an impact could they have...
![How Media and Technology Are Altering Our Culture: A Case in Point—The Olympic Games](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null354b79b4-2f20-4832-bbe7-6e266e32199c/27859431612_8e54a499e5_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
A discussion with Comcast Corporation Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts and NBC Olympic primetime host Bob Costas. The rapid advances in technology are changing how we interact with events that resonate across our culture. Not that long ago, we all watched the same thing at the same time. Now we watch not just on our TVs but on our phones and tablets or through apps. Or we co...
![The Implications—Bright and Dark—of Powerful New Technologies](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullb5723d8d-0e6e-4483-a4f8-27075b8f157e/34803964043_604abb84bc_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
As our society grapples with the ramifications of developments like machine learning and genetic testing, a surprising new generation of even more powerful technological advances is already brewing in labs. Researchers are teaming up with machines to create reasoning systems that reach beyond the mere correlations in data to understand the underlying causal mechanisms in e...
![Deep Dive: The Technological Revolution in Medicine and Public Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulle5bddf45-028b-4961-af1d-d5b7ed553319/27898669285_b3da143eb1_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
Technology is transforming how we provide medical care, improve diagnostics, share information, and extend the reach of public health. From disposable syringes that deliver a calibrated dose of medicine before self-destructing to 3-D printers that recreate the facial structures of combat-injured veterans, seemingly intractable problems are being met with cutting-edge solut...
![The Future of Digital Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c9336a20-7618-4c0a-9336-90c62d8c560c/52168401721_3efc76e5c9_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1012%2C0%2C4024%2C4024&w=290)
Whether we are using apps to count steps or talking to our doctors via video, most of us are already familiar with digital health in some form. But innovation at the intersection of health and technology—with its promise of improving health outcomes, enhancing patient satisfaction, and strengthening the healthcare system—is just getting started. Not only is technology bett...
![Fintech: Great Enabler or Great Divider?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ab742700-cf3a-4af0-8d63-a6792ac42051/AdobeStock_103938897.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1034%2C0%2C3692%2C3692&w=290)
Each year, new technology transforms how we connect, how we move, and how we pay. But nearly two billion people remain “unbanked.” So do financial technology innovations decrease or deepen the divide between the have and the have-nots? As economies become increasingly digital, what are the stopgaps we need to deploy to protect and empower all? From crypto to credit to port...
![Generative A.I. and the Rest of Us](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/06e9ba1f-af34-4c6c-81f8-fa47e7c75a79/53002799327_03eab3bfa9_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=673%2C0%2C2367%2C2367&w=290)
Generative A.I., until recently, was a mostly academic pursuit. As machine-learning technology becomes mainstream, how will it change the way we communicate, collaborate and create? How can we make the most of this huge leap forward in technology, while recognizing its limitations and risks?
![Trust in the Digital Age: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/4d913209-626b-4a44-8e3e-faf8120fbc76/42164931225_4e8b0819ef_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1000%2C0%2C4016%2C4016&w=290)
Trust is fundamental to almost every action, relationship, and transaction in society, but we live in an era when technology is rapidly changing who and how we trust. The trust we used to place in traditional institutions such as governments, banks, media, and charities has hit an all-time low, and trust now flows horizontally through systems and networks that are as likel...
![The Path to Ethical A.I.: Balancing Innovation and Accountability](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0ba23a1d-9d0a-45aa-93e6-d525aa000032/53003646789_e117787ac5_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1008%2C0%2C3529%2C3529&w=290)
A.I. experts are confronted with an enormous opportunity to build technology that benefits everyone, but it’s critical that these systems are built carefully. Discover the transformative potential of A.I. as we explore the essential guardrails required to ensure it remains a force for positive change.
![What to Eat in a Warming World (Deep Dive)](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e46dd7e6-5e69-489b-8961-686405e7786c/52178284195_7883c66cf3_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=799%2C0%2C3689%2C3689&w=290)
Food — delicious, nutritious, and plentiful — is essential to life. But the way we’re producing and consuming it is anything but friendly to life on the planet, and we need a new plan. In this pair of conversations, celebrity chef Daniel Humm shares his vision for transitioning the famed Eleven Madison Park to a vegan restaurant, and two innovators present new technology t...
![Safe or Sentient? Navigating the Future of Data, Privacy, and A.I.](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d302d321-2e77-42a1-b8fb-333a6c7567a7/230625_safe_sentient_015.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=666%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
E.O. Wilson said, “We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” How should technology be designed and controlled so it improves our lives, economy, and culture without losing individuality, privacy, and trust in society and each other? Presented by Allstate
![Virtual Exchange: Building Empathy and Human Connection Through Digital Story Telling](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null46de02b7-bd32-40ae-bc08-394a43fa68f0/virtual-exchange-aif19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=560%2C0%2C1440%2C1440&w=290)
Every day, young people connect with peers around the world in collaborative, technology-enabled learning experiences where they learn about and with each other. This session explores how facilitated technology can empower young people from different backgrounds to share their personal narratives and explore their differences for a deeper connection and understanding. The...
![Mount Sinai Presents: Brain-Computer Interface Revolution](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1f033dc8-4086-4ae8-9f58-448c89ffc1df/240625_braincomputer_009.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=223%2C0%2C2667%2C2665&w=290)
Brain-computer interfaces show potential to restore function to people impacted by incurable neurological conditions such as stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease. Experts from neurosurgery, neuroscience and technology explore the current state of BCIs, their applications and the possibilities of this transformative technology.
![AI and the Quest for Olympic Gold](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulle749e339-f6bd-484a-9074-c8e17b58bae9/48127271743_0f75bc0e07_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=272%2C0%2C1056%2C1056&w=290)
Artificial Intelligence is appearing in practically every facet of our lives, and Olympic sports is no exception. The US Olympic Committee is employing new technologies to supplement athletic ability and coaching intuition, from innovations in psychology, to the radar technology that helped propel one USA team to gold in Rio, and to cutting-edge motion capture technology b...