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![Health Fellow Spotlight: Georgina Dukes-Harris](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ee401bac-a60e-4b5e-858c-d6d12bb88108/SpotlightBlogHeroImage.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=653%2C0%2C901%2C900&w=290)
Meet Georgina Dukes-Harris, a 2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow and the Founder of Swishvo. Having experienced critical gaps in maternal healthcare firsthand, she's on a mission to use technology to help connect mothers with doulas, midwives, and nutritionists, to support safe birthing experiences for all.
![Can We Make Social Media Better?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2d5a512f-b95b-478c-9ea5-ccd31f5fed8e/AIFStockHeroImages1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1288%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=290)
Can technology bolster democracy? MIT’s Deb Roy thinks so.
![How to Build Things that Change the World: Advice from the Creator of the iPod](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0838da1d-0ae8-42bf-9624-02c54e26f908/2022BLOG-AIFSpeakerGuestBlogs.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1169%2C0%2C3242%2C3240&w=290)
Tony Fadell, creator of the iPod and the smart thermostat Nest, shares advice for inventing things that change the world.
![Why the Next Biomedical Revolution Starts with New Imaging Tools](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e5f5312b-3441-49aa-a8cc-c46a6ad0102b/Over-expressedLaminANetworkandNuclearPores-XiaoyuShi16x9.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=589%2C0%2C1499%2C1500&w=290)
Soon, we may be able to visualize any biological process in the human body, at any scale, in real time. Here’s what it will take to get there. Presented by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Lucy He, Aspen Tech Policy Hub](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6963ab3c-7a07-47b2-ae2b-8eca6a2a3fb3/LucyHe.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=654%2C0%2C2398%2C2397&w=290)
Meet Lucy He, a 2022 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow who's using technology and policy change to address critical delays in patient care caused by the "prior authorization" process.
Can the data collected through smartphones, wearable sensors, and passive monitoring devices be turned into actionable knowledge about the environmental impacts on our health? Meet three innovative researchers who are using these technologies to unlock the mysteries of Crohn’s disease and more. Presented by the Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Tech tools that can keep students engaged and help guard against learning loss are suddenly front and center.
![Our Brains on Tech: How Much Is Too Much?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullac61ed0f-234c-4df1-ba65-42d61e43d45a/AdobeStock_119945834.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=656%2C0%2C3496%2C3495&w=290)
New technologies in 2020 may demand more of our already overloaded attention. Tech titans and communications companies are releasing advances like 5G and quantum computing that speed up the pace of information flow.
![Bringing the Benefits of Genomics to More People, More Quickly](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullac2c5696-3b12-43e1-bf0b-2d27a0d7af6b/AdobeStock_249097444.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3999%2C4000&w=290)
What would happen if genetic sequencing were standard care for undiagnosed diseases? And how can we ensure that the future of genomics benefits everyone, not just the one percent?
![This App Tells You When You’re Mean](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc0b71621-37b1-46b2-a3f2-15da5542d339/AdobeStock_169689652.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=251%2C0%2C4000%2C4000&w=290)
What if when you posted something on Twitter or Instagram or another service, the platform gave you feedback? For example, “You just upset 10,000 people.”
![Learning to Love Better](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/610dd836-588e-4cb9-b1df-1cd7965fcdcb/AdobeStock_116392490.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1490%2C0%2C5773%2C5773&w=290)
Love is an emotion and an instinct for sure, but the ability to love is a skill that every young person should be taught, given how important relationships and love are to every aspect of our lives.
![Where Can the Future of Virtual Reality Take Us?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fda97e4a-5179-4ca6-89f1-8a6490f5dbb8/AdobeStock_131904754.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1429%2C0%2C1891%2C1890&w=290)
![Using Technology for the Public Good](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ed79cde8-0aa2-4c70-a774-640f821b420c/AdobeStock_216576321.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=609%2C0%2C3797%2C3797&w=290)
![Personalizing Education for Everyone](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/261119d9-4729-4041-9192-6f739a1a198b/ClassroomPic.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=21%2C0%2C667%2C667&w=290)
![How Safe Are We Online? There's Good News and Bad](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/816791f6-db4d-4e07-b73b-6eb87b4c54ce/35306161970_064c0a4f0a_c_0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=250%2C0%2C533%2C534&w=290)
![Closing the Knowledge Gap on Climate Change](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/81019561-f125-445f-a743-cb6f76562508/CleanEnergyWindSolar_featured.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=313%2C0%2C667%2C667&w=290)
![Millions of Children Can't Do Their Homework Because They Don't Have Access to Broadband Internet](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null866c0f61-2615-4a83-bdcc-93fbd9b10e0c/27406245393_dd87011e66_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=397%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
![The Farming of the Future Looks Nothing like It Does Today](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/5379e3e4-52ce-4c53-854a-b3530cfde301/farming.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=211%2C0%2C394%2C394&w=290)
![I Built a Superpower to Treat My Son's Diabetes](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3c47f354-a25f-4b6e-ac1e-c501e0121969/27863140016_1d1dc4cdbd_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=89%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
![Busting Myths about Teens and Tech](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/699cb52f-355e-4b56-a048-afd28bf6faff/14705255353_5b689a2747_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2297%2C0%2C4903%2C4901&w=290)