The Aspen Institute

Featured Video and Audio: 

• That Used to be Us: How America Lost Its Way in the World It Invented and How We Come Back
  A Conversation with Thomas Friedman, moderated by Walter Isaacson
  http://www.aifestival.org/session/new-tom-friedman

• The Modesty Manifesto with David Brooks
  Over the past half century, America has moved from a culture of self-effacement to a culture of self-expression. But now the cultural tide is turning again. Are we citizens engaged in a national enterprise, or are we individuals? It’s time to rediscover the power of humility.
  http://www.aifestival.org/session/modesty-manifesto 

Additional featured videos can be found at: http://www.aifestival.org/  

Quotes from the Festival: 

“The relationship between the US and Pakistan is like a marriage. It’s a dysfunctional marriage, but both parties realize they need to stay together for the kids — the citizens of both countries.” —Thom Shanker, Pentagon Correspondent, New York Times 

“Every time we have a First Amendment case, I’m keenly aware that George Washington was not aware of the Internet or video games.” —Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court 

“We’re not products of our environment; we’re products of our expectations.” —Wes Moore, Author 

“The curves were my attempt over my career to humanize the inhumane boxes that buildings are.” —Frank Gehry, Architect

 “I stepped on a broken bottle and got stitches, and that’s one of the better things that happened in the last two years.” —Austan Goolsbee, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisors 

“What has happened in the Arab world is irreversible; for the first time in decades, Arabs don’t feel powerless.” —Marwan Muasher, Vice President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 

“The president has drawn a line in the sand and said by 2020 we need to lead the world again in college education. That’s what I want to be held accountable for.” —Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education 

“Americans feel about Buddhists the way they feel about Muslims, not because of terrorism, but because of strangeness.” —Robert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School 

“The people who are most in need of an Arab Spring are Israelis and Palestinians.” —Thomas L. Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist, New York Times

The Ideas Report on TheAtlantic.com 

More Festival coverage is also available from The Atlantic, which produces the Aspen Ideas Festival in partnership with the Aspen Institute. The Atlantic’s “Ideas Special Report” includes:

• Video from the Aspen Ideas Festival
• A “Today at Aspen” photo gallery
• An #AspenIdeas Twitter feed
• Blog posts highlighting ideas from all sections of TheAtlantic.com, and responses to a new question they put to their readers each day. 

Today’s Select Highlights:
*all times are MDT 

• 7:45 am – Just a Game – Or More Than a Game?
  Jay Coakley, Benita Fitzgerald-Mosley, Arne Duncan, Tom Farrey (moderator) 
• 9:00 am – Israel and Its Future
  Tzipi Livni, Walter Isaacson (moderator)
• 9:00 am – The Concert Going Experience: The Visual-Acoustic Interplay
  Richard Olcott, Yasuhisa Toyota, Robert Spano, Alan Fletcher (moderator)
• 9:00 am – Issues Regarding the Long-Term Outlook for the US Economy
  Robert Rubin, Chrystia Freeland (moderator)
• 10:30 am – The Obama Presidency and the future of the American Dream
  Michael Sandel, Arianna Huffington, Jeffrey Rosen (moderator)
• 10:30 am – What does the Utility of the Future Look Like?
  Lynn Jurich, Michael Allman, James Rogers, Lyndon Rive, Marvin Odum, Alexis Madrigal (moderator)
• 10:30 am – Will the Next “Revolution” Be Consumer Driven?
  B. Bonin Bough, Stephen Cannon, Bernardo Huberman, Andrew McAfee (moderator)
• 12:00 pm – Conflicting Global Economic Forces
  Alan Greenspan, Walter Isaacson (moderator)
• 1:15 pm – Wireless Health: Can your Smart Phone Save Your Life?
  Eric Topol
• 1:15 pm – Is Social Media Sparking Civic Engagement?
  Jason Pollock, Emily Jacobi, Orville Schell, Pete Cashmore (moderator)
• 2:30 pm – “Marketplace” Live
  Weekly Wrap: Chrystia Freeland, Heidi Moore
  The Future of Energy Policy: Lynn Jurich, James Rogers, Marvin Odum
  Kai Ryssdal (interviewer)
• 2:45 pm – Artist as Leader
  Eric Fischl, Damian Woetzel (interviewer)
• 2:45 pm – What’s Happening In China and What it Means for the United States
  Henry Paulson, Thomas Friedman (interviewer)
• 4:00 pm – Insight and Engagement with Social Media: Perspectives from Business Leaders
  Bernardo Huberman
• 5:00 pm – In Conversation: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
  Ray Suarez (interviewer)
• 7:30 pm – Is Social Media Good For Journalism?
  Vivian Schiller, Orville Schell, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Pete Cashmore, Thomas Goetz, Arianna Huffington, Jerry Murdock (moderator)
• 8:00 pm – Sing Your Song, Film Screening and Discussion
  Gina Belatone, Ta-Nehisi Coates (moderator)
• 8:30 pm – How Will Inclusiveness Drive the Global Economy?
  Beth Brooke, Dalia Mogahed, Gillian Sorenson, Ray Suarez (moderator) 

Full schedule available at http://www.aifestival.org/festival/schedule. Select sessions will be livestreamed; more information available at http://www.aifestival.org/content/watch-live. 

AIF Online: 

• Aspen Ideas Festival Website: www.aifestival.org
• The Atlantic Ideas Special Report: http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/ideas/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/aifestival | #AspenIdeas
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/aspenideas
• Flickr: www.flickr.com/aspeninstitute
• Tumblr:http://aifestival.tumblr.com/

*Editors note: Video and images from the Aspen Ideas Festival are available upon request.*

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 *Special thanks to the Isberian Rug Company of Aspen for furnishing the rug used at the Aspen Ideas Festival.*