Science and Technology

Once considered a panacea, many now see technology as a destructive force, usurping democracy and trampling basic values. But human beings have been here before. What right now feels like a time of upheaval and cyber chaos is just the next step in the long arc of human history.

Jennifer Ackerman and Alexander Taylor chronicle the genius of birds.

The Ananta Aspen Centre, in collaboration with the Aspen Institute International Partners, hosted the fourth workshop with the NextGen Network in March 2019

Communities of color face challenges after innovations in voting, housing, schools, and more.

Stewart Brand discusses with Flora Lichtman the prospect of reversing extinction.

At the second workshop in the NextGen Network in Berlin, Germany, participants met in groups and were tasked with imagining a scenario in 2028 to brainstorm practical applications of AI with a mock news article that, when ethically implemented, could improve German society.

The Aspen Institute Germany hosted the second workshop for the NextGen Network in Berlin in December 2018, to bring the NextGen perspective on the impact of technology on society.

Central European experts on AI from the public, civic, academic and social sectors, discuss various AI-related issues in two high-level groups.

Canine cognition researchers Brian Hare and Alexandra Horowitz speak with Ross Andersen about what dogs are thinking.