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| | June 20, 2024 | | | FESTIVAL | 3 Days to Go | In just a few more days, our stages will be filled with a remarkable roster of leaders and innovators who will revel in ideas, wrestle with hard topics and celebrate innovations that are shaping our collective future. It’s not too late to join us! Festival 1 (June 23-26) is almost sold out. Festival 2 (June 26-29) has limited passes available. | | | | | INTERVIEW | Festival Fellow Spotlight | Meet Dan Barker, a 2024 Festival Fellow and the CEO of Halcyon, an incubator and investor in early-stage, impact-driven startups from around the globe. “There is a competitive advantage for businesses that have impact at the core of their business,” he says. Ahead of the Festival, we caught up with Barker about how Halcyon is supporting underserved entrepreneurs and working to change the venture capital landscape. Read
| | | 20 YEARS OF IDEAS | No Cure For Being Human | Good things happen to good people, right? Not always, discovered Kate Bowler, a scholar of religious history who was diagnosed with stage IV cancer at the age of 35. Confronted with this life-changing news and people’s well-meaning but often lacking responses to it, Bowler wrote a book, launched a podcast, and became a leading voice in conversations about suffering and spirituality. At the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival, columnist David Brooks joined Bowler for a conversation about human frailty, why optimism can sometimes be a burden and the dangers of worshiping at the altar of success. Watch |
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