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    Aspen Ideas Festival
            A Democrat, a Republican, a Rental Car — and a Road Map to B
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 144
                        
                    
                
            
            
            With their flights to DC snowed out and votes imminent on the House floor, these two Texas congressmen took to the road to travel the 1,600 miles to the nation’s capital in a rented Chevy Impala. They invited America to join them via Facebook live, and through their spontaneous town hall on wheels, they learned a lot about the issues Americans are dealing with, each other’s core values
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            Unlike the internet, AI is not a new industry
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            State-sponsored cyber-spies and transnational organized crime groups pose urgent threats
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Suddenly, machines are learning from gigantic expanding data sets at rapid rates.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            We constantly strive to engage and surprise each other, our inventiveness giving us reason
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The Second Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            At an alarming rate, militaries from around the globe are employing AI
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The high seas comprise 40 percent of the surface of our planet
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Most of us face the desire to be creative within busy, scheduled lives.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Hacking, Disinformation, and a New Cold War with Russia
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Can such a business-led effort toa promote carbon dividends
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            How did we get here? How are Western values shifting? What might the future hold?
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    