Attending the four-day Aspen Ideas Festival is like being able to go to Harvard without filling out a killer application or doing homework.
The first opening session (there are two four-day sessions) began with a discussion titled “What’s the Big Idea?” Presenters gave us an overview of what they would discuss in their individual seminars. The most brilliant intellects in the world gave the audience a smorgasbord of what to expect in the coming days.
The first seminar we attended was called “Millennials and the Next Generation” presented by Paul Taylor of Pew Research Center. The gist of his talk was statistically heavy and showed how the greying of America and immigration have changed our demographics.
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