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February 5, 2025
The era of Big Tech, artificial intelligence, Donald Trump, and the United States’ great-power competition with China has thrust technology policy to the center of our national politics. Are new technologies helping or harming the American family? How should our society balance economic dynamism with the preservation of communities and institutions? And what is the…
December 23, 2024
Event Summary On December 5, AEI’s Christine Rosen hosted a conference on understanding the shifting conception of truth in the media, especially as it relates to political culture and social cohesion. Dr. Rosen moderated the first panel, which featured the Data & Society Institute’s Alice E. Marwick and Jon Askonas of the Catholic University of…
October 8, 2024
Event Summary On October 8, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar joined AEI’s Chris Miller for a conversation about how the federal government can increase the United States’ research and development (R&D) capabilities across the public and private sectors. The discussion focused on how the past several decades have seen…
September 11, 2024
September 10, 2024
Event Summary On September 10, AEI’s Shane Tews moderated a panel exploring the legal implications of government involvement in free speech. Following a showing of the Federalist Society’s short film JAWBONED: Miss Information vs. Free Speech, the panel unpacked the background of the differences between Murthy v. Missouri and the National Rifle Association v. Vullo…
September 3, 2024
In this TED Talk, evolutionary biologist and AEI nonresident fellow Carole K. Hooven delves into how testosterone impacts the body and brain, interacting with culture to create differences in human behavior — starting with why boys tend to prefer rougher play than girls.
April 2, 2024
Event Summary On April 11, AEI’s Jim Harper was joined by venture capitalist and Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon for a conversation about the nature of the internet and the next iteration of the web, as discussed in Mr. Dixon’s new book, Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet. Mr. Harper and…