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April 8, 2024
April 22, 2024: Is Climate Change to Blame for Natural Disasters? The Science and Politics of Extreme Weather
When natural disasters happen, climate change is often blamed as a culprit. But attribution research actually shows that infrastructure, institutions, and technology are more important factors in how costly weather is to human communities. This panel will examine the tension between the rhetoric and reality of extreme-weather attribution and what this means for policymaking and…
April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024: The American Dream Lecture Series: Jonathan Haidt on Social Media and the Fragmentation of American Life
Event Summary On April 8, AEI held the fourth lecture in the American Dream Lecture Series. New York University’s Jonathan Haidt delivered the lecture on his new book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Dr. Haidt argued that the sharp rise of unhappiness in children in…
February 24, 2024
February 21, 2024: Regulating Risky Research: The Science and Governance of Pathogens of Pandemic Potential
Event Summary On February 21, AEI’s Center for Technology, Science, and Energy hosted an event on the science and governance of risky pathogen research. M. Anthony Mills of AEI introduced and moderated the first panel, featuring Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Gustavo Palacios of the Icahn School…