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The Ideas ReportAs festival goers move through panels and discussions across the Aspen Institute's sprawling Colorado campus, we're aggregating the thoughts, reactions, and short-form snippets of conversation filtering through the Twittersphere. Following @AIFestival or track the hashtag #AspenIdeas to stay on top of the conversations happening at the Aspen Ideas Festival.


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Jared Keller is a former associate editor for The Atlantic and The Atlantic Wire and has also written for Lapham's Quarterly's Deja Vu blog, National Journal's The Hotline, Boston's Weekly Dig, and Preservation magazine. 

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