Dear President X: Think Big!
How the Next Commander in Chief, Whoever He Is, Can Fix the Things that Need Fixing
- In-Person
- New America
740 15th St NW #900
Washington, D.C. 20005 - 1PM – 2:30PM EDT
Sometimes it seems that the magnitude of the problems that face us overwhelm the wit and wisdom of our government. Interest groups, groupthink, and bureaucracy all block the path of good ideas. Push a policy for a year, the thinking goes, and maybe it will move an inch.
But there’s a way around that: really big ideas that cut through, around, and over the conventional wisdom. This panel, comprised of the men and women profiled in WIRED magazine’s special November “Smart List,” all have crisp proposals and action plans for doing just that. How to deal with extreme weather? The urban population explosion? America’s declining world power? Culture clashes between the U.S. military and Iraqis? Come learn how the next president can solve these seemingly intractable problems.
Participants
Robert Dalrymple
Civil Engineering Professor
Johns Hopkins University- Mitchell Joachim
Partner
Terreform 1 - Parag Khanna
Director, Global Governance Initiative, New America Foundation
Author, The Second World - Montgomery McFate
Senior Social Science Adviser
Army Human Terrain System
Moderator
Nicholas Thompson
Senior Editor, WIRED
Fellow, New America Foundation