
2016: New Rules
The world is changing fast. Often so fast that we don’t take the time to think about what kind of society and future we actually want to build. Politics has become disconnected from fact. Innovation is pursued without consideration of ethics. Around the world, we are building walls instead of bridges.
New Rules asks:
• How can we be more empathetic when we design for the future?
• How can we reconnect policy with facts, truth, and logic?
• What ethics should we pursue as we shape our rapidly changing world?
The answers are elusive — but we become stronger when we ask these questions together. What are the New Rules that will help guide us for the next century?


Ann Mei Chang: Ending Global Poverty: Let’s think like Silicon Valley

Bob Woodward: What I learned investigating Nixon, and why it matters now

Jean Case: Unlocking the American Dream

Michael Botticelli: Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one

Christine Fox: The ethical dilemma we face on AI and autonomous tech

Ellen Lupton: Museums should activate multiple senses, not just the eyeball

Alec Ross: Will the future be more like Star Trek or Mad Max?

Julie Ann Crommett: How a TV show could help us solve our most pressing problems

Lester Spence: How the ‘free market’ has devastated black communities

Nina Fedoroff: A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases

Judith Heumann: Our fight for disability rights and why we’re not done yet

Ronald Sullivan: Justice is a decision

John Noonan: Why politics make us mean and stupid

Laura Dowling: How flowers became a powerful tool for diplomacy

Haley Edwards: What global trade deals are really about (hint: it’s not trade)

Amr Hamzawy: The failed struggle for democracy in the Arab world, and what’s next

Sarah Shanley Hope: Powering our lives at 100%

Mark Foster Gage: Architecture that Challenges your Concept of Reality

Ari Wallach: 3 ways to plan for the (very) long term

Stefaan Verhulst: Data responsibility: using corporate data to improve our lives

Adrienne Clancy: Teaching academic concepts through dance

Jeffrey Kahn: New technology is letting us edit humanity, but should we?

Leonard Tramiel: The story of Commodore and the 8-bit generation

Anna Rothschild: Why we should talk about gross stuff

David Fleischer: How We Can Reduce Prejudice with a Conversation

Iris Krasnow: How Embracing the Ordinary Leads to Longterm Love

Gabe Klein: Cars Almost Killed Our Cities, But Here’s How We Can Bring Them Back

Ed Mabaya: The power of improved seed

Kate Wagner: What’s a McMansion — and how can we prevent more of them?

Melanie Nezer: The real facts of the refugee crisis, and what we can do

Kathleen Hall Jamieson: The decline of American politics, and how to fix it

Evan Lutz: How ugly produce can help solve hunger

Dan Bell: Inside America’s dead shopping malls

Carolyn Yarina: The simple tool that could transform surgery around the world

Carla Dirlikov Canales: Introducing the Canales Project

Mathew Ramsey: What is a burger?

Naeemah Clark: Why we need more stories of aging women on TV and in movies

Sebastian Johnson: The Case for Basic Income

Knatokie Ford: Defeating the inner imposter that keeps us from being successful

Jay Newton-Small: What happens when women rule the world?

Sheryl Winarick: Talking to each other is the only way to heal our divided nation

John Phillips: Can a stock market for politics predict the outcome of elections?
